J: my solution to the matter of a "beater that can be stolen without tragedy" has been to find old but nice bikes that as closely as possible imitate my "good" ones. The old Motobecane that I sold to Eric Norris (it was stolen in that the price was a "steal") was one such, and I have had many others. One great fun one was an old sport-tourer Raleigh Technium that I picked up very cheap and built even cheaper. i don't know why they bothered with the aluminum, since it was a huge tank, and as noodley as a -- noodle; but with fattish 32 mm tires and a 68" fixed gear, it was a fun ride.
I realize that one can have fun riding just about anything -- well, there are some exceptions -- but life is too short to waste most of your riding on something that isn't fun enough. My gawd, man, get yourself a bike that fits, at least! On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Kieran J <kjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Blakcloud, you and me both know the knarly streets of Toronto eats nice > bikes for breakfast. I too have gradually eased my stress on having a bike > stolen and/or damaged when out and about, but it has taken awhile. I've > only had a bike stolen once - an old Bianchi that I thought I had locked > up, but hadn't (at Yonge and Dundas Square where all the crackheads hang > out, no less). So more on me than anyone else. D'oh! > > I also get the desire to ride a bike you like. My 95% of riding > (commuting) is done on a too-small Cross Check, which certainly is my > least-fav bike in my stable. On top of that, I have a porteur rack and big > Wald on the front of it, which needless to say, does not improve the > handling. BUT! if something happened to it, I would also be the least upset > and would get over it. I also rode it right through the winter, and had few > qualms exposing it to all of that hell. > > After riding the Ram all weekend, it sure was hard going back onto that > Surly tank Monday morning. But so it goes.. > > KJ > > > On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 6:28:08 AM UTC-4, blakcloud wrote: > >> This weeks experiment, well maybe the next two weeks, will be using my >> Sam Hillborne as a commuter. I built the bike up as a leisurely Sunday bike >> to ride with my wife though I started thinking the bike could do more. >> >> I was inspired by a thread last year "Could you own one bike?" The answer >> for me was no, but I could trim down the number of bikes I own. I want to >> minimize and plus I don't have room as I live in a condo and bike parking >> has become an issue. >> >> There hasn't been a lot of talk about using Riv's as commuters on this >> board and even Rivendell doesn't seem to push the commuting aspect for >> their bikes. The Sam to me, might make a good commuter. My commutes are 60 >> minutes each way, so nothing drastic. It is set up with Albatross's and a >> Brooks B67, plus the required basket and Mark's rack. The bike currently >> has Hetre's but I think I will use a pair of Marathons that I also own. I >> will pick up SKS Longboards today and if the experiment works, a new dynamo >> front wheel will be built. Ninety five percent of my cycling is commuting >> so I really need to like the bike I ride. I am hoping the Sam will fit that >> bill. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
