2012 Bikes

Actually, I think you'll find that "leave".

Leave me alone.

Attaboy.

I'm focusing on just three bikes now, Penguin, CX and road bike.

winter training bike sound idea...

I'm thinking of running 30 winter bikes...

For a winter trainer you could do a lot worse than converting an old road bike to fixed. Apparently it was big a while back in London and stuff.

You have more winter than us though SF, I was going to make do with one bike, and three sets of tyres- slicks, cross, and studded.

That should see me through I reckon, the temptation is to get another rear wheel to make swapping between them easier.

I was just reacting to all this 'lets have less bikes' talk.
Honest answer:
The 29er will be packed away as soon as the trails freeze.
The CX-commuter with heavily studded tyres is perfect for commuting and putting in some winter road miles. I really dont need any other bike than this.

I have massive bikelust for a fatbike. Our salted roads, and frequent freeze/thaw cycle, means ice. Commuting on a fatbike with non-studded tyres might kill me. But I will have to, to justify it. For those times when I can get out on the snow. 45NRTH have mentioned carbide studded fatties on they're facebook site though. That would be brilliant.

For a winter trainer you could do a lot worse than converting an old road bike to fixed. Apparently it was big a while back in London and stuff.

Is that when you have to keep pedaling? like all the time?

Sounds shit.

I'm focusing on just three bikes now, Penguin, CX and road bike.

CX bike is going to see a lot of use this coming winter I think, road bike probably won't see many more miles before it goes into hibernation until next year.

Penguin might be taken off the road whilst I work out what in the name of holy fuck keeps killing £85 Dura Ace bottom brackets in three months, also.

WTF is a penguin bike?

Is it wrong to want to live in Alaska and commute on a snow bike?

You'd need more tyres.

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WTF is a penguin bike?

FTP, painted in the Penguin books colours of orange and white, with Dura Ace 7600/7700 running gear.

The 29er will be packed away as soon as the trails freeze.

it's a shame you put a lots of though on the 29ers, otherwise a fatbike would also make a decent 29ers by simply replacing the wheel with a 29ers one.

FTP, painted in the Penguin books colours of orange and white, with Dura Ace 7600/7700 running gear.

What does FTP mean?

File Transfer Protocol.

Functional Threshold Power.

Full Tilt Poker.

it's a shame you put a lots of though on the 29ers, otherwise a fatbike would also make a decent 29ers by simply replacing the wheel with a 29ers one.

There was a point were I was going to build a fattie instead of the 29er.
I dont really have any regrets though.
The 29er is very light, and built for max fun.
The fattie will be more sturdy, and more practical.

I'm justifying it by looking at the 29er as 'summer off-road bike, and the fattie as a winter off-road bike. In the same way as I have summer and winter road bikes.

What does FTP mean?

Fuck The Police.

What does FTP mean?

He means FPT

Fuji Track Pro, of a few years ago.

An alternative to a Kaffenback or Crosscheck that actually looks nice?

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/09/14/Screen%20shot%202011-09-14%20at%209.11.15%20AM.png

The more I look at that the more I like it.

"It is intended to be a light fast road bike for carrying small loads. It is not a touring bike, it is fast as shit."

...almost like a slightly more rugged audax I suppose. It if could come in at £350 that would be amazing, but I'd guess the £ and the $ will just get switched.

I agree hugo. As you can buy (and powdercoat) a Kaffenback, put a carbon fork on and still have change from £400 – the All-City has to be < £400 to make any sense IMO.

The Whyte CX bike I got all excited about

There is now a decent review and chat with the designer of the Whyte CX bike at ukcyclocross.com

Basically it is an Audax bicycles, not sure why they didn't says such thing.

Audax bicycles can have caliper, cantilever, or even disc.

No. Not at all ed. If anything a regular cx bike shares more with an audax bike.

Did you read it?

The HT angle is 69° and it has a long wheelbase. An audax bike is just a road bike (usually with fairly comfy road-bike geometry) with room for 'guards.

Hes talking about the AllCity.

We're keeping quite about the Whyte, in the hope that it'll go away ;)

Where is this geometry sheet you're looking at?

edit - yes the AllCity.

This is how thw Whyte will steer;