wipekitty

Almost every other sub-forum has a thread like this. So...here we go! Show us your favorite transportation bikes... or scooters...walking shoes...whatever else you use to get around!

Here's my main all-around transpo bike for good to OK weather - I ran it as a fixed gear for years, but am now running single speed so that I can go faster down hills. (I also switch pedals and use it for foul weather road biking.)



This is my winter bike and sometimes-hauler. I converted it to a single speed after the derailleurs got trashed from winter riding. Studded tires will be returning soon!



Last but not least, the cargo trailer. Oh how this has changed my life! With four pets and an average of five people at my house, we go through quite a few supplies. Cat litter and toilet paper, especially.



I have three other bikes in the lineup: one backup transportation bike (a somewhat trashed steel fixed gear, used primarily for overnight parking situations), an old Schwinn cruiser (used as a loaner bike for friends and neighbors), and my princess CF roadie (not really a transportation machine, though I visit lots of interesting towns on it!)

Aubergine 

This is my current errand and go-everywhere bike. Under the new paint is a frame from a 1984 Peugeot Corbier, made with Carbolite 103. The rest of the bike was basically rebuilt with the parts I liked best.

Before:



After (but before I put on a new front fender):

dedhed

Well that explains the user name

indyfabz

I also commute on it.

Mark Stone

I like the after picture -- gorgeous bike! But how did you attach the mail boxes to the rear rack?

Mobile 155

The only one I will ride to anywhere I have to trust a lock. All the rest stay with me or very close by.

Aubergine 

That was the hardest part!!

badger1

Only have one bike (well, one in each of two locations). Below is my 'main' bike. Used for everything: riding to/from work (daily/three+ seasons); coffee runs; light shopping runs; long rides on weekends; a century or two). I pretty much live on this thing from February or so until December. Other bike is a mid-noughties hardtail mtb, used for ... well, mountain biking and general running around.

Mark Stone

Very nice, sleek looking machine!

badger1

Thanks! It's served me very well. Bought it new in '10; confirmed that the geometry etc. worked really well for me and then rebuilt it from the headset up for 2011 and on.

As it is it's very light, quick, tough, comfortable, and reliable. If I were to replace it I'd simply go with something pretty much the same in concept but designed to now-current standards.

52telecaster

this is the only working bike i have right now but it does it all. including getting more bikes....

52telecaster

btw, i am riding a bob jackson world tourist

KD5NRH

Loaded up for a 73 mile ride, testing my ability to drag that much gear that far, over some fairly nasty hills. Had to stop and fix a flat shortly after sunrise, (hence the chair behind the bike) so I decided to get a photo while I was there.

52telecaster

wow, you carry more than me when i tour.... impressive!

KD5NRH

That was more of a test; I've thought about some multi-day campouts within a day's ride, and when setting up a camp for a long weekend or more, it makes sense to have more luxuries than a gone-at-dawn stop on a tour.

I had pretty much everything needed to camp for 3 days except enough water. And one rear pannier was less than half full, (the other had the sleeping bag, so light but bulky) plus another sleeping bag could easily have been tied on top of the trailer, so really I could have added a bit more food and had a 3 day/night camping load for two.

willydstyle

wahoonc

I would hazard a guess that any of my 35+ bicycles could be used for transportation... depending on my mood.

I really don't ride for transportation much anymore, my current job has behind the wheel some 50,000 miles a year.

However when I am home or occasionaly when I have a bit of down time I ride. I have put these in the order of most use. The Dahon travels in the back seat of my car, maybe the Twenty if I know I have longer distances to ride.

Aaron

Roody

[QUOTE=wahoonc;19992636]I would hazard a guess that any of my 35+ bicycles could be used for transportation... depending on my mood.

I really don't ride for transportation much anymore, my current job has behind the wheel some 50,000 miles a year.

However when I am home or occasionaly when I have a bit of down time I ride. I have put these in the order of most use. The Dahon travels in the back seat of my car, maybe the Twenty if I know I have longer distances to ride.

Aaron

Good to hear from you! It's been a while. Sorry to hear you have to spend so much time behind the wheel instead of behind the handlebars...

52telecaster

my new transportation ride. wont be fully integrated into the fleet until it has a computer, tape and a tailight. its coming along.

btw, fleet means 2 bikes.

1nterceptor

2015 FEB, NYC by 1nterceptor, on Flickr

Maelochs

Not sure on the practicality of the attached trio of mailboxes. Do you get lots of deliveries while riding?

Aubergine 

Those are Genuine Ortlieb Mailboxes, I’ll have you know. Perfect for picking up the mail in Seattle in a typically rainy day.

Maelochs

I posted this in another thread, but I guess it belongs here:

For everyone who commutes, lives car-free, tows a trailer, camps ... whatever ... I have a friend who did an across-America tour for the American Cancer Society towing This rig. Over 500 pounds, including a full portable electric performing rig because he is a musician and raised cash along the way by giving impromptu concerts.

He knows nothing about bikes and I am certain he bought whatever Walmart special was on sale ... but he did get low gearing. He did a lot of learning about trailers—eventually, through his repeated correspondences and product reviews, the company is releasing a double-axle model.

His comment on that: “Should also mention that the trailer is manufactured by Bikes At Work, in Ames, Iowa. At the time it was their heavyweight model, but now they're making a dually axle that is twice as stout, due to my suggesting it whilst waiting for parts delivery in Fort Worth, Texas.

“Up until then, they hadn't envisioned somebody wanting to pull a quarter ton with a bicycle.”

This guy toured across the U.S. and through California and them back ... puling more than most people could fit in their cars.

He isn’t a “cyclist,” though. He is a musician who wanted to work for a good cause. Probably close to 8,000 miles with no lycra, no spandex, no gear with a logo except his music gear.

3alarmer 

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...can't call one a "transportation bike" here without rack and fenders. I'm saving up for one of those inside the seat tube electric motors they use for mechanical doping.

Bikewolf

Thanks for sharing. That is so cool! Some people seek motivation to bike through e.g. rain, but this is something else.

Usually it is only one person riding from A to B. I wonder if there are people riding together...