SHOFINE

My little wife's new bike....it's the extra small I believe it's a 13" Schwinn Sporterra NX8



After a nice ride on Sunday the seat had to go & I added the old Bontrager Crivitz bars off my Sawyer & the old seat off my Motobecane Jubilee.



I'll probably steal them tires for my Kona...get her something around 2".

pierce

will 50mm tires fit on that frame? I'd want a good 10mm clearance on all sides of those 700x38's before I'd fit 700x50. those chain stays look tight.

SHOFINE

Looks like it will fit a lot bigger tire...I'll play around with it some tomorrow ...measure etc.

SHOFINE

Here's my Motebecane Jubilee with a few needed changes.



I probably ride this bike more since I have it at work for 28 days...some guy borrowed it to go to the store and stripped out the crappy twist nexus shifter. I upgraded to the Alfine 8 speed shifter and couldn't be more happier!



Also I replaced the grips with original ones that came with my Sawyer and the saddle came from my Schwinn Tempo. It is really comfortable and fun now!



I think I would like to eventually replace the fork with a rigid steel one.

Joelpatrick

Nice Jubilee. I've always been interested by the alfine integrated hub. I was even looking into the belt drive bikes with alfine for a low maintanence commuter bike. How is the gear range? Low enough for climbs? High enough to hit high speeds?

SHOFINE

The Nexus & Alfine 8 spd I believe to be the same except the Alfine is set up for Disc Brakes. So far the 8 speed has been the most reliable and you can set it up for speed or hills depending on the rear cog & chainring you use. I'm running 42X18 =(2.4:1 ratio) on my Kona for a little more speed than my Motobecane at 42X20 =(2.1:1) My Sawyer being a 11 speed I have at 36X20 (1.8:1) set up more for hills but still has plenty of speed. I have 34t chainring I can change out if I travel to a real hilly area.

SHOFINE

Since I had my old Sawyer 29er rear tire I put it on to see. Bontrager 29.3....says it 29x2" (44-50) measured by my calipers barely 44mm & almost 10mm still left between chainstay and tire.





Also those Continental Double Fighter 2s (37-622) only measured 34mm.

Rayxt

Bringing it home!

EddNog

Not my hybrid, but I ride a belt drive touring road bike with Alfine-8 IGH (Civia Bryant). It's fine for South Jersey where it's flat, but if I take it to much hillier places, I find that the lowest gear can be a little bit tall for the steep stuff. Top gear is good up to maybe 35mph max for me. I ride on 700x25 tires and I have 50T front, 24T rear belt cogs with 118T length belt. This nets a 2.083:1 ratio. I'm planning to keep this bike as it is for touring and long-distance riding duties, but I am shopping for something much sportier for my weekly club rides and for my indoor trainer. Maybe a Breezer Venturi.

-Ed

Pgeters

Nice Rayxt! You are one dedicated cyclist, my friend...

DVC45

My new (to me) Schwinn Sporterra.

bjjoondo 

Well, it's a, Hybrid in the making so to speak. I've picked up a 1995 Research Dynamics Coyote 2 in great shape, it's a 90's low end MTB but I'll be changing bit's and pieces to turn it into my hybrid "utility/trailer tugger"! Not a bad start for the measly sum of, $45.00!

vwman_2005

Korax

My 2012 Sirrus on a local jaunt

jbchybridrider 

^ Beautiful picture.

xoxoxoxoLive

Nice bike, and love the picture in front of the ocean.

xoxoxoxoLive

Really cool picture.

percy kittens

Thanks Raytx, the pic and caption gave me a great laugh. You truly are a diehard.

DocsDad

Finally got the fenders on our new 7.2's

vwman_2005

Thanks!!!

xoxoxoxoLive

Nice pair of bikes.

set235

Here is my completely custom Cannondale hybrid. The frame/forks were originally white, I stripped/repainted/decal. Completely custom built from the frame up.


full Sram Apex drivetrain with Sram 8speed trigger shifters. Velomax Circuit wheelset, Continental Grand Prix 4000s tires. Selle Italia saddle with a Bontrager carbon post.
20lbs even

azgreg

^^^ Nice looking bike.

DocsDad

Thanks. We're really enjoying them.

Capo2ndFret

New to the forum and just getting into cycling. On account of work I'm a bit of a road warrior so I traded some Hilton points for a bicycle and this is what I came up with:





For riding trails in the Philly metro area and seeing where it takes me. So far, so good. I have a few other accessories and a repair kit mounted on the bike now not pictured but it's doing the trick so far. Hopefully we'll see some of you on the trails.