Members' bikes

[perpetual dan]

Cotic Escapade, freshly converted from fixed commuter to 1x11 gnarmac bridleslayer.

Looks very nice, colour complements the surroundings nicely too!

My first road bike (OK ok, it's a 'cross bike) since I was 16 and I love it. Really love it.

Sorry, Morat, image not working here.

[Chris N]

Thanks scott and LEE (and dan).

I thought about building it as 1x9 or 1x10, but the wide range and relatively close spacings available with the 11-40 cassette (27-100") makes more sense for this bike's intended use as a mixed-surface light tourer and child-seat carrier.  The cassette was £55 but I imagine they'll come down in price as 11 speed trickles down to lower groupsets.  No idea how well it's going to wear though.

[Paul]

Cotic Escapade, freshly converted from fixed commuter to 1x11 gnarmac bridleslayer.

Nice. Mudguards?

And wherefore the routing of the rear mech cable?

(I thought you said 'brideslayer' )

[sg37409]

Yeah, Morat  - No pic 

[Chris N]

Nice. Mudguards?

And wherefore the routing of the rear mech cable?

(I thought you said 'brideslayer' )

  Didn't fit over the fat tyres. I'll put them back on later in the winter when I get fed up of cleaning it (and me) after each ride.

LH side of HT, across the DT, under the BB and along the chain stay.

Yeah. It's a weapon. A gnarpoon.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Gnarmac bridleslayer  That phrase deserves a POTD!

[Chris N]

Weren't me guv, shamelessly pinched from either singletrackworld or LFGSS.

[CrinklyLion]

Well, he's more of an honorary member.  Anyway, an EldestCub with his latest acquisition.

[Jurek]

Well, he's more of an honorary member.  Anyway, an EldestCub with his latest acquisition.

Proper bike 
M'friend Julie, (not m'Julie) in Whitstable acquired one of those (in a similar, if not identical size) last year for her foray into triathlon.
She remains in awe of 'how powerful the bike is' compared to her ridgeback hybrid commuter 

[Polar Bear]

Waddya mean, honorary?   He's one of us whether he likes it of not.      

Very nice bike btw.   That saddle reminds me of a certain tv advert though.   

[Kim]

That saddle reminds me of a certain tv advert though.   

It reminds me of SmallestCub's   

Good to see he's got the hang of the n+1 rule, anyway.   

[phil653]

n+1/s-1 is inside the box. Perhaps this also belongs on the 'bikes on planes' thread as I brought this home on Ryan Air as booked-in luggage for 15 quid. It's within their size limits and with frame, forks, rims, hubs and other assorted components (plus, bizarre as it sounds, two tins of custard powder, a box of lemsips and some deodorant) it only weighed about 6kg.  Granted, full dismantling may not be the most practical travel option. Carrying it without a trolley from the  terminal to the off-site carpark was comedy, but hey, so what eh?

[Blodwyn Pig]

Cotic Escapade, freshly converted from fixed commuter to 1x11 gnarmac bridleslayer.


Drivetrain is an experiment: Ultegra 11S RH shifter, Alfine Di2 mechanical LH brake lever, Superstar 40T narrow/wide ring, XT 11-40T 11 speed cassette, KMC chain, Ultegra rear mech with Lindarets Road Link and 8/9/10S XT M756 rear hub. Works perfectly so far.

There is something , quite very lovely and delicate about that there bicycle. 

ps, actually it's quite weird, I've just looked at their website, and the one they show, looks strangely odd with a large chainring, spoils it really.

[jhob]

I've built my old, el-cheapo frame up into a single speed hack bike for local errands and the like.



Mostly parts I already had knocking around.  The wheels came from freecycle.  Main expense was the parts required to convert to singlespeed - chain tensioner, sprocket, spacers, chainring bolts.

I was trying to build it for as little as possible and annoyingly I bought a new seatpost and then found I already had one and I could have sawn off my old handlebars and used them.  Didn't think about that until I'd already hit the buy button. 

Still, only cost £60 all-in.

[Morat]

I'm a muppet - image fixed above!
Thanks for letting me know.

[Majorbloodnok]

For winter.

Used a stunt peg meant for a kids scooter to mount the Hope V1 on my forks...it's a bit clumsy and I suppose I could cut it down a bit but cheaper than the £20 for a purpose made from SJS thanks to the lad in Halfords giving me this one he found in his toolbox

[andyoxon]

Well, he's more of an honorary member.  Anyway, an EldestCub with his latest acquisition.

Good stuff - nice bike to ride; great value.  I bought a Triban3 (60cm) new, as my first aluminium framed bike - having been steel only.  Done quite a few audax rides on it.  Upgraded the wheels to Shimano/Sora derailleur/Brooks and that's about it.  Keep meaning to try Pasela 25mm with the CrudRR2 guards, as only 23mm to date.  Been back on steel since August though.

VIRB0029 by ao, on Flickr

[Moleman76]

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start them young

[Ham]

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start them young

That is a brilliant typo 

[Blodwyn Pig]

My olde Batavus Sprint, in its current incarnation as a singlespeed, on our way to the shops.

I say! any chance of a few more shots of this one...please.

[Clemo]

Presso-34 by Richie C, on Flickr

The commuter, a bargain picked up on ebay back in the summer now has done nearly 2k miles my first foray into hub gears

[sg37409]

What kind of hub gears are they ? ☺

[Clemo]

Alfine 8

[jhob]

My new Kinesis 4s disc build.

This is it in 'pre-build' state featuring fetching red electrical tape (which was all I had in at the time!)

[TimC]

Don't think pizza is an acceptable substitute for Marmite!