Flat-bar commuter or drop-bar tourer?

[KelOnWheels]

@jopamora 29564 wrote:

Um, don’t forget about the Roper too! I found out about it two weeks after buying my bike. Maybe someday.

Oh that’s nice too! Except for the whole brown thing. Not feeling the brown.

Hmm, I wonder what gearing I want on my imaginary bike? Dubbel? Trippel? Oh wait, that’s beering not gearing…

[Certifried]

@Dirt 29558 wrote:

I like a lot of the stuff that Raleigh is doing. Their Single Speed, disc cross bike is really nice. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but a VERY nicely done bike in my eye.

http://www.raleighusa.com/bikes/steel-road/cyclocross/furley-13/

ok, going completely off topic here, sorry! As long as we’re starting to dream and posting such pretty bikes, I have to add the Foundry. Unfortunately, I think they might be way overpriced, but damn they’re pretty bikes.

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[TwoWheelsDC]

@KelOnWheels 29565 wrote:

Oh that’s nice too! Except for the whole brown thing. Not feeling the brown.

Hmm, I wonder what gearing I want on my imaginary bike? Dubbel? Trippel? Oh wait, that’s beering not gearing…

I have triples on my road bike and my CX bike. I really like the flexibility they give me and don’t really care what the haters say…the only real drawback is they tend to be more susceptible to cross-chaining, but that’s easy to mitigate. Road triples, in particular (as opposed to the mountain triples on a lot of CX bikes), are nice, since you get a 52 tooth big ring, which gives you a little more top end speed than the 50t ring on a compact double…you also get the 30t granny gear, which is sweet for climbing.

[KelOnWheels]

@Certifried 29566 wrote:

ok, going completely off topic here, sorry! As long as we’re starting to dream and posting such pretty bikes, I have to add the Foundry. Unfortunately, I think they might be way overpriced, but damn they’re pretty bikes.

Crabon?! But don’t those explode if sunlight touches them? (Or sidewalks?)

[Certifried]

@KelOnWheels 29568 wrote:

Crabon?! But don’t those explode if sunlight touches them? (Or sidewalks?)

no! of course not! Why do people believe EVERYthing they hear on the internet? Carbon bikes only explode if you hit a bump during freezing weather (and that’s more of a shattering type of thing, not really exploding so much)

[americancyclo]

Dirt got me interested in the Tout Terrain bikes, which are now on my most wanted list:

disc, drops, fenders, racks, integrated lighting and even belt drives!

http://www.en.tout-terrain.de/bicycles/the-city/
http://www.en.tout-terrain.de/bicycles/grande-route/

[KelOnWheels]

@americancyclo 29570 wrote:

Dirt got me interested in the Tout Terrain bikes, which are now on my most wanted list:

disc, drops, fenders, racks, integrated lighting and even belt drives!

http://www.en.tout-terrain.de/bicycles/the-city/
http://www.en.tout-terrain.de/bicycles/grande-route/

Those look way cool! Oh, they are sensible German bikes. No wonder.

[krazygl00]

@TwoWheelsDC 29567 wrote:

I have triples on my road bike and my CX bike. I really like the flexibility they give me and don’t really care what the haters say…the only real drawback is they tend to be more susceptible to cross-chaining, but that’s easy to mitigate. Road triples, in particular (as opposed to the mountain triples on a lot of CX bikes), are nice, since you get a 52 tooth big ring, which gives you a little more top end speed than the 50t ring on a compact double…you also get the 30t granny gear, which is sweet for climbing.

If you want to stay with a double in front you can grab an XT or XTR 9sp rear derailleur (I bought some for cheeeeeeap a few months ago so I have a few extra stashed away) and use it in conjunction with a 10sp system (yes, this does work but you’ll need to size your chain properly) and use mountain cassettes for some pretty good granny gears. When I made the leap from 9 to 10sp on my Jake The Snake I set it up so that now I have a 34/50 in front and an 11/34 in the rear, which lets me get a nice 34-to-34 (1:1) gearing for climbing! Top-end is still OK…50-to-11 is actually higher gearing than 53-to-12.

[Greenbelt]

@krazygl00 29552 wrote:

Kona (nothing to do with Karl) Rove This is what I would have bought had it been available when I bought my 2004 Jake The Snake CX ride. The Rove looks to be basically a tour-ed up Jake The Snake.

You could also go closer to the CX end of the spectrum with a Kona Jake. It is the only CX they offer with discs.

Is it obvious I like Konas?

We rode the Rove out in Washington last week. Awesome bike.

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[KelOnWheels]

Krazygl00 is using his evil mind powers to make me buy a 1970s Scandinavian road bike with downtube shifters and no rear wheel. I’ll let you know how that turns out.

[Dirt]

@americancyclo 29570 wrote:

Dirt got me interested in the Tout Terrain bikes, which are now on my most wanted list:

disc, drops, fenders, racks, integrated lighting and even belt drives!

These are definitely in my Covet thread. Tout Terrain Amber is my bike of choice. My guess is that it is third or 4th on my list of bikes to build. Looking at my watch, that puts the estimated start of that build in mid march, 2013.

[ShawnoftheDread]

As a flat bar rider I concur with everyone’s opinion on getting something with drops for the next bike. My imaginary next bike will be a cx.

[Bilsko]

@Dirt 29558 wrote:

I like a lot of the stuff that Raleigh is doing. Their Single Speed, disc cross bike is really nice. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but a VERY nicely done bike in my eye.

http://www.raleighusa.com/bikes/steel-road/cyclocross/furley-13/

There’s a version of the Furley that they do in orange (think Merckx or Motobecane orange) which looks really nice – especially with the dark deep-Vs and the little orange strip on the rim.

[Certifried]

@Greenbelt 29573 wrote:

We rode the Rove out in Washington last week. Awesome bike.

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holy crap! You’re a lucky dude, make the wife do all the work and just go on trips to ride bikes with her LOL

I’m gonna have to try some Konas one day. I’ve got a roadie, a commuter, a project touring bike, I’m thinking I need a CX bike in the stable LOLOL

[KelOnWheels]

Shopping for imaginary bikes is much less stressful than shopping for real ones

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