Macho or not, I was glad of the full mudguards this morning going through the 6 inches of water at Edin Park Station underpass.
I feel sorry for less well endowed bikes at that point !
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mass market macho bike with hub gears?
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Posted 12 years ago #
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"6 inches of water at Edin Park Station underpass"
Think bailing this out - on a daily basis - should be a condition of getting a bonus for leaving tie.
That might get it sorted quicker...
Posted 12 years ago # -
I've has a Specialized Globe Vienna 4 (with nexus 8 hub, I think) for 2 1/2 years and I'm more than delighted with it. Never had a single problem with it... I'm surprised that the hub bikes didn't take off more: at the time, there used to be 3 or 4 models with hubs in the Co-op, but I'm not even sure they have some now...
Posted 12 years ago # -
@Kaputnik "What's not macho about mudguards?"
Indeed, I always think a street bike with no mudguards looks like a bit of a fair weather primadonna, and when I sometimes see them used in the rain/mud, that the riders all seem to look like they need a good wash and/or have suffered a spectacular toilet based accident!
Mudguards are the new macho ;-))
Posted 12 years ago # -
I semi-regularly see a white slick-tyred hard-tail MTB on my commute with a hub gear. It has a "lefty" fork (i.e. only one arm) so I assume it's a Cannondale that the owner has seen fit to remove the stickers from. It certainly is trying to look macho.
Posted 12 years ago # -
"I have spotted two Cannondale bad boys (my favorite macho urban bike) with Alfine hubs now. "One of the teachers at the primary school I work in has a Badboy Fatty. Aside from her taste in bikes, she's not what I'd describe as macho.
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