Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

So good. Great rain bike.

ftfy http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ca/en/schwalbe-marathon-plus-road-tyre-smart-guard/rp-prod24544
kidding, but I'd still aesthetically and (possibly) functionally prefer the qr mount over p clamps.

Such a lovely bike! That looks like a lot of fun.

It is indeed; thanks for your suggestion of those brake shoes

Sooooo functional. Looks snowy where you are!

New for 2015 at Avaghon (Holland);

http://www.cotic.co.uk/product/escapade#frame

This looks like it could be a pretty Functional bike

y thru axle ?

Been mentioned before, got a decent geometry.

Stiffen up the fork nicely, track truer.

not exactly versatile tho?

In what way? there's load of thru-axle wheel to choose from.

Good decision not to put one on the real.

Have been lusting after one of those for a while. You can order them without thru axle fork too.

Actually I forget about one thing is that you can find a normal quick release wheel on it using an adaptor, which IMHO is a better advantage.

Ate you still talking about the Escapade? The fork is thru-axle because they've moved on from their old design of having disc callipers in front of the right fork leg. Their rationale was to direct the braking reaction forces up into the dropout. The new all enclosed dropout allows a normal calliper positioning and still stops an insufficiently tight QR being moved down by any particularly hard braking efforts.

You can use the forks with normal QR if you want, take out the skewer and manhandled the dropouts over the ends of the axle. The steel is springy enough to make it easy.

Their rationale was to direct the braking reaction forces up into the dropout.

others turned the dropouts to face forward. clever.

Yep I knows and if I was ordering I'd get the thru-axle. Was just saying you can still order with the old style RB2 fork with the open dropouts and disc tab up front.

Anyways there's one for sale here http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/1708778/

nice post, #rep

Clockwork Bikes (Joel Greenblatt):

From the same bikebuilder a nice little detail:

Hey, what do you guys think about Pelago bikes? Did a search here and could only find a thread about the San Sebastian (but I'm not sure I have that much cash..). Been lurking here for a few weeks now whilst I decide my first 'big boy' bike. Will need for going to/from work, looking fly and cruising round town. Need mudguards, want a brooks saddle regardless of bicycle.

The one I'm looking at most is the Bristol (as it is just in budget). Weighing in at 15kg and seems to have everything for a daily run about. - http://pelagobicycles.com/bicycles/standard-city/bristol-2014.html

It's a "Hi-Ten" frame - but has a 10 year warranty, is this a good deal? Are there any recommended alternatives?

Also, in this spirit of the thread here's an image of the Pelago Hanko "year-round" bike.

@amey, your Rych looks so damned smoking!

eurgh. all this color matched custom rack-and-decaleur-bendy-decorative-bits of metal is getting totally out of hand.