Show us your "Porteur" style bike!!
01-26-19, 06:45 AM
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Nice bikes so far. I wonder, I see most people leave their shifters in the downtube area...I always retrofit my bikes to have the shifters on the stem...For me, I feel it is so much better as I never really got used to the downtube shifters...However, considering leaving the Peugeot shifters in the downtube area just to give it a try again...
What do you guys feel about that when riding a more upright townie/porteur style bike?
What do you guys feel about that when riding a more upright townie/porteur style bike?
01-26-19, 06:51 AM
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It's a Basil Portland High rack. Aluminum rails only the bottom legs are chromed (?) steel.
Nice rack though a bit too wide for Dutch bike racks. I would probably put a Pelago commuter front rack M on my next build as it is significantly narrower.
Nice rack though a bit too wide for Dutch bike racks. I would probably put a Pelago commuter front rack M on my next build as it is significantly narrower.
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I need help understanding the correct Rene Herse tire for this application.
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Nice bikes so far. I wonder, I see most people leave their shifters in the downtube area...I always retrofit my bikes to have the shifters on the stem...For me, I feel it is so much better as I never really got used to the downtube shifters...However, considering leaving the Peugeot shifters in the downtube area just to give it a try again...
What do you guys feel about that when riding a more upright townie/porteur style bike?
What do you guys feel about that when riding a more upright townie/porteur style bike?
01-27-19, 08:22 PM
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I built this '91 Schwinn Crosscut for my Seattle daughter-in-law, complete with a powder-coated frame in her favorite color. It's Shimano 105 equipped, and my boat-building brother helped me fabricate the wood basket attached to the Origin 8 front rack.
01-27-19, 08:30 PM
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Speaking of true porteur bikes, there are a boatload of them on the famous tourist destination of Mackinaw Island, Michigan. With no motorized vehicles allowed on the island, bicycles and horse-drawn carts are the only modes of transportation.
Once a year in early summer they have a bike auction, which often includes a batch of hotel porteur bikes and, although they are well-used, the price and quality are supposedly very attractive.
Once a year in early summer they have a bike auction, which often includes a batch of hotel porteur bikes and, although they are well-used, the price and quality are supposedly very attractive.
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01-28-19, 04:32 AM
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Neither are remotely vintage, but very, very porteur. Globe Live 3 (blue with belt drive) and Live 2 (black with road bars and Jtek bar-end shifter.)
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01-29-19, 03:13 PM
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Nice job on the Crosscut 67tony
The fenders on that Bianchi are a nice touch!
Those are some nice modern Porteurs calamarichris! Love that blue one!
The fenders on that Bianchi are a nice touch!
Those are some nice modern Porteurs calamarichris! Love that blue one!
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Found this old pic of me and my ol gal back when I was courting my ex-wife, about 20 years ago. An Electra beach cruiser with the rack. Ended up becoming my niece's college bike.
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Speaking of true porteur bikes, there are a boatload of them on the famous tourist destination of Mackinaw Island, Michigan. With no motorized vehicles allowed on the island, bicycles and horse-drawn carts are the only modes of transportation.
Once a year in early summer they have a bike auction, which often includes a batch of hotel porteur bikes and, although they are well-used, the price and quality are supposedly very attractive.
Once a year in early summer they have a bike auction, which often includes a batch of hotel porteur bikes and, although they are well-used, the price and quality are supposedly very attractive.
02-05-19, 08:13 PM
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Speaking of true porteur bikes, there are a boatload of them on the famous tourist destination of Mackinaw Island, Michigan. With no motorized vehicles allowed on the island, bicycles and horse-drawn carts are the only modes of transportation.
Once a year in early summer they have a bike auction, which often includes a batch of hotel porteur bikes and, although they are well-used, the price and quality are supposedly very attractive.
Once a year in early summer they have a bike auction, which often includes a batch of hotel porteur bikes and, although they are well-used, the price and quality are supposedly very attractive.
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