you didn't see her christmas list

or what's parked in my garage!

i didn't want to say anything. at least it matches your shoes.

S&S couplers.

for everyday??

can't you just ride a bike all the way?

Convert the folder! If you only have to ride it for 3 miles, it's not worth taking it seriously. If you are quick, and keep it in a bag of some sort, you'll only have to be seen with it for 10 minutes each way. :)

Word. Or +1, or whatever the cool kids say these days. You'll be a monster in no time riding 200+ miles a week.

This is hysterical!!! Karma, baby! But at least you don't want to drive!

Swift folders have horizontal drop outs and Peter Reich can build you up a ss/fg wheel. Just get him to build you a fixed folder. If you do the razor, one leg'll be bigger than the other.

which part of LA will you be commuting to? For the most part, a bike with a NYC chain around it won't get messed with and just make it very 'beater' looking and you should be fine.

Something's wrong with Sheldon's site right now, but he's got a page about his converted fixie Raleigh Twenty.

I dunno, looks pretty fun to me!

http://www.bikexprt.com/bicycle/images/johntwen2.jpg

http://www.bikexprt.com/bicycle/mytwenty.htm

i'd definitely go the beater locked up at the station route.

or get a skateboard

Here's a Puma folding bike that's in the current issue of I.D. magazine. For a folding bike, it's pretty cool.... I never thought I'd type/say that. But I think that a beater bike locked at the station is the best option.

+1, 20 miles in LA shouldn't be too hard, should it?

20 miles in LA usually mean 20 miles by freeway, so it's more like 30mi by streets and LA for the most part isn't friendly to cycling because of the way people drive. It all depends which part she's in and going to.

Terror, you can take the bus instead of the train during peak hours. They always allow bikes on the bus.

I have a friend who used t messenger here in SF on a folding bike friday, he was a demon in traffic. Plus, R-dub has one I think. They feel weird, but actually are really fun in traffic.

BikeFriday will make a frame with track fork-ends/dropouts... expensive, but one step away from a conversion.

yep, that's my new folder (with track ends and all) on the folding forum and in the pics sticky here. Rides great, not as stiff as a good track frame, but more stiff than lots of road bikes I've ridden. Mine is mainly for travel, though, so folding for transit may be a bit of a pain...I've also got a super-cheap dahon folder that I converted and tricked out (as much as one can be tricked out). It looks absolutely lovely in its seafoam green, but it rolls fine for about two miles at a stretch.

...but I'd just keep a bike at the station...you can probably find a decent roady-beater to convert in LA for super cheap. Couple of years ago I bought a Masi Nuova Strada w/ full Dura-Ace gruppo in great condition for 400 bucks from a guy in LB.

Why not just ride the whole way, I do. I guess it does depend on what part of town you will be in.

Soma? I can't tell if it has horizontal dropouts.

http://www.bikesmiths.net/soma.html
http://www.bikesmiths.net/soma13.jpg

i would ride the whole way. it's close to 25 miles, which normally wouldn't be a problem but the last 6+ miles on the way back is a climb that gradually goes from unforgiving to get the hell off and crawl up. I'm on the foothill of a forest. Let's see if i even get/take the job. Althought i think the beater locked up at the statio is the way to go. I think they have bike lockers.

Good to see you haven't lost your sense of style even in the face of considering a dork bike for the utility of it.

Yeah if they've got bike lockers I wouldn't even worry about it. Fix an old Rockhopper with horizontal drops put on some 1" slicks or something.

Everyone should have a beater!