Show us your Daily Warrior!

[davidj]

Anyone want to play?

Not your boutique bike, not your bike shed queen, not the scrap hidden in the undergrowth!

Show us 3 photos of your daily warrior, the bike you commute on, leave outside the pub/gym/pool all year round. The bike that carries your shopping. Warts and all!

Photos must be:
Drive side
Non Drive side
Photo of your Choice

Alongside your 3 photos you can make 3 comments:

What's right
What's wrong
What's Next

 

[davidj]

What's Right: It just rides so well, it's heavy but rides light!

What's Wrong: It doesn't have Hope Pro2 Evo hubs!

What's Next: New Hope crown race is in the post, mine has shed it's rubber seal.

 

[hawkhill97]

Nice thread idea!

Here's my 1997 Marin Hawk Hill



What's right:
Rides much nicer than it should for a low end bike. Running a two speed drive train is great fun.

What's wrong:
While I love the silent freehub, the pawls have a nasty habit of not engaging smoothly after freewheeling, leading to a feeling like the chain is slipping. Not a biggie on what is essentially a beater. Left crank is missing the extracting threads. Lots of battle scars!



What's next:
Eventually a new rear wheel when the freehub finally dies. Maybe change the 18t single sprocket on the rear for a 17t one.

 

[davidj]

What's Right: It just rides so well, it's heavy but rides light!

What's Wrong: It doesn't have Hope Pro2 Evo hubs!

What's Next: New Hope crown race is in the post, mine has shed it's rubber seal.

Well the Hope Crown Race is fitted and incredibly a pair of Hope Pro2 Evo Wheels landed in my possession. The back wheel has been stripped and serviced and is clicking away happily on my P7. I need some 15mm adapters before I can fit the front.... Wanted ad up, let me know if you can help.

Don't be shy, post up your daily warrior and your ongoing plans for it

 

[IceCzar]

A Frankenbike geometry experiment. While it bears a resemblance to a bike, it’s actually a chain stretcher with an ejection seat. It does have the advantage of a 45 degree lean angle without a pedal strike. Everyday all weather for the last three years. Including have my front forks cut out from under me by a car (cracked seatpost joint, welded recracked welded again with a matched interference fit steel post for the joint) milled a few replacement or custom parts here and there.

 

[ChromeChainstay]

A Frankenbike geometry experiment. While it bears a resemblance to a bike, it’s actually a chain stretcher with an ejection seat. It does have the advantage of a 45 degree lean angle without a pedal strike. Everyday all weather for the last three years. Including have my front forks cut out from under me by a car (cracked seatpost joint, welded recracked welded again with a matched interference fit steel post for the joint) milled a few replacement or custom parts here and there.

what a warrior, you and the bike

 

[IceCzar]

Just an old motorcyclist that probably wouldn’t be walking and talking without the daily exercise. My upgrades include body armor, it’s newest upgrade is a 5Kw motor @ 280nm assuming I can hang that much battery mass