Ha . . some of the response to the build are brilliant . . . seriously i built this up as i wanted to build something crazy, totally impractical and with not a nod to any sort of sensible road worthyness, pure style over substance.
Ignore all the doom mongers, I have heard it all before. . . "mountain bike ? A mountain bike ?? On the Roads ?? Are you mad, just get a road bike." . . . "Why do you need suspension riding through London ?" . . . "There are no mountains in London" . . . etc etc . . . . zzzzZZZzzZZZZ . . .
Same old shit time after time, just ignore it.
If you want to commute on a mountain bike, a track bike, a Brompton, a BMX or a time trial frame just get on with it. I rode a full suss frame around for a couple of years, was it efficient ? No. Was it fast ? Not really, but fast enough ? It was great fun though.
If we followed the wisdom of the bike Nazis everyone would be riding around on grey hybrids.
Ignore all the doom mongers, I have heard it all before. . . "mountain bike ? A mountain bike ?? On the Roads ?? Are you mad, just get a road bike." . . . "Why do you need suspension riding through London ?" . . . "There are no mountains in London" . . . etc etc . . . . zzzzZZZzzZZZZ . . .
Same old shit time after time, just ignore it.
If you want to commute on a mountain bike, a track bike, a Brompton, a BMX or a time trial frame just get on with it. I rode a full suss frame around for a couple of years, was it efficient ? No. Was it fast ? Not really, but fast enough ? It was great fun though.
If we followed the wisdom of the bike Nazis everyone would be riding around on grey hybrids.