Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

As a user of all three, I can say that they all have their place.

I ride my rack bike with a backpack, I leave the rack free for shit that I pick up during the day that either wont fit in my bag or cant be carried by back pack.

Rucksack for walks in the peaks. Rack n panniers for bike, nowt worse than a clammy back.

headtube mounted, awful.

I have been using this one for about 6 months now and really like it! Fits my t level challenger nicely and doesn't change the handling like handlebar mounted baskets do

Looks fun. First time I've seen that Cinelli bar tape come up in photos.

Your CDF is seeing more adventures than the laps of Regents Park mine is getting at the moment!

@edscoble you're a Trek dealer aren't you? Have you come across a 920 in the flesh yet?

I cant even get a geo chart for it ..

Yeah it's interesting. I'm wondering if they've discontinued it already. It isn't listed on Trek's site and they're not listed at our Trek distro. Only the 720 and 520...

Evans is selling them albeit not in stock
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/920-2015-touring-bike-ec074307

Both the 920 and 720 is not in the UK yet, the 520 however is here already.

They are in our distro's account meaning they'll be here, but quite likely to be as late as Cannondale.

Update, 920 ETA is Feburary.

Any chance you have access to geo chart?

720 and 520 is in website with chart.

He means 920 foo'

@M_V, @apollo, @doppelkorn @Irishane, thanks for the replies. Why is the headtube mounted one so awful/great?

didn't like the way it affected the handling (lots of weight on front end, yet light steering)

Yeah @golgol, she's getting a fair but of use. Planning a 90 mile round trip the Glenshee ski centre in February once the days are a bit longer.

The flash really brought up the bar tape.

No need for a front rack when you could hang your tesco bags over these functional bars.

That's stressful just to look at. FFS!!! #ocd

[ I've actually ridden with these and I really liked them ]

I considered the jones bars but the loop part seemed superfluous.

Ended up getting these, which are great for using a twist shifter and also have a nice bend to place your hands, compared to a flat bar with bar ends.

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Functional bike fans, give me some ideas.

I currently commute on an old Holdsworth 27" to 700c singlespeed conversion (+guards and rear rack), but it's never fitted me properly so I'm on the lookout for something new.

I'd like something lighter with a bit faster handling and more like my road bike, but would like mud guard eyelets (rear rack eyelets a bonus), 700c singlespeed/fixed, two brakes, horizontal dropouts.

What's out there? Obviously I'm keeping an eye on the classifieds but I'm not necessarily looking to buy right now. Pre-Cursa/FXE seems to be head of the pile right now, seems to be a tough ask to get everything in one package or I'm not looking hard enough.

Genesis Flyer.

I forgot to say, frame/f+f only.

That's a tidy looking bike though, one for the list.