I picked up a Boardman Hybrid to use as a flat bar commuter at the start of last year. It was an ex-display model then I managed to use BC discount and a works gift voucher discount thing to get the bike for about £450 which was a bit of a bargain!
I stuck on a set of Hunt 650b wheels running some WTB Horizon tyres that were sitting in the garage along with a carbon seatpost and bars that were int he spares box in the garage. It's a cracking bike for commuting, not noticabley slower than my drop bar bike at all.
How on earth do you insert pictures on here???
how much of a faff is a front mech? keep it as std.
I've not had one for years tbh, that's all!. If I'm not using somehting, I'd rather clean the frame up by getting it off.
I went 1x on a hybrid and it was fine when everything was brand new, but after a few months everything gets a little sloppy, and every time i went over a big speed bump or a large pothole the chain fell off
Mine was doing that yesterday, on the wee chainring, not used to these non-clutch rear mechs bouncing as much!.
flat bar commuters always remind me of my 5 speed 1978 Vindec racer. (we all put motocross bars on our racers, wheelied everywhere and rode them down the woods and on ropey jumps)
My commuter is an Emtb hardtail with 2.0 Big Bens
Emtb hardtails are horrible for anything other than getting to work fast sweatless BTW
#Strungover2FK so excuse my pointless waffle
I went 1x on a hybrid and it was fine when everything was brand new, but after a few months everything gets a little sloppy, and every time i went over a big speed bump or a large pothole the chain fell off
Mine was doing that yesterday, on the wee chainring, not used to these non-clutch rear mechs bouncing as much!.
Yes i should say mine was a standard 9 speed rear mech and single specific (but not narrow wide) chainring.
