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08-11-15, 02:42 PM
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Interesting, it's not often you see pics of other people's commuters on here...
08-12-15, 01:21 AM
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Besides looking seriously "low and go", your mbk looks like it's a very practical bike, too. Front rack is quite roomy, but does it make the steering funny when loaded for commuting (laptop, towel, change clothes, meal -loaded, I mean)? I like the crankset, double kickstand and brake levers especially. Have you intentionally left the pedal straps behind?
08-12-15, 06:14 AM
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Is the crankset Stronglight 93? I just lost an ebay auction for those to my pug build above, just by cheaping out and not bidding enough. Would have been a sweet addition, especially when polished all out.
Besides looking seriously "low and go", your mbk looks like it's a very practical bike, too. Front rack is quite roomy, but does it make the steering funny when loaded for commuting (laptop, towel, change clothes, meal -loaded, I mean)? I like the crankset, double kickstand and brake levers especially. Have you intentionally left the pedal straps behind?
Besides looking seriously "low and go", your mbk looks like it's a very practical bike, too. Front rack is quite roomy, but does it make the steering funny when loaded for commuting (laptop, towel, change clothes, meal -loaded, I mean)? I like the crankset, double kickstand and brake levers especially. Have you intentionally left the pedal straps behind?
A small or medium size load (e.g., typical size load on a daily commute) is fine, but a large load (e.g., oversized package, load of laundry, etc.) can make the steering wobbly and imprecise.
I am in between toe clips (the ones shown are too large), but when I install the correct ones, straps will go on them also.
08-12-15, 02:31 PM
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08-12-15, 03:35 PM
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08-13-15, 10:25 AM
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wow that is geared low!
08-13-15, 10:49 AM
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The kona unit, I've been thinking of something identical lately. I use a felt 29er single speed klunker for a lot of commuting when I dont think I'll need fenders or a rack or lights (I have small see me lights on). My only problem with it is the coaster brake, wishing I had disks.
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08-13-15, 12:00 PM
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Coaster brake, yuck. Can you put any sort of front brake on there?
08-13-15, 05:10 PM
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08-13-15, 05:13 PM
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32 x 18 for a good 46 or so gear inches. Fun bike.
Have a look at the Kona Humuhumu. Its a klunker with front and rear discs, sliding dropouts and it might have clearance for some 29er tires.
The kona unit, I've been thinking of something identical lately. I use a felt 29er single speed klunker for a lot of commuting when I dont think I'll need fenders or a rack or lights (I have small see me lights on). My only problem with it is the coaster brake, wishing I had disks.
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08-13-15, 09:02 PM
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@TheDavid, that's pretty badass.
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08-14-15, 08:17 AM
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Oh great, after not buying a new bike for a almost a year I found something new to covet. I was surprised they had been around a while, never noticed it on previous visits to the Kona site, but I was most interested in the minute back then. Thanks,
08-14-15, 10:23 AM
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I use this to commute 
It's a Superia Apollo Superstar, made out of Ishiwata 022 tubing and has a Shimano 600 Arabesque groupset.
The saddle was a Selle San Marco Concor (original but uncomfortable...), now it's a Brooks Team Pro Classic. I also changed the bar wrap and the toe clips and straps (the old clips were bent and the straps were worn (nylon))
PS. How do you make the picture bigger?
It's a Superia Apollo Superstar, made out of Ishiwata 022 tubing and has a Shimano 600 Arabesque groupset.
The saddle was a Selle San Marco Concor (original but uncomfortable...), now it's a Brooks Team Pro Classic. I also changed the bar wrap and the toe clips and straps (the old clips were bent and the straps were worn (nylon))
PS. How do you make the picture bigger?
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I use this to commute
It's a Superia Apollo Superstar, made out of Ishiwata 022 tubing and has a Shimano 600 Arabesque groupset.
The saddle was a Selle San Marco Concor (original but uncomfortable...), now it's a Brooks Team Pro Classic. I also changed the bar wrap and the toe clips and straps (the old clips were bent and the straps were worn (nylon))
PS. How do you make the picture bigger?
It's a Superia Apollo Superstar, made out of Ishiwata 022 tubing and has a Shimano 600 Arabesque groupset.
The saddle was a Selle San Marco Concor (original but uncomfortable...), now it's a Brooks Team Pro Classic. I also changed the bar wrap and the toe clips and straps (the old clips were bent and the straps were worn (nylon))
PS. How do you make the picture bigger?
08-15-15, 08:30 AM
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When you tell it to post the picture if you are using a picture hosted elsewhere, it will have a little check box asking you if you want to retrieve the picture and host it locally. If you have that checked, the image will be like a thumbnail, if you don't have that checked, it will have the full sized image in your post. I don't know how it works if you upload pictures directly from your computer as I only use images I already have hosted elsewhere (mainly my google drive as I use picasa to organize my photos on my desktop - too lazy to fire up photoshop most of the time).
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