Ultimate commuter bike

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This is the bicycle I equipped for commuting last year. I love this bike, and ride it to work year round in Chicago in all weather. I bought the frameset used on Craigslist and built this commuter bicycle from ground up. I am a pretty demanding bike commuter who has owned 7 bicycles in the past 4 years, but this is my all time favorite bike. Please post a comment, 'like' this video and subscribe to my channel! I'll be posting more excellent cycling-related videos here. The frame on this bike is a Fuji Touring, and was pretty scratched up when I got it since the last owner had used it for cyclocross racing. My build has more of a touring / commuting / utility bike character. Despite the surface scratches, it is a solid, heavy-duty frame made of cromoly 4130 steel. This Fuji is a true touring bike and it excels at hauling weight. I wouldn't hesitate to ride it across the U.S (or anywhere else for that matter). Since the original finish of the bike had been damaged before I bought it, I didn't mind adding some red spray paint to 'uglify' it to make theft less likely (I lock this bicycle to bike racks all over Chicago...). These are some of the components: Fuji Touring, Elios 2 Cromoly frame Dura Ace bar end shifters Velocity Dyad rims DT Swiss Competition spokes 2.0/1.8 Shimano Deore XT hubs Schwalbe Marathon tires Brooks Champion Flyer saddle Tubus Logo rear rack Aluminum front racks Update: I recently bought and installed Velo Orange safety skewers to add some extra security to the wheels. It makes it a little more comforting to bike to work knowing that my wheels won't get stolen if I forget to bring my cable lock. I'll make another video about the Velo Orange skewers. See this Fuji Touring bike on the road: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88b2MvhbFNc Commuter bicycle takes to the street Please check out my other commuter bike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLteO8Nu8Gk It's a Jamis Aurora. Also: Please watch my take on folding bikes (a category of bikes I just recently became interested in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCa-1Vj-_KA Adaptable commuter bike If I lived somewhere else, I would call this bike differently: bicicleta para ir al trabajo, vélo pour les déplacements, Fahrrad für Pendler, bicicleta para ir trabalhar, bicicletta per gli spostamenti, велосипед для поездок на работу, cykel til pendling, ποδήλατο για τις μετακινήσεις, rower na dojazdy, cykel för pendling, bicikl za putovanje na posao, fiets voor woon-werkverkeer, 自行車上下班, xe đạp cho đi lại, bisikleta para sa commuting, biciclete pentru naveta, baiskeli kwa commuting, gidip gelmek için bisiklet, आने के लिए साइकिल

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Not nasty enough! Your XT skewers and Schwalbe tires is a give away to any mid-knowledgeable thief! :-) Seriously, nice bike, great video...thanks.

Build from the ground up commute cycle. Nice

Clicked on this video thinking: "Here we go some $4000 commuter bike that has 100 gadgets." Nope. It's a beautifully perfected machine of pure joy and I say that without even riding it.

Brass

I agree to the point that kids are taking crazy unnecessary risks that get them hurt. That is my biggest complaint with the hipster style of riding. And it isn't all of them, just some of them. It's like one big Alley Cat race.

fuck buying a car ima bike

No, I don't. I borrow a car when I really need it (maybe once every 2-3 months). Riding in the winter is great, and Chicago winters are generally not bad (temperatures in the 20s and 30s and not too much snow).

I assume you don't own a car.....kinda admiring u right about now man.....

looks like a bike i would see in portland

90s steel mtbs are great! This one is very heavy too, but performs great, and can haul a lot of weight (it handles even better under weight)! I don't drive much any more, and this bike is the replacement. These tires are 32mm wide (I use these most of the year). When the winter gets really bad with snow and ice, I ride 35mm studded tires. In all honesty, if riders you refer to have popularized cycling among kids who wouldn't otherwise ride, more power to them! More bikes on the street!

I ride a similar type of mule but mine was a reclaimed early 90's mtb that I converted. My girl weighs a whole bunch of lbs. How much does your rig weigh? I really like it! It's not some hipster, fashion bike but an honest to betsy commuter. what is the tire size you have on there?

Ahh, I hear you on the theft thing. I've been fortunate enough to be able to park in safe places. I use Supernova lights (German), and I know that they offer a handlebar mount in addition to the standard fork crown mount - perhaps that would be an option. I also use blinkies, but the dynamo setup is always there and I don;t have to worry about the batteries dying on me, as happens with my blinkies from time to time.

Thanks, I played a lot positioning of the bars, and this position seems most comfortable as for what I could get with this stem. I think you are right about the shorter stem. I would like to try that at some point, but I can't invest in that experiment at the moment. It will be an easy swap, once I get my hands on a shorter stem. It's tricky as far as lights go: they have to be removable (I've had two sets of lights stolen). If I lived somewhere safer, I would definitely invest in good lights.

Nice job on that bike! A couple of observations for utility and functionality: - Dynamo hub and good LED lighting front and rear (Supernova, BM) would step it up several notches - Handlebars look to be rotated 10-20 degrees too high. Get the hoods level to the ground and oriented so that the plane lines up with the forward section of the bars. If the bars are rotated the way you have them due to reach, get a shorter stem. - rear blinky could be upgraded a bit (superflash turbo or Dinotte, etc)

I've also commuted on many different types of bicycles. I've had wheels of inferior bicycles disintegrate under the weight of my rear panniers. I would say that wheels need to be reliable: that's my primary concern in a bicycle. Unfortunately, most new store-bought bikes come with awful wheels. I would also say that I don't trust most bike mechanics to work on my wheels (I've seen some really sloppy work). This is why I learned how to build strong wheels. I also trust steel frames more.

You can commute on anything with wheels and pedals. I've ridden a 30 mile, very hilly, daily, intercity commute on an antique Dursley Pedersen and also on a fixed wheel, vintage touring trike. I was still faster than the motorised traffic! :-)

She is a real peach

Thanks, glad to help! I think it's important to have a bike that suits your riding style, that's very comfortable and that you really like. Once you find such a bike, you'll love riding it every day and you'll dread the rare moments when you have to drive.

That's a nice one. If I rode daily on a rocky single-trail in the Alps, I would prefer that one too.

Its cool but overall i still like my x caliber by trek