+1 !


Enough with the "my beer is better than yours" "my city/country is better than yours crap"! :rolleyes: :troll:

This is the hot or not BICYCLE thread in the COMMUTING sub-forum. :notamused:

I like it! Not real keen on the brown portion, but for the Commuter Hot or Not thread, I'd say this is hot. This is clearly a bike that is being used, and outfitted to do so.

Bonus points for framing the shot interestingly too.

This bike seems really...noisy, like a rolling cacophony. It bothers me. And please turn off the date stamp feature of your camera, if you haven't already.

This bike is wonderfully ugly. The fork doesn't match the frame, the water bottle is the most hi-viz part of the bike, it doesn't have a rack but a seat post trunk bag that I kind of take as a big "f-you" to the people who hated the first bike posted in this thread with the "penis" hanging off it's seat post.

The bike is used well, and everything about it is functional.

The bike is hot.

Seriously. We get it. You love Germany. Now lets get on with Hot or Not...

I like the contrast between the classic Brooks and the disc brakes.

Can I imagine myself riding this in to work? Yup. Hot!

I can get it all in Los Angeles including German.. ;)

i dislike the compact frame / sloping top tube on bikes (any bike). and I highly dislike seatpost racks. Not loving the brown, but the rest of the color scheme is nice. i don't like fenders, but yours look less overbearing so i don't mind here.
overall - i'd say midway between hot and not. so...lukewarm?
thanks for contributing!

great parody of the original hot or not thread.

Definitely hot. Except for the safety flag. That's a total turn-off. Ruins the counter-shading effect that protects the rider from Lion attacks.

Thanks for all the comments, favorable or not.

I am glad we are back on track again. Lets see some more entries/pics!

:)

But you know, then the locals see you only as a walking moneybag from abroad.. Especially if it's a poorer farming region, like Basilikata in Italy, where you find some fantastic food. Personally I think it kills all the fun. The proper way to enjoy your time abroad is to get there a job for a couple of years, with a close-to-average salary, or get married to a local. Hitchhiking and bicycle touring is still somewhat okay, as it leaves a certain sign on your face. :)

But if you just want to try a good and diverse food then London, Hamburg, FM, LA, NYC should be just fine.

Oh wait, what's this thread called....
Here is my tourer/ winter commuter / kids hauler. It has been posted in 20th already, but was modified again. I am super happy about the fit. Except for a carbon fork I can't think of what else I would like to change.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9...ee2a9ef9_b.jpg

And this is my summer day-and-night long distance commuter. I am sorry if you find it has a penis, but you know, in Germany socks and sandals combination is legal.
Fortunately it's easy to get this paraphernalia off and i still use this bike as a sort of training bicycle. It's also a randobike wannabe.

Is it 'not'? Or not?

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/9...8659cff2_b.jpg

The carpet and drapes don't match, and the front of the front fender is not inline. So, Not you do get points for the IGH

This bike has a penis so, not.

If it didn't it'd be OK, but we'd have to get into the reasons why anyone would defame a perfectly good bike with Shimano :p

Well, fair enough. I saw it coming, but otherwise it would have too little to do with commuting. Though later it might get a Tubus disco with QR and seat collar with rack mounts.

The tubus QR mounts are nice and give you a couple positions to keep the rack level, I think I paid 15 euro for the kit last year. Is the penis click fix? As I was searching for a 30.9 seatpost last night I saw some clickfix kits for normal racks at BikeMaxx .

yep, klickfix Magnum bag from Rixen and Kaul. For the normal rack i've got this already, when the rack is not needed i'll just remove the axle, the rack and the seat collar together as one piece, seems to me like a clean and fast solution.

One thing i dislike about those seatpost bags is that the bike becomes a bit wiggly, even though it's just 3 extra kilos at most.

Acid,
You're silly.

Those "super interesting commuting bikes" are nice for doing slow errands within a neighborhood at speeds up to about 15kph, and only for short distances. beyond that, they fall flat. I borrowed one of those "super interesting commuting bikes" for a month after moving here. I gave it back as soon as I could.

...Unless you are specifically talking about the holders for umbrellas mounted to bikes and the garbage plastic umbrellas bought for little more than single use; in which case it's a different matter. 1) Those holders are illegal in most prefectures. 2) There's a reason why a sane person does not go for a jog in the rain with an umbrella expecting to remain dry, or the umbrella to be of much use.

The rest of your post was either b.s., silly, or below contempt.

I like the way it looks, except for the cables coming out of the top of the hoods. Ever since I had a bike with brake cables that were that way I've had a nagging fear about getting my hands tangled, or blocked from doing something by those cables...that could just be me...


Oh, and I fixed your post for you. You're welcome.

I like this one.

Astute observation webtwo. It's surprising how many people make that simple yet so often tragic error.

didn't notice this before but OH MY GOD YES.

i don't even understand why this is an option. as a photographer, it's one of the few things that makes my blood boil.

i like the bike itself aside from the mini drop bars, but the seat post rack and the top tube bag make it an instant no for me.

again, i like the bike itself, but the front fender is wonky. i like the contrast of the white fenders with the dark bike though. dislike the leather bar wrap though. doesn't match. fix those two things and it'd be a hot for me.

Here's mine, ready for today's commute. I'll take my lumps in advance for the iPhone's inability to take good pictures in any light:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ack/db_820.jpg

Is that red bowl really going to get clean sitting like that?

Sadly, that dishwasher is on the fritz so it just functions as a drying rack.

never been a fan of the camo handlebar tape. and the cable coming out straight up is distracting. otherwise, a solid looking. but i wouldn't say hot.

This is hot! The matching bar tape and chain are nice touches. I don't usually like gumwall tires, but here it works, in fact, what tires are those? Fenders look good, and points for being an unusual choice, again, which are those? Big commuter points for the mirror of course!

This could well be the hottest bike in the thread so far!

To stay properly in character for the thread, I'm going to have to dock you points for taking the picture indoors and the dishwasher being open! :lol: Reshoot it artistically, and I think you've got an "11". That cable is a little distracting too! ;)