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[Dirt]

@TwoWheelsDC 80522 wrote:

I’ve identified my next winter commuter:

http://riderungu.com/juggernaut/

I’d be interested to actually ride one of those… at least around the block. It is a very cool concept, but I can’t imagine that it handles well. It also has some basic conceptual problems with tracking in the snow. My fat front fixie works because the fat tire lays down a track for the rear tire to follow. This trike will be plowing tracks with all 3 wheels. That means that it has 3 times the rolling resistance of a normal fat bike in the snow.

Sorry to be practical.

[Dirt]

Dave and John on their custom Seven gravel rigs at Dirty Kanza last year.

[rpiretti]

I love Breadwinner Cycles, their designs are flawless, designed by Ira Ryan I’m sure. Take a peek at their new gravel racer they displayed at NAHBS. Stunning. 11 speed internal downtube shifters (heaven) and disk brakes.

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2014/03/2014-nahbs-breadwinners-throwback-b-road-gravel-bike/#15

As soon as I get to a point for bike #2 I’m most likely going Breadwinner, thinking of their Lolo model or hey maybe this one.

[Raymo853]

@Phatboing 80255 wrote:

A more realistic (in that I’d ride it vs. hang it on the wall) covet:

Only one bottle mount on that Engin. That would eliminate it from my point of view. I suspect it is also missing rack and fender mounts. I recommend the Ti disc cross/touring frame from Habanero.

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[jrenaut]

@rpiretti 80579 wrote:

I love Breadwinner Cycles, their designs are flawless, designed by Ira Ryan I’m sure. Take a peek at their new gravel racer they displayed at NAHBS. Stunning. 11 speed internal downtube shifters (heaven) and disk brakes.

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2014/03/2014-nahbs-breadwinners-throwback-b-road-gravel-bike/#15

As soon as I get to a point for bike #2 I’m most likely going Breadwinner, thinking of their Lolo model or hey maybe this one.

I’m not into the downtube shifters, but that bike is gorgeous.

[vvill]

Those are some nice gravel rigs. I daresay with some road tires they’d be fine for fast road rides too.

@rpiretti 80579 wrote:

I love Breadwinner Cycles, their designs are flawless, designed by Ira Ryan I’m sure. Take a peek at their new gravel racer they displayed at NAHBS. Stunning. 11 speed internal downtube shifters (heaven) and disk brakes.

Lovely indeed. The colour scheme, the FD and rear brake cable braze-ons, and those brake levers!

I enjoy the throwback concept of downtube shifters though I haven’t ridden them in a long time – I suspect I would hit my knees on them until I got used to them.

[NicDiesel]

@Dirt 80566 wrote:

I’d be interested to actually ride one of those… at least around the block. It is a very cool concept, but I can’t imagine that it handles well.

If you’re riding down in the river bottoms or doing single track this would be a really rad ride. It’s definitely overkill though.

My riding buddy just built one of these up and has me sold on this being my winter bike for next year:

[rpiretti]

I love mine. 9 speed shifting…no problem. That’s not to say I wouldn’t enjoy some paddle shifters but what I love about them is shifting to any cog directly, not having to press shift multiple times to achieve a needed position. Seems to me that if you hit your knees on them your bike is too small for you.

@vvill 80588 wrote:

I enjoy the throwback concept of downtube shifters though I haven’t ridden them in a long time – I suspect I would hit my knees on them until I got used to them.

[jrenaut]

The next person to talk about any sort of winter-related biking will be tossed into the Potomac.

[consularrider]

@NicDiesel 80594 wrote:

If you’re riding down in the river bottoms or doing single track this would be a really rad ride. It’s definitely overkill though.

My riding buddy just built one of these up and has me sold on this being my winter bike for next year:

Ok, I’m trying to grasp the concept. Are the front and rear wheels interchangeable depending on whether you are SS or need a multispeed cassette? Is there a shifter on there somewhere? How about chain length and tension?

[vvill]

@rpiretti 80596 wrote:

I love mine. 9 speed shifting…no problem. That’s not to say I wouldn’t enjoy some paddle shifters but what I love about them is shifting to any cog directly, not having to press shift multiple times to achieve a needed position. Seems to me that if you hit your knees on them your bike is too small for you.

I already hit my knees occasionally on the unused cable stops on my (converted SS) bike that is slightly too big for me, so I think it’s more to do with how I pedal when I’m out of the saddle.

I think those retroshift things looked pretty interesting, they could also dump the cassette in one motion.

[Steve]

@vvill 80599 wrote:

I already hit my knees occasionally on the unused cable stops on my (converted SS) bike that is slightly too big for me, so I think it’s more to do with how I pedal when I’m out of the saddle.

Yea, I could definately see that, especailly on too big a bike. I love my DT shifters though. My only complains is that shifting while pedaling is not the easiest thing in the world, which can cause some problems especially when going uphill. For my riding style, that’s not the biggest deal in the world, but I could see others disliking it.

My knees/thighs hit the levers on my bar-end shifters more often than the DT ones. Again, I like the shifters enough that this doesn’t bother me, but it’s a little drawback. They are easier to use than the DT though in terms of maintaining pedal stroke.

All in all I’m with rpiretti in that the benfits are great. Getting right into the gear, coolness (ha!), and just the feel of bar-end and DT shifters is awesome. I find the biggest benefit that if you are like me and use a tripple in front, that using a friction shifting bar-end or DT shifters is SO much better than STI levers in terms of actually getting into gear.

[NicDiesel]

@consularrider 80598 wrote:

Ok, I’m trying to grasp the concept. Are the front and rear wheels interchangeable depending on whether you are SS or need a multispeed cassette? Is there a shifter on there somewhere? How about chain length and tension?

Oops, I posted the wrong pic. I’m guessing (since I’ve seen this before on a Moonlander) that they swap out drive trains depending on the terrain. My riding partner runs his as a 9-speed and is using it for a pretty kick ass tour this summer. Here’s his setup:

Probably one of the coolest things he has on this build is the self-generating Supernova light.

[Phatboing]

@Raymo853 80582 wrote:

Only one bottle mount on that Engin. That would eliminate it from my point of view. I suspect it is also missing rack and fender mounts. I recommend the Ti disc cross/touring frame from Habanero.

Engin charges extra for bottle mounts and other braze-ons, which, yes, is Not Cool.

But it wouldn’t be a covet if I could afford it, would it? It would be in my apartment, approaching s-1.

[cyclingfool]

@NicDiesel 80610 wrote:

Probably one of the coolest things he has on this build is the self-generating Supernova light.

Fat bike with a dynohub? That’s a new one for me, but I dig it!

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