[Closed] Show me your more-like-MTB-than-road commuters

cheap flat bar disc equipped roadbike, from the forums most reliable seller....... 😀

There is a third way...

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The town bike, roadster, dutch bike, call it what you like.

This is my commuter used only for commuting and my most ridden bike last year:

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I have to ride the forks locked out because the spring is too soft for my weight, so it's effectively fully rigid with no weight saving benefit.

I went down the rigid (& SS) MTB on slicks route.

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Been using a Bfe with 1x9 gearing, hans dampf tyres, 150mm Sektors for last few months. It can be a pain, but when I extend my commute home (every day shift), My route is about 60% off road.

Plus I find MTBs are comfier.

My rigid Boardman commuter -

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The frankenbastard built from bits from classifieds. 4000 miles commuting on it last year fitted with big Apple slicks.
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Pinnacle arkose

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My Everywhere bike. Singletrack commutes rule! 8)

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Shwalbe Super Moto tyres make the whole thing fast and pothole proof 🙂

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Frame was new (a few years ago) other parts from eBay & old bikes (saddle's off a tourer bought c.1984). Only ridden on road into central London.

Single speed cx for my commute. Love this bike.

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Been waiting for that train long?

Old Kona converted to commuting and load lugging.

It's surprisingly nippy when not loaded up and capable on road and off, very comfy and for hauling things round town and anything < 30 miles it's great!

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I was (and still am sometimes) using a Specialized Langster for commute duties but lack of clearance for guards, and poor load carrying means it's seen a lot less use this year.

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It normally runs 1.5" Nimbus tyres.

Not really "budget", although I did originally manage to sneak it in under the £1,000 for C2W, thanks to some parts bin raiding and an understanding shoppe.

2.1 semi slicks, salsa cowbell bars, 1x10 clutchy mech
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35c slicks, sks cromoplastics, midge bars, 1x9 with pauls chainkeeper and normal mech
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I use a charge cooker 29er, shwlable big apples. I also took the crap and heavy coil fork off and put a steel one on. Offroad commutes I just change the tyres. Also gone full outer cables since this pic.

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perhaps a roadrat with an alfine from cotic for £969 if that isn't too bling?

fine for tarmac and rough road commuting but really lively to ride offroad too. at its best for snatched singletrack on sunny days with 38c small block 8s.

Love the Rock Combo Sundayjumper

mmm, that Singular is lovely 🙂

Dear god there are some disasters on this thread!

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Dear god there are some disasters on this thread

you mean actual everyday utilitarian bikes 😉

I've got a Cannondale bad boy thing, it's awful! One of these -

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It's the longest, stiffest, heaviest pile of black aluminium ever invented! After 4 winters is quite rusty now and needs some money spending on it... maybe time for an upgrade.

Mine's an Inbred 29er most of the year ...

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.... unless it's dry and sunny and then the road bike comes out

you mean actual everyday utilitarian bikes

No I mean wtf is that thing with the enormous stem?

Surprising to see the numbers of bikes with the saddle canted forwards - that must throw all the weight painfully onto the hands.

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Orange Clockwork. Cracking bike, popped some mudguards and a pair of (almost) slicks on it and it flies on the commute! Bought on here in the summer. Cost less than £200 with new wheels, brake pads, tyres and cabling, but I'm really attached to it.

Oh, and I hope I've upset someone by running bar ends on a riser bar! 😆

I would go with an arkose or similar, a cross bike will go great on the unmaintained roads and when you hit tarmac bits it won't feel like a lumpy old dog - it'd handle the fully off-road summer bit as well if you're up for it 🙂

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On-one rigid 29er, carbon fork, 3x9, discs, flat bar with ends and a flipped stem for road miles. Will happily take big tyres. Light wheels and 25mm slicks for long sportives; fit with 35mm semis for everything else in between. Sorry, nae piccies.

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Is a 10+ year old (i.e. Trigger's broom) EBC Courier.

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Flat bar dirty disco.

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MTB with 2.35 tyres. KONA Fire Mountain.

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Edit - for the record Canti's are Sheeite in the snow.

Poor photo from my shitty old phone but you get the gist...

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I would have thought the lithium was a good bet on paper

The Ridgeback Advance is a similar thing if your cycle to work can't do Evans

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Canondale do a vast range of flat bar bikes

For those with Big Apple tyres, what sort of pressure do you run?

I find around 22 psi on the front and 27 on the back gives a nice ride.

Hypnotoad, about the same here. I've got the fat franks on at the moment, which are the same tyre bar tread and colour. But mine are more like "R: a bit less than 30; F: a bit less than that."

We are on cyclescheme.co.uk - off to price up bike, rack, guards, pannier and new lock.

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Now with marathon 32s and crud-catchers.

For a commuter, is it worth splashing out on more than Altus level?
Struggling (apart from better wheels/weight) to get past the cheaper geared bikes...

My fortitude with spikes on. Use a crossmark and a small bock 8 in less icy conditions, but I do have off road options on my commute.
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cycled to work on this today

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other bikes is out of action for a few days : /

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My 853 Inbred. The best, most versatile bike I've ever owned, and one I'll never, ever sell.
Pic shows it in touring mode, but commuting was the same thing really, just no barbag and only the trailer when we went shopping.
It's been retired from commuting duties now for 2 reasons - My commute is too long and commuting also means shopping..... I can't afford to get it nicked so I don't like leaving it locked up outside Tesco. I've got a CdF for that now.