What do you do when you happen to ride your bike to the grocery store and buy an item too large for your rack?
You harness the power of all those years of watching TV in the 80’s. You are in Fred Meyer’s super grocery. You can get anything there.
WHAT WOULD MACGYVER DO?
He would go to the bath section of the store, find a random basket. Then go to the hardware section and get some zip ties. Then head to the beer isle and test fitting a case of Deschutes Chainbreaker in that basket. Purchase those items and build this super rack while at the store.
Ride home young man with a smile on your face knowing you just elevated your bike commute game to the next level.
Beer Run Level 2
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Karate Monkey in commuter mode
SPiNe - Secure your city bike by Ronen Spector.
Fun little vid showing the product. It is a interesting concept. Very clever. I like not having to carry a lock around.
Thanks BikeBiz for the link.
My dream commuter bike [2011 edition]
Here is my pie in the sky bicycle commuter with style. I think about this stuff while I ride in the rain here in Portland. The Kona Jake the Snake handles the job most nicely, but I burn through brake pads almost monthly during the Winter and am always thinking of N+1 bike.
Actually after going through the list of parts, I think I can actually build this bike! I am concentrating on off the shelf components and stuff you can get at a local bike shop.
Have fun, ride more
Jeremy
What are you dreaming about? Leave a comment or hit me up on Twitter
The List:
Frameset
7005 aluminum frame painted red with black highlight logos (or black with red)
A cross between a Cyclocross frame and a Mountain Bike frame (mountaincross?) with track drops for the Nuvinci hub, rack mounts and rear disc tabs.
Carbon fork that can handle disc brakes, possibly fenders (White Bros 29er MTB fork or Syncros ?)
Crankset
Raceface Crankset
Wheelset
Mavic, DT Swiss, Salsa, or Stans NoTubes 29er rims [Tubeless]
Nuvinci Rear hub - http://www.fallbrooktech.com/nuvinci.asp - http://twitter.com/#!/NuVinci
Carbon belt drive - http://www.carbondrivesystems.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/CarbonDrive
Brakes
Formula disc brakes - http://www.formula-brake.it/en/bikes/r1
or Shimano XT disk brakes
I could go with Avid Elixirs, but I was thinking of avoiding the “Turkey Wail” from their brakes on my daily commute ;)
Tires
2.0 29er [700c] slick tires [Tubeless] - Conti or Schwalbe if possible. I love my Conti Contacts.
Other Bits
Rounding out the seat, seatpost, stem, handlebar and other fun stuff with companies like Brooks, Chris King and Thompson concentrating on well made components that last.
Extras with Portland in mind
Full carbon fenders from Ruckus - http://www.ruckuscomponents.com/
Rack from PDW - http://www.ridepdw.com/goods/cargo/payload%E2%84%A2
Source: jeremyridesbikes.com
Good morning Portland. Hawthorne Bridge.
Just a pic from my ride in to work along the Wilamette river. The bridge in the fore view is the Hawthorne Bridge and in the aft is the Marquam Bridge (I-5).
[Notes: Taken with Kodak CD80, High ISO setting, no Flash.]
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Bike Geek, Cancer Survivor, and geeky dad. Writes about cycling, two wheeled culture, and the bicycle industry.