Commuter Bicycle Brochure
02-05-15 | 02:15 PM
#27
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 22,676
Likes: 2,643
From: CID
Bikes: 1991 Bianchi Eros, 1964 Armstrong, 1988 Diamondback Ascent, 1988 Bianchi Premio, 1987 Bianchi Sport SX, 1980s Raleigh mixte (hers), All-City Space Horse (hers)
Wasn't aware that there was a separate (more specific) measurement for mass in the Imperial system. I learn something new every day! 
02-05-15 | 02:24 PM
#28
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 6,977
Likes: 191
From: Washington, DC
Name/Model of Bike: Surly Troll (large)
Pictures:
Price: Lost track.
Weight: Don't know for sure. Last time I checked, I think it was just under 27 pounds.
Distance & Terrain: Usual bike commute is 30 miles RT, but can lengthen or shorten because I also drive part way.
Purchase Info: Frame at REI, components from various online sources.
Other: Custom build is the way to go if you know what you are looking for. However, you'll probably end up paying more than for a complete bike that may or may not be the way you like. Steel frame and hydraulic disc brakes are great.
More here: https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/...ter-build.html
Pictures:
Price: Lost track.
Weight: Don't know for sure. Last time I checked, I think it was just under 27 pounds.
Distance & Terrain: Usual bike commute is 30 miles RT, but can lengthen or shorten because I also drive part way.
Purchase Info: Frame at REI, components from various online sources.
Other: Custom build is the way to go if you know what you are looking for. However, you'll probably end up paying more than for a complete bike that may or may not be the way you like. Steel frame and hydraulic disc brakes are great.
More here: https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/...ter-build.html
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02-05-15 | 04:00 PM
#29
Mad bike riding scientist
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 29,212
Likes: 6,287
From: Denver, CO
Bikes: Some silver ones, a red one, a black and orange one, and a few titanium ones
That's still a mass.
This is I-Like-To-Bike. Draw your own conclusions
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Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
02-05-15 | 06:14 PM
#30
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Joined: May 2014
Posts: 62
Likes: 2
From: Columbus, OH
Bikes: Wabi Lightning, Torker Graduate, Vitus Nucleus VR
Just back from the post office picking up my new work stand.
Name/Model of Bike: Torker Graduate
Price: I traded my rarely ridden mountain bike for it and I ride this every day to work, pleased with the trade. I believed it retailed around $400. I salvaged the rack from a family member's bike, and the panniers from my wife's bike that she never uses. $25 fleabay headlight, and an Axium Pulse taillight. Cateye 7 speedo. Bars were swapped out by the previous owner. Other than that all I have into it is a set of Nokian hakkapeliitta w240 studded tires.
Weight: 37 pounds
Distance & Terrain: 4 miles round trip, flat, all streets without bike lanes.
Purchase Info: Traded with an employee at the Cyclist Connection in Canal Winchester, Ohio
Name/Model of Bike: Torker Graduate
Price: I traded my rarely ridden mountain bike for it and I ride this every day to work, pleased with the trade. I believed it retailed around $400. I salvaged the rack from a family member's bike, and the panniers from my wife's bike that she never uses. $25 fleabay headlight, and an Axium Pulse taillight. Cateye 7 speedo. Bars were swapped out by the previous owner. Other than that all I have into it is a set of Nokian hakkapeliitta w240 studded tires.
Weight: 37 pounds
Distance & Terrain: 4 miles round trip, flat, all streets without bike lanes.
Purchase Info: Traded with an employee at the Cyclist Connection in Canal Winchester, Ohio
02-05-15 | 07:45 PM
#31
Been Around Awhile
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 30,680
Likes: 1,996
From: Burlington Iowa
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
02-05-15 | 08:07 PM
#32
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 8,262
Likes: 1,234
Bikes: 1998 Pinarello Asolo, 1992 KHS Montaña pro, 1980 Raleigh DL-1, IGH Hybrid, IGH Utility
02-05-15 | 09:07 PM
#33
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 927
Likes: 87
From: Boston
Bikes: Death machines all
Post-midlife crisis upgrade - donated my trusty Breezer to my first-born, to make room for this:
Name/Model: BMC Alpenchallenge AC01 Alfine 8
Some Pictures:
Weight:24 lbs, plus fenders and rack
Distance: 12 miles round trip, 1/3 idylic rail-trail, 2/3 urban road cruelty
Purchase Info: North of $2K, on-line purchase from R&A Cycles (NYC)
Other: Alfine 8 IGH, Gates center-track belt drive, Curana fenders, 45Nrth Xerxes studded tires, Selle Anatomica Titanico X Saddle, Tubus Fly stainless steel rack with kluged seat post and axle mounts, Sparse marker lights.
Name/Model: BMC Alpenchallenge AC01 Alfine 8
Some Pictures:
Weight:24 lbs, plus fenders and rack
Distance: 12 miles round trip, 1/3 idylic rail-trail, 2/3 urban road cruelty
Purchase Info: North of $2K, on-line purchase from R&A Cycles (NYC)
Other: Alfine 8 IGH, Gates center-track belt drive, Curana fenders, 45Nrth Xerxes studded tires, Selle Anatomica Titanico X Saddle, Tubus Fly stainless steel rack with kluged seat post and axle mounts, Sparse marker lights.
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02-05-15 | 10:03 PM
#34
Tortoise Wins by a Hare!
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 7,393
Likes: 945
From: Looney Tunes, IL
Bikes: Wabi Special FG, Raleigh Roper, Nashbar AL-1, Miyata One Hundred, '70 Schwinn Lemonator and More!!
How about some close ups of those fenders?
02-05-15 | 10:17 PM
#35
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Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 927
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From: Boston
Bikes: Death machines all
Unfortunately I don't have a better fender shot, here's something from the BMC website, they call it the "City-Kit". Curiously the stays are formed aluminum sheet, which makes the whole construct very rigid (and finicky to install).
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02-05-15 | 11:50 PM
#36
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 4,463
Likes: 244
From: Novi Sad
Bikes: Heavy, with friction shifters
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Name/Model of Bike: Unnkonwn, 1996 MTB
Pictures:
Price: Bike 0e (free). It was given as a gift for winning a MTB race to a bike mechanic, in 1996, who gave it to his now wife. Then sold for cheap to my good friend in 2000. Then he gave it to me as a gift in 2011.
"Upgrades": new set of wheels, the original ones were worn and eaten by salt: 30e.
New pair of summer tyres: 12e.
Pair of winter studded tyres: 50e.
Saddle (Selle Royal Suez) 40e.
New pedals, with studs: 17e.
New rear wheel (a car ran over the "old" one): 15e.
Several chains and cassettes so far - around 15 e.
So far, all together, between 150 and 200 euros over the past 4 years.
Weight: Quite a lot. 15 kilograms, roughly.Distance & Terrain: Used to be 11, now about 4 km one way, with 11 few times a week.Purchase Info: Hmmm, not sure, but I got it in Novi Sad (Serbia).
Other: I have problem finding rigid MTB with good geometry and decent components. This one has friction shifters, it is bomb proof, reliable, ugly looking. A perfect commuter. It can easily handle panniers and backpack on the rear rack. Smallish frame so it fits into elevators, cramped hallways, small rooms, but due to 26" wheels there's no toe overlaping. People get amazed when they take it for a ride, it rides unexpectedly quick and easy (for a MTB definitely).
Name/Model of Bike: Unnkonwn, 1996 MTB
Pictures:
Price: Bike 0e (free). It was given as a gift for winning a MTB race to a bike mechanic, in 1996, who gave it to his now wife. Then sold for cheap to my good friend in 2000. Then he gave it to me as a gift in 2011."Upgrades": new set of wheels, the original ones were worn and eaten by salt: 30e.
New pair of summer tyres: 12e.
Pair of winter studded tyres: 50e.
Saddle (Selle Royal Suez) 40e.
New pedals, with studs: 17e.
New rear wheel (a car ran over the "old" one): 15e.
Several chains and cassettes so far - around 15 e.
So far, all together, between 150 and 200 euros over the past 4 years.
Weight: Quite a lot. 15 kilograms, roughly.Distance & Terrain: Used to be 11, now about 4 km one way, with 11 few times a week.Purchase Info: Hmmm, not sure, but I got it in Novi Sad (Serbia).
Other: I have problem finding rigid MTB with good geometry and decent components. This one has friction shifters, it is bomb proof, reliable, ugly looking. A perfect commuter. It can easily handle panniers and backpack on the rear rack. Smallish frame so it fits into elevators, cramped hallways, small rooms, but due to 26" wheels there's no toe overlaping. People get amazed when they take it for a ride, it rides unexpectedly quick and easy (for a MTB definitely).
02-06-15 | 01:48 PM
#37
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Posts: 30,680
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From: Burlington Iowa
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
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