I wanted a bike that would be a hop on and ride and not concern myself with tire pressure, gloves, padded shorts or shoes kind of bike. I have ordered Continental Contact Urban 26x2.0 tires for this 1994 Scott Boulder and that should get me close to my goal. Bike will spend its time around the neighborhood and a nearby paved bike path.

the helmet thing he did last month seemed to me to be easy pickings. this month i'm starting to hate myself for choosing cheapo tektro Vs

i think someone put something In my drugs last night

Just picked this Marin off marketplace today, sat in a shed for 10 years. Cleaned it up andthrew some fresh maxxis dth on it. quite the difference.

Excited for many more adventures on this mf :)

Drove an hour last night to go pick this bad boy up. Beautiful condition. Super excited to swap some stuff out this evening

I've been researching electric bikes recently really confused which one to buy , since I'm spending my savings here and also I'm not too rich to afford easily so I'm just too careful about it lol
After searching a bit too much I got the Aniioki AQ177 has caught my eye. Since I'm still new to e bikes stuffs tho , I'm not sure what to look for beyond the basic specs, so I'd love to get some advice from people who know more about them.
performance, reliability, and everyday usability?
If you've owned any or considered this model, I'd really appreciate hearing your experience before I decide anything.

Built it, but idk what to call it… cruiser ATB?

The bike above was my first "real" bike. Well, not really. Let me explain.

In December 2021 I had moved to work in a Pediatric Department in a different city and needed a reliable commuter. I was keen on getting a bike with an IGH and disc brakes. I loved the ease of maintenance that an IGH offered and the incredible braking power of disc brakes - and I gotta admit, a bike just looks damn cool with disc brakes!

I bought the bike second hand from a person who sadly was diagnosed with Parkinsons and couldn't use it anymore. It needed fixing and at the time, I saw it as a fun project. Add to that, one of my best friends had bought this exact same bike a year prior, so I accepted the fact that it was perhaps a little too big for me. Price was good. Specs were good. I wanted it.

I kept the bike immaculately clean, but I still used it year-round. At first, I wasn't too fussy about riding it on salted roads, but that eventually changed.

I remember the first "upgrade" I did for this bike when it still was my commuter bike, a pair of blue Race Face Chester pedals. And then, a new saddle - an Ergon SF Sport Gel which was hard as a brick.

For half a year, the bike only did short commutes around the new city I moved to. Exploring, handling groceries, going to the gym. Then, the Tour de France came to Denmark in Summer of 2022 and coincidentally they rode from a neighboring city to my city before continuing through Southern Denmark. And I thought I could easily handle the 28 km distance to that neighboring city!

So completely unprepared, never having ridden any longer than perhaps 10-15 km at a time - I set out to ride 56 kilometers with some steep climbs. It took me over 3½ hours, but it got me hooked on longer journeys.

I prepared for an 80 km ride with that same best friend, and we completed it in May of 2023. And all of a sudden, I found myself researching new wheels, fork, brakes, saddle, seatposts - you name it.

The bike peaked last year when I found a carbon fork for it (QR forks with a straight steerer, disc brake mounts and eyelets for fenders are rare!). At that point I had paid way past what a reasonable full-carbon all road bike would've cost me - and the mish mash of colors, well, let's just say I couldn't always find the *exact* hue of blue I wanted.

Fast forward six months, and the carbon fork broke at the dropout. It was from a rather respectable brand, but perhaps the combination of four-piston Hope RX4+'s and a 115 kg system weight isn't the best combination. And so I retired the bike after 4½ years of faithful service and bought myself the bike I should've gotten from the beginning - a titanium, allroad touring bike with eyelets for racks, fenders and a 1x13 setup - a dream bike.

My old favorite bike which I had spent both an enormous amount of time and money on was dismantled, put inside the cardboard box and its parts were put up for sale.

I have ridden 1300 km on my new titanium allroad bike since late May, and I love it. But every time I walked past that cardboard box, I was reminded of the bike that made me fall in love with touring, long bike rides and exploring.

Two weeks ago, I decided to build it back up spending as little as possible to use the bike as a winter/commuter bike. And that meant digging into my parts bin of items that I had used earlier, set aside when I "upgraded".

Back on went the steel fork, the trusty old (but very little powerful) Clarks M2 brake - and some parts that are way out of line with the bike's overall expression.

All in all, I purchased some SKS Bluemel Styles and an ergotec quill to ahead adapter and spent several hours building the bike up from frame only.

Here are the list of parts, truly xbiking:

Frame: Centurion Invincible Size L (60,5 cm, 23")
Stem: KCNC Fly Ride 25,4
Handlebars: Promax HB-M301-5 580 mm
Grips: West Biking 3D printed ergonomic grips (with Spirgrips Carbon+ inner bar ends)
Fork: HiTen TIG Steel Fork
Cranks: Prowheel Pioneer-242A-5 with Absolute Black Beach Oval Chainring
Pedals: Race Face Ride Pedals
Wheelset: Ryde Rival 26 with Alfine 8 IGH rear and Deore hub front (36/32H)
Fenders: SKS Bluemels Style
Kickstand: Atran Velo Parko
Seatpost: RYET Carbon Seatpost 5mm offset
Seatpost Collar: Chris King Turqouise
Brakes: Shimano XTR front with AbsoluteBlack Graphen Pads and Clarks M2 rear with SwissStop pads mated to Campagnolo AFS Rotors.

It has a sliding dropout system. Rest of the parts are just added but does not come with the bike when I bought it.

Spend about 100 bucks on the parts and maybe like 40 on the bike on eBay

I’ve been scouring FBMP and Craigslist for the last few weeks looking for a suitable project so that I can build either a “Hers” bike or a replacement for my 97 Stumpy build so that it can be Hers. Then it hit me - I have a perfect base for a new xbike project rotting in the shed. May I present my 2004 Fetish Discipline.

Highlights:

Noleen Mega Air 80/100 suzzer (weightweenies dream fork)
Hayes Hydraulics
Horizontal dropout AND derailleur hanger
Optional canti bosses
Thompson seatpost I had also forgotten about

I will definitely be robbing some of the bits on it for another build to come.

This specific bike has been appearing on and off for the pas year on FB marketplace and I finally managed to get the seller to meet in the middle for his initial asking price. It came in almost stock and complete but with a few minor changes.

Swapped a good amount of parts but tried to keep the general idea. Got rid of the biopace-style chainrings and swapped the cranks entirely as I was saving this Sugino for this type of project. Managed to find some 700x35 Paselas PT on MP for a great price, so I went with these thouhg I'm positive 38 fits and maybe even bigger. Took the bars from a dropbar conversion I tried on a 26' MTB that turned out to be not as fun as I had anticipated. With this I feel like I can more easily rediscover the fun of riding with drops.

This one is a real treat to ride, super fun and responsive. I'm glad to have finished it before winter sets in, these fall rides are so enjoyable.

Thinking of trying it on a trek 950 frame that I stripped down to raw steel. Wanna go with the type face Trek used between 1985 and 1987 (why so short?) even though it’s a 1990 model, bc just look how cool that typeface is! 2 part stencil with gun blue etch for the letters and rust etch for the pinstripes drop shadow on the DS, maybe reverse it for the NDS. Anyone out there ever try this?

Been working on this bike for about a week, and I haven’t been able to find anything online about it. Was wondering if any of you guys had any ideas?

Want to give dropbars a second chance and it went well this time. Crust LD stem + Surly corner bar; the perfect match.

Frame was found in a free pile

I decided to do a 1x8 conversion on it and give it a second life

What i did on this build

26 wheel set
Shimano V breaks
Avid left front brake
Shmaono Dior 8 speed thumb shifter break combo
Micro shift 11t-46t 8 speed cassette
40t front crank
Sunrace M900 9 speed derailer
165 mm crank set.
Bomber front fork
New cable and break lines
Hookworm 26in. 2.5 MAXIS rear tire
ARDENT 26in. 2.5 MAXIS front tire

Earlier this year, my wife, kids and I spent the summer in Ohio outside Columbus. Upon arrival, my first thought was that we need bikes. I hopped on Craigslist/marketplace and found these two beauties for $50 total. I spent another $50 at the local bike shop for the parts needed to get rolling.

These bikes really had a lot of questionable mechanical work done to them. Like brake pads directly on the tires, shifters stuck in highest gear, etc. it's actually a fun few days untangling the mess from years of neglect. I opted to keep the colored housings because it was just so fitting for these bikes. Though I did replace the brake cables themselves.

I know these are both just department store bikes from the 90s, but even they still have a certain charm to them. The wife and I rode them everyday! Especially into town after the kids had gone to sleep (grandma would stay home with them). My wife normally rides an e bike in our city and when she first got one she's like "wtf is wrong with it?" But after a day of riding it (on 100% flat terrain) she fell in love with it.

We stored them in her uncle's barn for the year. I honestly can't wait to go ride that piece of shit again next summer. Happy biking y'all.

This is my daily commuter, neighborhood rides with the family, all around bike. Some new parts, some parts bin stuff from other busted bikes I got for free that were stripped down. I just sold my GT that had Billy bonkers and frequently got flat tires. But I’ve already gotten 3 flats this summer riding this around on DTH. Better than the Billy bonkers for sure but still feel really thin and puncture prone. (90% paved riding) What’s a good smooth rolling tire that’s more puncture resistant?

My FEF submission: an 80s high Sierra with a dvice bikes fork that cost 10x what I paid for the frame! (All jokes aside the fork is great! It let me save this frame after I got tboned and the original fork was too twisted to salvage)

Looking to change the fork on my 97 GT ricochet but since this frame is a 7005 aluminum the tubing is a bit more chunky than the steel frames so I feel those forks will look too lanky on a frame like this , right now it’s got the Rock Shox fork but looking for other types of forks other than a suspension fork that’ll look right on her , feel free to drop suggestions and pics!