Post your commuter!
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Hugor
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Already posted in the other commuter thread. Apologies didn't realise this one existed.
Salsa El Mariachi 29er.
CroMoly forks swapped out for 80mm Rockshox Reba Race.
Schwalbe Big Apple Slicks. I swear by these.
Topeak TriPouch on the TT for phone.
Basket keeps my heavy bags off my back, and also takes a lot of faff away for short trips to the shops.
Once you've had a basket on your commuter you'll never take it off.
FLATS cause who wants to walk around in clumsy cleats.
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Salsa El Mariachi 29er.
CroMoly forks swapped out for 80mm Rockshox Reba Race.
Schwalbe Big Apple Slicks. I swear by these.
Topeak TriPouch on the TT for phone.
Basket keeps my heavy bags off my back, and also takes a lot of faff away for short trips to the shops.
Once you've had a basket on your commuter you'll never take it off.
FLATS cause who wants to walk around in clumsy cleats.
:rockon:
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Pebble
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Love the basket, could just picture my dog in one of those (tried a crate on the front of a bmx once...too much dead weight on the handlebar and pretty hairy handling at times).
Wellsey
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new commuter i built over the weekend...
I don't think you've got enough brake there brother.
mitchy_
Llama calmer
Haha, they're off my AM bike until my new bits arrive, will be using 160/160. Hope M4's don't fit in a 160 IS mount either so had to use 203 as its all I had.
binner
Hath shat hymself
bits n shit
built this junk up today to use as my new commuter
the build:
Frame: graecross junk
Wheels: errrrrr dunno
Bars : very short
Brakes: Tektro n avid yeeeehawwwww
Stem : who cares , but i can adjust it
Chain: rusted
Cranks: no clue
Pedals: Xpedeo (for my DH rig) but meh
Tyres: I bought them at full retail price
built this junk up today to use as my new commuter
the build:
Frame: graecross junk
Wheels: errrrrr dunno
Bars : very short
Brakes: Tektro n avid yeeeehawwwww
Stem : who cares , but i can adjust it
Chain: rusted
Cranks: no clue
Pedals: Xpedeo (for my DH rig) but meh
Tyres: I bought them at full retail price
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hey guys,
I really like the look of the Cannondale Badboy flatbars in matte black but I'm also keen on the idea of a Gates carbon drive..... is a carbon belt drive worth it over a chain? I would likely run an Alfine 11 either way. Pondering the worth of getting a second hand Badboy medium frame and getting it modified to accept a belt.
I really like the look of the Cannondale Badboy flatbars in matte black but I'm also keen on the idea of a Gates carbon drive..... is a carbon belt drive worth it over a chain? I would likely run an Alfine 11 either way. Pondering the worth of getting a second hand Badboy medium frame and getting it modified to accept a belt.
rone
Eats Squid
Bear in mind that if you run a belt on Alfine 11 it runs a heap more tension than a chain, and kills your bearings, subsequently invalidating your Shimano warranty. So if I were you, I could just put up with the deafening cacophony of a chain drive.
SlowManiac
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I have a belt drive with alfine 11. I wouldn't say the tension on the belt is higher than a chain? Never heard of the hub warranty being invalidated.
I'd say rather buy a frame that can accept a belt rather than modifying. My Avanti Inc is matt black and is designed for belt drive (i.e. you can open the rear triangle)
As for whether it's worth it - well for commuting it's good, no maintenance and long life.
I'd say rather buy a frame that can accept a belt rather than modifying. My Avanti Inc is matt black and is designed for belt drive (i.e. you can open the rear triangle)
As for whether it's worth it - well for commuting it's good, no maintenance and long life.
John U
MTB Precision
New commuter. Got the new second hand frame after eating through the chain stay with the chain rings on the previous one. The outside of the bottom bracket had been munted over the years by various mechanics. The last bloke who put on told me i'd never get off again. Of course, I tried eventually and removed the remainder of the shell on the drive side of the BB in the process. This allowed the whole spindle and cranks to migrate left. This didn't become apparent to me for quite a while. All components where OK, the Merida Mag frame was fucked.
Note that the brake lines are the correct length now.
Note that the brake lines are the correct length now.
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Jerry Atrick
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introducing Twitch, so aptly named due to her ridiculously fast steering, ok so short stem, flat bars on a race geometry bike is a little silly but a hell of a lot of fun.
She was made as a SS commuter and for days when i didn't want to take the BMC or MTB out.
I was also hoping that she was going to be a little stealthy, unfortunately she seems to turn heads. (she nearly caused and accident on sunday's pub run)
Twitch was a mix of parts that i had lying around:
Hong-fu FM15 isp frame
Chinese carbon 50mm rims
an old 25mm Easton bar and stem
and a omnium crank.
She is very quick to get up hill and up to speed, but doesn't have the weight to roll.
wombat
Lives in a hole
Source to back that up? Last time I was at a Shimano do they were showing off Alfine on a belt drive setup.
You missing a brake dude?
Jerry Atrick
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Dam knew I forgot something...
the bike is made from spares and all I had was a front brake
wombat
Lives in a hole
Haha, fair enough. You got a rear one yet? Pretty sure I've got the old calipers off my SS kicking around here somewhere; you can have one if you need it (and I can find where I put it).Dam knew I forgot something...
the bike is made from spares and all I had was a front brake