What kind of bike do you ride?
By Philbo
@Philbo (578)
Canada
June 23, 2009 5:14am CST
My bike is an old Nishiki Landau touring bike. Very nearly racing configuration but with chromemoly tubing. The original rims were chromemoly as well but I changed to aluminum racing rims a long time ago. It the only bike I ever bought new. Needs a lot of work right now but is still going. Got almost 39,000 km on it. It's like an old friend and part of me never wants to replace it.
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@jwfarrimond (4473)
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23 Jun 09
My present bike is a Claud Butler Urban 300 24 speed which I used to commute to and from work until recently. Previously I had a Ralegh 21 speed bike that I basically rode into the ground cycle commuting. I pretty much wore out the Claud Butler commuting to work as well, but I've now had it completely renovated and overhauled and fitted out for cycle touring with pannier racks fore and aft. I've cycled over 40,000 miles just doing the 12 mile round trip to work five days a week over the last 13 years. Amazing when I think about it 
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@jwfarrimond (4473)
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24 Jun 09
The bike's got hydraulic forks on the front, and I had a hard time finding a rack that'd fit onto them. The only one that I could find in the UK was a very expensive German rack, Turbus I think, but then I found a much cheaper American one that was for sale on Amazon.com.
The only problem was that Amazon could not deliver to the UK, but as I was going to be going to the US anyway, I ordered the rack from Amazon and had it delivered to my address in the US, then brought it back with me for the local bike shop to fit for me.
The panniers that I had were Carradice, but I wore those out over the course of a decade and a half of cycle commuting, and I've now got a new full set of Carradice panniers for my new incarnation as a cycle tourist 
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@Philbo (578)
• Canada
24 Jun 09
Nice stuff. I've been just using the cheap Canadian Tire panniers for most of my cycling. I did on our first real family tour rig a couple of back packs we picked up at a flea market as panniers. They worked pretty good all things considered. I use mine full time because I always have schtuff to transport with me. Usually carry a bit of clothes for work along with my lunch. Often have to pick up milk and what not on my home from work. Panniers really make carrying stuff simpler.
@Bradpete (822)
• Philippines
10 Jul 09
Hi Philbo! Soon you will be among top 10 in NBA interest. My favorite bike in Wheelman Mountain bike it is heavy but durable good for mid range 50 km a day. But the professional cyclist their bike are so lite and can be carried by a single finger. Good metal alloy. My bike is so strong and travel 20-30 kph. But can run by 40-45kph. Great Philbo 39,000 km. Me is 10,000 with that bike. My other bikes are BMX is two years and it was stolen last year, Racer is with me in 6 years. Then my lone super bike Wheelman. Have a nice day Mr Philibo.
@Philbo (578)
• Canada
10 Jul 09
Bradpete nice to see you commenting here under cycling. In case you can't tell we need all the help we can get. I like riding mountain bike off road or on very rough roads. On pavement though it is hard to beat a good road bike. My wife rides a mountain bike all the time because the riding position puts less stress on her upper back. My road bike weighs in at about 28 pounds. Not very light but it isn't built for racing. It is built to ride on the road and carry equipment. Sorry to hear someone stole your BMX. That's always a bummer. Someday maybe we won't need locks on our stuff anymore. Happy cycling and happy mylotting.
@solitudine (603)
• India
23 Jun 09
Products of that very firms are not available in my region..I can ride a Bajaj Pulser...It is very fast,I often race on the empty streets of my city at early in the morning. I like it..
