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[Buzzinonbikes]

Nice bike but I hate to say, it's way too small for you. You should never have that many spacers below the stem and especially with the stem 'flipped' like that. You still have a massive 'drop' from saddle to bars even with this set-up. You needed at least one size, maybe two sizes bigger frame. I'm guessing you must at least
6' 5" tall, maybe even taller if you can ride that!!

Long since sold. Was a tad small. Being all legs though presents challenges with needed seat tube length but not top tube.

 

[biggs682]

View attachment 106099 For what it's worth, here's mine.

that looks fantastic

This is my commuter for the next few days

 

[Dibs]

I have been commuting on either my nice Defy 1 or an older GT MTB.

Although I am now picking on of these up next week...

 

[Deleted member 23692]

8 Speed, low maintenance...

 

[mjr]

8 Speed, low maintenance...

Cube?

 

[0lonerider]

My 2012 cannondale qwick

 

[Elybazza61]

Oooh more pic whorage;

Planet X XLS in latest full commute mode.

1 X 10 set up with 105 levers and XT mech,TRP Spyre SLC cable discs,Archetypes on Novarec hubs with new Hutchinson Sector 28's.Exposure,Cat-eye and Alpkit Tau lights,Alpkit Koala pack,Deda stem,post and bars topped with Charge spoon saddle and Fizik tape.

 

[jowwy]

Oooh more pic whorage;

Planet X XLS in latest full commute mode.

1 X 10 set up with 105 levers and XT mech,TRP Spyre SLC cable discs,Archetypes on Novarec hubs with new Hutchinson Sector 28's.Exposure,Cat-eye and Alpkit Tau lights,Alpkit Koala pack,Deda stem,post and bars topped with Charge spoon saddle and Fizik tape.

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do you have any shifting issues with the 105 levers and XT mech?

i was informed that road levers wouldnt work with the MTB mech........so ended switched to flatbar with mtb levers

 

[Elybazza61]

It's by no means perfect but it works well enough.It's the 10 spd mtb mechs that don't work,mines a 9-speed one;I think the reason mine's not quite right is the cable routing,from what I can make out it's got to be just right to work.It's ok 90% of the time ,just have to give the lever a nudge a second time sometimes.

In the near(more likely far) future I'll give the Sram X-11 a try,but at the moment I'll stick to this;I suppose I could try a longer caged road mech and I see there are more firms making specialist single speed rings so could give one of those a go too.

 

[bikingdad90]

Norco Threshold A2. Shimano 105 brifters and the rest Tiagra. I know the rack doesn't go but it was very cheap.

 

[jowwy]

It's by no means perfect but it works well enough.It's the 10 spd mtb mechs that don't work,mines a 9-speed one;I think the reason mine's not quite right is the cable routing,from what I can make out it's got to be just right to work.It's ok 90% of the time ,just have to give the lever a nudge a second time sometimes.

In the near(more likely far) future I'll give the Sram X-11 a try,but at the moment I'll stick to this;I suppose I could try a longer caged road mech and I see there are more firms making specialist single speed rings so could give one of those a go too.

yeh i went flatbar mtb shifters and xt mech in the end - with a race face narrow wide 40t chainring..........i do prefer to commute on a flatbar on the cycle tracks with dog walkers etc about, so no big issue really

 

[Parakeetsteve]

It's definitely not anything special, but it's mine side note, what color would look good on this? Getting it powder coated soon and want opinions

 

[Tin Pot]

Oooh more pic whorage;

Planet X XLS in latest full commute mode.

1 X 10 set up with 105 levers and XT mech,TRP Spyre SLC cable discs,Archetypes on Novarec hubs with new Hutchinson Sector 28's.Exposure,Cat-eye and Alpkit Tau lights,Alpkit Koala pack,Deda stem,post and bars topped with Charge spoon saddle and Fizik tape.

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Your bike seems to have some sort of parasitic infection, or growth there!

 

[Tin Pot]

It's definitely not anything special, but it's mine side note, what color would look good on this? Getting it powder coated soon and want opinions

Red wunz go fazter.

 

[mcshroom]

Here's mine (on the left)

Trek 4th District singlespeed