Show us your Commuting Bike !
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BrazingSaddles
Über Member
- Location
- Brizzle
Luscious Gordon - my disk-brake steel frame commuter that I made on a Dave Yates course last year. She's a beauty! Must get a better photo though.... She's the naked frame in my profile pic!
Very nice! It's one thing to be able to say your bike is hand/custom made - But being able to say that you made it yourself is pretty awesome.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
nice bike. i have a similar set up with disk brakes but my rear rack is a massive bulky disk specific one, which looks horrid. Your one looks much smaller, how does the rack avoid the brakes?
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I'm currently commuting on a £99 special, a folding BSO. Give its due though it managed 50miles yesterday and nearly 65miles today (on non commuting duties I hasten to add.
And I fitted with the Clientèle here
And I fitted with the Clientèle here
- Location
- Glasgow
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Very nice Pat 
Bodhbh
Guru
He's the guy up in the wolds? How was the course? If I had more holidays in the year and a spare grand I would love to use that as a weeks holiday.
BrazingSaddles
Über Member
- Location
- Brizzle
I's a Tubus 'Fly'. Nice and sleek but carries a fair load - about 20kg.
Now, you might be screwed on the brake thing as this is a bike I built with special drop-outs that allowed the rear disks to be mounted within the rear triangle...I'll make you one next time
BrazingSaddles
Über Member
- Location
- Brizzle
Yep, that's the man! Course was great (and was a Christmas/pre-wedding gift from husband - bribery!) but I had a little advantage as I had some prior experience of steel work and general fettling/building (furniture). It was well worth it for me as I wanted a road bike with disk brakes that was the right size - couldn't really get the same thing off the peg. Dave, however, was initially not convinced about disk brakes + road bikes but he soon changed his mind when we started working on it. Already signed up to do another course with The Bicycle Acadamy -
Do it!
- Location
- Glasgow
Wot? That's not mine, HLab, I wish!Very nice Pat
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Oops sorry Pat I did think it was like Mickle's bike, it is Mickle's Pashley 
Wot? That's not mine, HLab, I wish!
- Location
- Glasgow
I was just admiring it, sigh! probably would not even be able to reach the pedalsOops sorry Pat I did think it was like Mickle's bike, it is Mickle's Pashley
flying start
Veteran
my brand new Boardman Urban Team:
just got it yesterday!
Very nice
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
I's a Tubus 'Fly'. Nice and sleek but carries a fair load - about 20kg.
Now, you might be screwed on the brake thing as this is a bike I built with special drop-outs that allowed the rear disks to be mounted within the rear triangle...I'll make you one next time
Oh, thanks,
my brake calliper s outside the rear triangle so I am stuck with my bulky ugly thing.
