Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Was this the Nakamura winter cross thingy or is this something new? Looks rad anyways :)

Its a "new" one, sold the Nakamura about a year ago. Kinda regret it mainly due to the wheelset, but drop bar did not really work out with the classic 26" mtb geo without a high-rise stem. Also disc brakes are nice to have :)

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Love it!

Slack AF

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cool bike, awesome cat

Sensible gearing hah. Lovely bike though.

Alright, after making the gaffe of posting this in the road fixed thread last night (turns out 'road' actually means drops and brakes rather than just 'sort of kitted out for luggage and showers', who knew), and on @MisterMikkel's suggestion of a more appropriate thread here, here is my extremely beloved functional daily ride (2007 Steamroller). Learned from the guy in Cambridge I bought it off in SS setup early last year that it originally came to him off here years and years ago. Started riding fixed with it for the first time over the first lockdown in 2020 in the serenity of the quiet roads and now can't seem to go back, my geared bike has been languishing ever since. Almost took the guards off for bigger tyres in the early May sun but they have been a real blessing this last week, especially on a little spin I had out around the forests/fields/rivers of Herefordshire in frequent downpours this weekend. Did have some RAW flaps fitted until recently but somebody nicked them when I locked up in Kingston for a couple of hours (hateful behaviour but I mean could have been worse). Will be hooking up a rear light to the current setup shortly thanks to @Thrasher coming through with one, may have some internal routing done for that at some point down the line. Bags (excluding the big Chrome rucksack) made by me (both prototypes from December, they've gotten neater since - might be looking to start making them for forum members once I'm out of work at end of July if anybody is interested). Thanks!

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Glad to see it here - really good looking bike.
Makes me want to build something similar.

thanks for the encouragement and kind words! it's been through a few guises but I'm so pleased with basically everything about it now, had little risers on it for ages that I couldn't decide on a good replacement for for ages but the Gusset Stash bars that are on there now have made a big instant difference. Just an extremely fun and useful bike to bomb around all day.

They stole your mud flaps?!

Save the triple, AND the 11-46!

honestly still can't believe it

You're welcome. Love the look of the upswept handlebars and mudguards and dynamo light + basket is just perfect for everyday bikes.

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Are down tube levers and discs really meant to be together?

Ask Ira Ryan. Admittedly this probably belongs in the gravel thread. But this is pretty much the bike got me into drops and discs.
https://www.cxmagazine.com/winning-gravel-grinder-oregon-outback-winner-ira-ryans-breadwinner

Unrelated, anyone know of a suitable disc 'functional', not fancy steel/alloy fork with tapered steerer that'll take a rack? Ideally minimum 700x40 clearance.

The brake track rims are 🤌

Excellent

not fancy steel/alloy

I'm unsure if you mean 'not made of fancy steel/alloy' or 'not fancy, made from steel/alloy', but if it's the latter I had a look a while back and it seemed non-existent. Some comments were along the lines of 'the tapered steerer is already pretty weighty, and adding a full steel fork pushes it into excessively heavy territory'.

That the one inspires me to put 11 speed bar end shifter on the downtube.

Hmm yeah not my best writing but you guessed right.

I'm assuming I'll just need to get something straight. Want to make my Arkose more functional, but I know it'll look stupid with e.g. a surly fork on it.

This was the bike that convinced me to get the early Arkose with Hylex and a bar end shifter. No regrets on that.

Tapered steel fork? Do they exist?

Surly midnight special has a 44mm heating that will take a tapered carbon fork

Don’t need to take a tapered fork, straight will work.