Comments on: Commuter bikes at Handmade Bicycle Show

By: john t

john t — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:13:45 +0000

I actually live in Portland, and was crushed to learn that I missed this event. Too bad. JT

By: Philip Williamson

Philip Williamson — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:49:21 +0000

He does now! :^)

By: Fritz

Fritz — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:48:06 +0000

Hi Philip, I’m working on planning on a visit with Josh (Frances Cycles) within the next few weeks, though he doesn’t know it yet

By: Philip Williamson

Philip Williamson — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:44:36 +0000

Did you look at the Frances Cycles bikes?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/2257151306/in/photostream/
I thought his bikes were very approachable.

I agree with Jimmy Livengood up there – put your money into the bike you ride the most! But then, Ti makes perfect sense to me for a bike that will see all kinds of weather, and the only ultra-premium bike items I’m attracted to are the ones that cut down on my maintenance time.

By: K

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:57:12 +0000

I have never seen bikes at NAHMBS as realistic options for the most part…rather inspiration, and examples of what can be done.

By: Jimmy Livengood

Jimmy Livengood — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:24:24 +0000

I park my bike indoors at work, so theft really isn’t an issue. I completely understand a Ti commuter, especially if most of your saddle time is commuting. Why not have your nice bike be the one you ride most? I recently skipped making my “road and century charity ride” bike my nice bike and instead put the money into my commuter, best decision I’ve made in a while.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:15:46 +0000

i got that brake on crank one too, just not too relevant for CBB

By: Quinn

Quinn — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:46:40 +0000

I agree with Joel about the Ti, A Ti daily rider is like parking a Ferrari in the Ghetto.

Anyway, I saw photos on MTBR, the koolest bike I saw was the one with the disc brake crankset.

By: joel

joel — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:35:23 +0000

Not in any way to take away from the quality and beauty of the bikes, but a Ti commuter? I just don’t see it happening for me, probably ever. I don’t deal with the super high theft that a lot of commuters post about, but I still wouldn’t commute on something I couldn’t replace easily (price-wise, if not function). I love the longtail, and as a car replacement it would be great, but it’s out of my price range for adding a cargo bike to my stable to reduce vehicle miles.

I can still look and drool though. Thanks for the pics.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:20:20 +0000

Thanks for the proofreading help I’ve made the corrections.

I have a lot more to report on but it’s late, I’m home, and I’m tired. I’ll try to have something up by tomorrow evening.