fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
- Location
- Canada eh! Your land of back bacon.
It wasn’t a problem with me, I had a Dutch bike before the brompton, it’s it seems like a little rocket. It is 30 pounds lighter after all.
Commuting bike choice - is a change a good thing??
- Thread starter Time Waster
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froze
Über Member
- Location
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
I hate to sound like a prick, but why are you asking us? Why not simply ride both and you make the decision which is best for you? Believe it or not, you are capable of making that decision without asking.
a.twiddler
Veteran
Well, for me, that's the way madness lies, or at least n + 1 or even more 'cos I haven't met many bikes I didn't like!
froze
Über Member
- Location
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
Right, I have 6 rideable bikes when I was commuting, I just grabbed one, didn't care which one I rode, I usually road my 84 Fuji Club, on a rare occasion I took my 13 Lynskey Peloton, and the others were just scattered, mostly rode those to keep things moving on them. Like you, I haven't met too many bikes I didn't like either. Even though the 85 Fuji I had problems with the Suntour ARX rear derailleur to work right, I eventually gave up on it after many years and replaced it with a Superbe Tech, after that it worked fantastic. Truth be told, the ARX worked ok, it just wasn't up to my standards I had with Mountech, Superbe, and Nuova Record...in regards to vintage gear.
The worse bike I have is a 87 Giant Rincon, those XT derailleurs of that era are crap deluxe, I never replaced them because when I riding it I was banging it around and didn't want to damage better derailleurs! I haven't rode that bike in years, or for commuting due to the problems with it. That bike was my single worse bike I ever owned.
I had a 45 minute commute, so it wasn't a short commute, but not long either.
