Work bikes
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klunkrider
Retro Guru
I’ve too many bikes to choose one to ride to work on every day but this does seem to be what I’m reaching for most days.
1961 Flying Scot that was my grandfather’s. It got a new rear triangle 4 or 5 years ago and the extra mixte tubes a couple years after that to try and stiffen it up a bit. Latest modifications were the addition of the toptube shifter boss and cable routing to the frame, the dynamo mount to the fork and a respray over Christmas.
1961 Flying Scot that was my grandfather’s. It got a new rear triangle 4 or 5 years ago and the extra mixte tubes a couple years after that to try and stiffen it up a bit. Latest modifications were the addition of the toptube shifter boss and cable routing to the frame, the dynamo mount to the fork and a respray over Christmas.
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HourGlass
Devout Dirtbag
Back up commuter in rotation: Repco Superlite.
Old 'bike boom-era' Repcos still make for popular commuter / pub / work bikes here in Melbourne, from well maintained 'originals', to messenger-esque builds and modern townies.
Mine was a hard-rubbish find, completely stripped and re-assembled with cherry-picked parts from other hard-rubbish finds.
I originally set it up with 1x7 gearing but just this week re-instated a front derailleur and chainrings as I'd like to put some decent milage on it again (commute is ~50km / day) and the 40T up front was begining to be a little limiting. Brakes were originally budget side-pulls which I replaced with Dia Compe centrepulls for the original build which just cleared the 28c tyres + fenders. I've have since swapped to a set of Mafac Racers, simply as the Mafacs cost me the same as fresh brakepads for the DC's, and they came with a sweet little integrated front rack.
Old 'bike boom-era' Repcos still make for popular commuter / pub / work bikes here in Melbourne, from well maintained 'originals', to messenger-esque builds and modern townies.
Mine was a hard-rubbish find, completely stripped and re-assembled with cherry-picked parts from other hard-rubbish finds.
I originally set it up with 1x7 gearing but just this week re-instated a front derailleur and chainrings as I'd like to put some decent milage on it again (commute is ~50km / day) and the 40T up front was begining to be a little limiting. Brakes were originally budget side-pulls which I replaced with Dia Compe centrepulls for the original build which just cleared the 28c tyres + fenders. I've have since swapped to a set of Mafac Racers, simply as the Mafacs cost me the same as fresh brakepads for the DC's, and they came with a sweet little integrated front rack.
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Black_puma
GT Fan
My Bravado has been taking commuter duties whilst my 2011 Zaskar Sport is waiting to have its new tyres refitted, which is proving to be an absolute bar steward to do...
However, it gives me an opportunity to really appreciate the Bravado's ride quality, which I now have come to prefer over the aforementioned Zaskar!
However, it gives me an opportunity to really appreciate the Bravado's ride quality, which I now have come to prefer over the aforementioned Zaskar!
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Give it time, we'll all get there. You're just ahead of the curve.
