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Old 03-12-07, 08:27 PM
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I just passed up a brand new $250 chameleon frame. You jerks are making me have second thoughts.
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Originally Posted by vinnydelnegro
interesting but not totally surprising that many folks are picking geared bikes.
Can't really tell about the general population b/c many regulars haven't chimed in yet, but this thread really goes to show that many of us are not just in it for the fashion. Given only one bike, we would gladly choose function over form.

I would transform my old fuji touring bike into a 1x6 with full fenders. Not really a race bike, but awesome on the commute and I've won some stuff on it as a fixie.
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function fit then form I tried probably ten frames before I settled for the two fixed gear/ track frames I have same goes for my conversion that and it was free out of a dumpster
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I don't *actually* have a large stable, but I've rotated through quite a few in recent years and I do dream of a very big garage

For one bike, my Kogswell P/R, easy choice. It's the closest to a true "all-rounder" that I've ridden. Cargo, touring, on-road, off-road, fixed, geared.
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shinburger pedals on the chameleon. ouch.

I'd have to keep my BMC SL01. Cause it rocks.
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Old 03-13-07, 02:41 AM
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I will keep my conversion - it is better in my standard commute and not much worse in the city than any of my track bikes. I might replace it with the currently_under_construction bike if it comes up to my expectations.
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I would keep my mid 90s mbt. It has a nice lugged steal frame, takes racks well if I need to load up, has horizontal dropouts so I would prob build up a second rear wheel fixed / free, even though it's ridgid I find for most off road we have here in the south of Uk I can keep up with most people. So that bike plus one rear wheel and two sets of tyres would give me a tourer, a fixed gear, a single speed and a mountain bike.
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I'd sell the bikes I have and get a titanium singlespeed cross bike with S&S couplers and a front brake.
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I'd keep my Chameleon-comparable Spicer. It is the jammy-jam.

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Old 03-13-07, 06:51 AM
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post apocalypse geared mountain bike

preapocalypse touring bike
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my Spooky Metalhead
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Like the rest of the crowd, I would probably take some kind
of geared cross bike, possibly a Surly for the horizontal drop-
outs. It definitely seems like the most versatile option.
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my Spooky Metalhead
I still want a JuneBug...too bad they are all gone.
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Originally Posted by jim-bob
Suppose you need to get rid of all of your bikes but one. Which do you keep?
1 - (1 - 1) = 1.

My conversion.
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Originally Posted by eddiebrannan
i only have one
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It'd be my geared cyclocross bike. it's the most versatile bike I own, but I really wouldn't want to be without my track bike, and EVERYONE needs a beater, especially for winter riding. So really 3 is my minimum, and I'm down to 3 now.
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Old 03-13-07, 09:04 AM
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out of practicality i would have to say my cross check because i could truly to everything with it, and have, but in reality i would probably keep my SS 29er. i would be a very unhappy person if i couldnt rip it up off road on the 29er.
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Old 03-13-07, 09:22 AM
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I hate to say it, but because of sheer utility I'd probably keep the 3-speed first gen IRO Mark V. I love, LOVE my other bikes, but the 3-speed IRO is so much more practical for everything, like going to the store, riding in the rain, putting bigger tires and riding in the dirt, fenders, racks, trailers, etc. Plus, it's like the indestructible bike, hit by a toyota tundra and the thing is still straight as the day I got it.

If I didn't have to worry about anything like utility, I'd ditch everything and keep the new bike, it is perfection by way of steel and carbon-fiber.
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Originally Posted by legalize_it
out of practicality i would have to say my cross check because i could truly to everything with it, and have, but in reality i would probably keep my SS 29er. i would be a very unhappy person if i couldnt rip it up off road on the 29er.
wow i ride with this guy and we have the same thoughts about bikes... AMAZING
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if i could only keep one bike in my entire stable, it'd have to be the most functional one of them all - my trials bike, which, incidentally, is fixed.
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Originally Posted by jim-bob
When's the other one showing up? I saw it at NAHBS.

When i can pay for it. When that'll be in can't tell ya.
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Mariposa randonneur. But I'd probably hate myself for it.
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Originally Posted by moki
Mariposa randonneur. But I'd probably hate myself for it.
wait, you have a mariposa randonneuse?
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Originally Posted by crust & crumb
if i could only keep one bike in my entire stable, it'd have to be the most functional one of them all - my trials bike, which, incidentally, is fixed.
wait..you mean you have a fixed cog with the frewheel on the the crank set up right? or do you actually ride trials on a fixed gear? if so, that's intense!
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i think a lot about the ultimate one bike. one idea is a steel(stainless perhaps?) roadframe geometry with campy 1010b dropouts and ss couplers. possibly room for 28mm tires and disc tabs. basically a custom made conversion. you could do almost anything with something like that.
make it fit perfectly, with some nice lugs or maybe fillet brazed with a matching stem, i think i'd be good.
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