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I think this is the safer route for sure. I'll have to look in to how much tire clearance that frame has. I like big tires on my commuters since the roads here are so terrible.

THIS! I really just love commuting on a rigid hardtail. That's what my old commuter was for years. Perhaps some alt bars and a rigid fork would be enough change to satisfy me. It'd be a lot easier than getting dropbars figured with all the brake/drivetrain components that would need to be changed.

 

I think a rigid fork would be a good change.

Mixing mechanical road and mtb drivetrains sounded like a pain in the ass. I think you need some ratio converters to make it work but I never dug too deep. I went AXS for road brifters and mtb derailleur (gravel bike) which is super simple but also probably not ideal for a commuter haha.

edit: I road a CX bike as my road bike in college, it was a solid bike but it felt so much less durable haha. Maybe it was just the wheels but I didn't feel anywhere near as comfortable going offroad on it as I did the singlespeed rigid bike.

 

true. the roads are not nice with real skinnies. need at least gravel thick tires to make it somewhat comfy. hahah.

 

I have a steel Trek Sawyer that I put 2" Hookworms on for commuting and urban assault. Me no likey skinny tires.

EDIT: Correction, they are 2.5" Hookworms. I thought 2" sounded small. Every half inch counts!

 

Those are such cool looking frame! Some day I’ll get a Sklar bike which I feel like has a similar style to the sawyers

 

Throwing on the ride wrap. Waiting for my scout to sell so I can finish it.

 

Curious to hear your thoughts coming from the Scout.

I still enjoy my Scout, but really want to try a mullet.

 

Love my scout. Racing an Enduro on it tomorrow lol.

I sold my tr11 and by selling my scout, my patrol will be a one bike solution, hopefully.

Here's all the parts I have so far, after finishing the ride wrap

 

I’m not hardcore like some of you guys but I have a carbon framed Trek road bike that I hated with drop bars, so I converted it to flat bars and still never ride it. When I do mostly pavement I lock out the compression front and rear on my Santa Cruz Tallboy, pump up my tires to 40 psi (I’m running 2.1 XC tires, Ardent/Ikon) and it makes a great real world road bike.

 

I ride my mtb on the road on occasion but that’s rally for training. The mountain bike maintenance is too expensive to be riding on the road a lot, for me personally haha. When I had a commuter that thing was cheap and didn’t get any love other than chain lube haha.

 

I have a couple paint matched vintage mopeds. I threw together a hitch rack for them but I usually just put them in the bed. The hitch rack holds 1 moped and 1 cooler.

One moped is a 1978 Concord XKE and one is a 1978 Puch Maxi. Both are 2-stroke but the Maxi is a two speed auto and the Concord is a single speed. Both do 50+ mph.

 

OG e-bikes!!!!!

 

My version of a "road" ride. A few miles of gravel, then hit Bear Creek and Pinhoti 2 on the way back to the truck. Bonus of being hella slow is smelling the roses and finding a multi-tool on the climb up.

 

Anyone else part of the non cool kid club and rode roadies? In the northeast, and want a free.50 set of giant takeoff 700x28s with about 1k on them? Went down to 25s so I can drop the wheel without having an aneurysm.

 

I need some recommendations on wheelsets...I've got the stock Giant AM 29" wheels and they're absurdly heavy. This is mostly a trail bike with occasional trips to various downhill areas like Spider Mountain or Bentonville.

Thinking carbon will give me the most noticeable difference, but if I can get close to carbon weight with Aluminum, that may be the better choice.

 

On a budget, the I9 1-1 Enduro wheelset is tough to beat. They’re aluminum but they’re not terrible weight wise in my opinion.

 

Went for a random and ended up putting in a schlepper. Legs feeling about as roached than this bridge. Apparently a big ass tree fell on it?

Getting some miles on the Michelins. Still dry as shit around here. Waiting to get them on some wet dirt before final opinions.

 

Fresh rubber day.
Trying out the xynotal on the rear of the little bike (Django). Also put a fresh Kryptotal fr on the front.
Both trail casings, Rimpact in the rear.

 

Yesterday, 75° perfection day. Love this time of year in Colorado.

 

Santa Cruz today. Only took 1 picture, was too busy riding.