Post your commuter!

few little upgrades to shed a little weight (i think i've become a weight weenie :pout:), main one being handing in my man card and going from crossmarks to girly sized detonators. wanting to try some clip in pedals too.

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bike art

Absolutely love this build, Marc newson/ bike art
function and look,

mitchy_ said:
few little upgrades to shed a little weight (i think i've become a weight weenie :pout:), main one being handing in my man card and going from crossmarks to girly sized detonators. wanting to try some clip in pedals too.

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wow, thanks!

few little things i'm still waiting for though. white rear brake line and white clips to tie the rear mech/brake line together up near the bars.
the silver post and semi-white seat irks me too... really i want a carbon post and a black seat which will probably be next! i want a carbon crank too, but the price is putting me off when the X9 crank with direct mount ring is about on par with a carbon setup.
 
Been meaning to post my commuter for sometime. Set up just about perfectly now. Soma doublecross DC (disc and Canti compaitble), crosscheck forks, Shimano RS80 wheels, Mini V brakes, Schwalbe marathon supremes, Dingle speed 32-14/15 all kept in check by a Yess ETR-B tensioner. And of course pink mud guards! It's getting a soma front rack as soon as I can get my mits on one, and might get discs down the track.. But it's the most comfortable, easy to ride bike I've owned and with 20 minutes of fiddling can be turned into a cross weapon to boot!

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lynskey cooper cx

yeah this is my commuter, well it pulls triple duty, roady, CX and commuter...

3T cockpit
Champione CrMo Cyclo cross disc Fork
FSA orbit X headset
Lizardgrip tape
Carbon 50x23mm rims 3k matte
Sapim CX Spokes
Novatech D711/712 hubs
Sram Apex gruppo, compact
Specialized Captain CX 34mm
Prologo Ti scratch Saddle
Thompson Elite Setback
CB eggs, Ti
Avid BB7 Road Disc





 
Monks said:
yeah this is my commuter, well it pulls triple duty, roady, CX and commuter...

3T cockpit
Champione CrMo Cyclo cross disc Fork
FSA orbit X headset
Lizardgrip tape
Carbon 50x23mm rims 3k matte
Sapim CX Spokes
Novatech D711/712 hubs
Sram Apex gruppo, compact
Specialized Captain CX 34mm
Prologo Ti scratch Saddle
Thompson Elite Setback
CB eggs, Ti
Avid BB7 Road Disc
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seeing pics of this the other week made me want to build a disc CX as a commuter...

bought some 29" wheels and 700x28c tyres just to gauge fitment on my carbon frame... fitted them to my old commuter and i've now fallen in love with it even more than before, disc cx might get shelved!

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mitchy_ said:
seeing pics of this the other week made me want to build a disc CX as a commuter...

bought some 29" wheels and 700x28c tyres just to gauge fitment on my carbon frame... fitted them to my old commuter and i've now fallen in love with it even more than before, disc cx might get shelved!

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I think I've found cycling nirvana, part 29er, part roady, all fun, and seriously fast.
 
Monks said:
I think I've found cycling nirvana, part 29er, part roady, all fun, and seriously fast.
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That's what I liked about it... It's not a delicate roadie with 23mm tyres and requires Lycra to ride, yet I'm sure it's still very fast and has solid performing disc brakes...

I'll day I'll build a full titanium and carbon disc cx.
 
mitchy_ said:
few little upgrades to shed a little weight (i think i've become a weight weenie :pout:), main one being handing in my man card and going from crossmarks to girly sized detonators. wanting to try some clip in pedals too.

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That is one of the best/cleanest bikes I have ever laid my eyeballs on. Is there a link to the build of this beauty??
 
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I love checking out all these bling commuters but I'm a little more nervous about chaining my rig up in the city. I've put a bit of effort into making this look like its not worth nicking. Still pretty clean though & yes, I have a thing about the old Malvern star dragstars.
 
What's a comfortable seat for longer rides? Anymore than half hour in the saddle and ill know about it for the next few days. Any suggestions?


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i'm currently using a Velo VL-1205... it was supposed to be a cheap and nasty temp seat as it was all i was missing from my build, but it's surprisingly not bad. have ridden for a couple of hours at a time and no issues.
 
Awesome. I'll have a look at that seat. Also can anyone help us with the pros/cons of people swapping there 3x >>> 1x Chainring. Looking at small things to do with my Cube Acid.

Thanks


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kl3ggy said:
Awesome. I'll have a look at that seat. Also can anyone help us with the pros/cons of people swapping there 3x >>> 1x Chainring. Looking at small things to do with my Cube Acid.

Thanks


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pros - simpler, less things to go wrong, lighter, looks better
cons - decreased gear range (however i find 10 gears plenty, i'm about to change from a 11-36 cassette to 11-28)
 
mitchy_ said:
pros - simpler, less things to go wrong, lighter, looks better
cons - decreased gear range (however i find 10 gears plenty, i'm about to change from a 11-36 cassette to 11-28)
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Awesome. Is it as easy as getting a new single chainring and removing all of the unnecessary bits?

Thanks


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