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My Downtube 8H with Sturmey Archer internal hub.
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Just for you Trek!:D
My Downtube 8H with Sturmey Archer internal hub.
Okay Fastdogs, your turn!
My Dahon SpeedPro TT . . . 1st pic is fresh out of the box, the second is folded and parked under my desk at work. I've since added fenders and rack and switched the pedals to folding platforms, since I just want to be able to hop on this bike wearing any kind of shoes, but I don't have a picture of it that way.
how did I miss this thread?
here's pinkbike. This is the bike that got me hooked; I wanted to ride, and I wanted to roadwork my dogs with a bike. I'd tried a couple of walmart bikes, but I just never enjoyed it. With pinkbike, I loved it. My time was limited, and there's no place to ride from my house. My commute is 90 miles roundtrip, so there's little time at the end of the day with a 4 year old.
With pinkbike, I could fold her up, put her in my little car, and ride at my lunch break. I started with a 15 minute ride, and progressed to a 30 minute ride, or 45 minutes if the boss (and his flying monkeys) was gone.
I even took her on a 14 mile charity ride and had so much fun.
vickie
My Bike Friday Pocket Rocket Pro. Been my regular ride since I get it in February. Did all of Bike Virginia in the mountains this year and took it to France in May. Most rides are 20-40 miles, with quite a few 60-80 milers thrown in.
Here's my folder!
Karen
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Originally Posted by Tuckervill
Here's my Bike Friday - finally with her "final" stem.
CA
And here's my Bike Friday! She's a petite Pocket Crusoe 2004. Love her!
http://home.earthlink.net/~emilys7/c...ike_friday.jpg
~Emily
I just found this forum a few days ago and had just intended to lurk, but I stopped in my tracks when I saw this thread. I love folders! I didn't know they existed until I started researching bikes this summer. I've really enjoyed taking a drive, then stopping to ride my bike. It's made life so much easier. Here's mine:
http://www1.snapfish.com/slideshow/A...6/t_=142577796
How do you like the Sturmey Archer hub? We're considering Downtube Minis to store on our sailboat and ride around at the coast. I like the idea of the hub since there's no drivetrain cleaning involved, which would be nice for the use we plan to put the bikes to. Does it shift smoothly?Quote:
Originally Posted by uforgot
Thanks!
I'm not sure what options you get with Downtubes, but as long as you're thinking about internal hubs, my Dahon has a 3-speed SRAM DualDrive, in addition to a conventional rear derailleur, giving it a whopping 27 speeds.
This is my first year with this bike, and like any gear shifting system, it will need some re-adjusting after an initial break-in period. I've recently noticed it hasn't been shifting as smoothly as when it was new, so I need to either learn to adjust it or take it to the LBS one of these days.
When it's tuned properly, it works beautifully. Don't have to worry about dropping my chain, and there's no possibility of crossing the chain. In that regard, it's kind of forgiving, compared to a conventional derailleur.
You might want to PM uforgot if you want specifics on the Sturmey Archer, in case she hasn't checked back on this thread recently. Would love to see a posted response, though, since I love learning about other people's bikes.
Actually, I didn't use the bike much, so I sold it to knottedyet. She, in turn, gave it to her mother. The few times I did ride it, it shifted fine. It was easy to adjust right out of the box as you only had to line up the yellow lines. I didn't have it long enough to really see how it worked after many miles.Quote:
Originally Posted by emily_in_nc
If it's like the old Sturmey Archer 3-speed hubs, it will run fine for decades. A couple drops of oil in the oil port every month is all they needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by uforgot
Thanks for the good hub feedback!
I can hardly wait for my Bike Friday to come this week! I'll add a picture (if I can figure out how.) Tulip and I will be stylin' on our Fridays at Cycle Zydeco in April.
Didyagetityet?didyagetityet?didyagetityet??? Second most important question: what color is it? Can't wait to be part of the Bike Friday contingent at CZ in April!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aint Doody
Igotit;Igotit;Igotit! It's the green in a Pocket Rocket. I wanted the screaming yellow, but didn't want to pay the extra $100. I've been out of town on a girls only golf trip. I'll take a picture this week-end and post it. I hope to actually ride it on Sat. I don't have any spare tubes yet, and we have lotsa goatheads in Eastern OR. Won't we be cute at Cycle Zydeco????
PS--that stock bottle cage had to go. It pokes me right under the knee cap every time I get on. Got me a carbon fiber one cheap at Performance. Do y'all have that problem?
Nope! Have never noticed that. CONGRATS on your new Friday! Can't wait to see photos! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Aint Doody
Here's my new Bike Friday. My friend who took the picture isn't the greatest photographer. She took a couple, but they were both fuzzy. Anyway the new Friday feels just like I'm on my Trek Pilot. They do a great job in Eugene, OR, and after seeing that some of the airlines are now charging $175, I'm really glad I got her.
What a cute bike! I have never actually seen a Friday in the "Green Gear Green" before yours, but I like it a lot! I'm rather partial to green anyway, for a variety of reasons -- nature, environment, having green eyes.... :D You look just darling with it in your red jersey - ready for the Christmas parade!
It is amazing how much they feel like "big bikes" once you're riding 'em, isn't it? Everyone asks us how different they feel (from bikes with normal sized wheels), and we have to tell them -- not much!
ENJOY!!!! :D
Ooooohhh. I love the green!
They are all gorgeous and I want one. Any color.
Pam
Gee...this is giving me ideas. But right now, I have to restrain myself. However there have been several situations in the past few months, where a folding bike would have been less headache to transport a bike around with less cost to do some cycling for weekened getaway several hundred kms. away.
My partner bought a folding bike, then I just recently I found out one of my sisters and her hubby bought folding bikes....they wanted alternate activities to complement their kayaking trips. And another guy who got his folding bike...he's done several touring trips in Europe before this latest purchase. 'Course the receptionist at work, cycles to work on her folding bike..just a short 5 kms. away.
Feels like a trend here.. :)
And here is my Bike Friday - in Power Raspberry. His name is "Pegasus" - because he flies . . . BF kindly put his name on the frame.
Wow! 2 new Fridays since I looked!! The Pocket Rocket looks zippy, and I LOVE the Power Raspberry (that was a close 2nd choice behind my Purple!). What model is Pegasus? A NWT or a Crusoe (like mine!), I would guess...
We just got back from San Diego with ours (yep, we flew them all the way across the country for a week!). Southwest still doesn't charge for a 2nd bag, and they have it written into their policies that a Bike Friday in its case flies as a regular bag for free.
We had a great time riding them - it really made the trip - and there's NO WAY we would have paid to fly out full sized bikes because we just weren't sure. I took the ferry over to Coronado - there's a great bike path out there. DH rode every day. Totally worth it, IMO. And yeah - San Diego is awesome for riding. There are bike lanes and bike paths EVERYWHERE, and drivers (as a whole) were very well behaved as compared to here. The bike paths even have signs directing you to major destinations (e.g. take this path to go downtown). Very cool!
The only down sides: 1) lugging 2 giant suitcases through the airport and 2) TSA kindly took most of our packing materials off the bikes and then just threw them back loose in the case. I think we'll have to re-think the best packing strategy next time - maybe velcro each piece of packing material onto the bike?
Pegasus is a petite crusoe - but w/ upgraded wheels. It weighs in just under 20lb (without all the tat I usually hang off him) - aero water bottle was trickiest find. But I do wish I could afford a Tikit w/ a Nexus 8spd hub gear. That would be just about the perfect bike to commute around London.
Oooh--I like the raspberry, too. What a colorful picture it would make to have them all together! TSA can certainly be a problem. I had that problem when I took my regular(?) bike with me in the hard case. I got to where I'd put things in ziplock bags, punch a small hole in the bag, and twist-tie the bags to the frame. But BF gives you such nice carrying pouches for the parts that I'd rather use them. Any suggestions?
Also--I haven't yet tried to fit her back into the case. How long would y'all say that takes? I'm sure it'll go faster as I get accustomed to doing it.
The problem we had is that TSA pulled off the little plastic paint protectors, dumped the pedals out of their pouch, removed all the felt padding, and then put it all (pedals too) back in the case loose. I think I'm going to try attaching each piece with a strip of velcro - make it more difficult to remove. Not sure if it will work, but it really looked like they just dumped our stuff for the heck of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aint Doody
For the first time you pack it - plan on about an hour. It takes me ~45 minutes from bike with rack to completely packed now.
CA
Oh look at the cute little Fridays!! I would love to get one for traveling but I can't justify it since we most drive. But one day I will be able to. Just stinks that DH would need one too. :p
You could always get a tandem:p:p Or, they make one that works as a tandem, and you can take the "back" off to make a single:p:p:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
Seriously - we travel with ours in the car quite a bit too. It's nice to be able to store them (securely) inside. You also don't take the mileage hit!
CA
No tandems in our stable, DH hates the idea. But I told DH about an hour ago since I don't want to convert my Cannondale to mountain gearing exclusively I want a Bike Friday for traveling and to be my mountain goat. He flipped at the idea! We really missed having something to ride when we went to California (last time we flew) and really want to do more vacations outside of driving distance so this is a great idea. My wish list grows everytime I read TE, I better stop shopping vicariously through you guys!
By the way, I ordered a Click Stand for my Friday. Do y'all know about them? I already had one for my regular ride. Click Stands are light, folding kickstands that you can shove into your jersey pocket when you won't be able to find a place to lean your bike and don't want to lay it on the ground. You order them online and they're made specifically for your bicycle.
Susan
I've taken my Bike Friday on a plane twice--to and from France last May. I had no problem with TSA. I packed my bike in the softcase and put that in the hard case. I taped a notice to TSA on the inside of the hard case, something to the effect of, "This is a folding bike. It has been taken apart for transport and packed with great care. If you need to inspect it, kindly pack it back as carefully as possible." I also left my cell phone number for them to call if they had any questions. I had one notice in English and one in French, since I was traveling to France. Along with the notice, I also taped a series of photos of the bike in the case so they could see how it was packed.
The trip had one domestic leg and one international leg each way. The bikes were not disturbed on any leg of the trip, going or coming. It was on Delta/Air France.
Here is a photo of the case all packed up with the notices and photos.
I made the mistake of trying to pack my clothes in with my bike. That made my case too heavy and I had to pay the overweight charge of $75 each way (nothing to do with a bike charge--just over 50lbs). Next time I will keep my clothes separate (in a larger carryon than I had).
Yeah - I had a note in my case too. Basically, I explained what it was, gave basic packing directions and a cell phone number, and asked them to be careful. I also put cell numbers in it. I think we must have gotten someone in San Diego in a bad mood:cool:
I doubt having it in the travel bag would have made a difference - but I might try it next time:) I might also put the tools and pedals in another bag so if they do it again, there's less chance of damage. I get the feeling they really wanted to see what was under the packing materials, and didn't want to take the time to put it back.
Bike (including Schmidt hub) + Packing Materials + Shoes = ~46 pounds. I carried my Arkel Tail Rider in my other suitcase because it made it too heavy.
CA
We got the regular Bike Friday kickstands for our Crusoes. They do add weight, but we felt that with loaded panniers (for touring or grocery runs), we'd need something really sturdy. Not sure if click stands would be up to the job, but maybe?? The kickstands we got would definitely be overkill for unloaded bikes, but we aren't weight weenies these days... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Aint Doody
I think it entirely depends on the TSA person and what they had for breakfast that day. We happened to get lucky on our trip, but I will assume that there will be some unpacking on future trips. We're driving to Louisiana for Cycle Zydeco, but we're talking about Italy for next summer. We'll see how it goes.
I wanna go with you, Tulip!
And, Emily, Tom with Click-Stand shows a picture of a loaded bike and even tandems. They're pretty sturdy. I like the fact that I can take a Click-Stand with me if I want to. I don't need it on each ride. I just use it when there's a big group with lotsa bikes around.
See you in Louisiana! As for Italy, right now I'm hoping, but given the relative emptiness of my pockets these days whatwith the house renovation and all, it might not happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aint Doody
Your green bike is good looking! So's the raspberry one! And CA's purple one, and CA's hubby's orange one (it is orange, right?)! I have yet to meet a Bike Friday that I don't like.
My white one feels left out of the fun!!! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by tulip
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