BIKE THREAD

>>900667
make sure you get a sticker that says "I'm not as autistic as my bike."

Those fenders won't keep you all that dry and if you're past middle school I can't imagine a BMX ever being the right choice for anything. For winter just get an old rigid mountain bike for cheap, some Planet Bike Cascadia, fenders and ride it until it rusts.

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2015 Giant Defy AP 1. My first real road bike. It makes me feel like a champion.

>>900667
cool bicycle, son.

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>>900667
Redline still makes bicycles? Damn...

>>900757
Those 24" BMX type bikes are bretty gud for getting around. Put some fatter 2"+ tires on them, run 100psi in the city or like 30psi offroad, and get a good ratio for cruising and you are straight. Plus they aren't so high or fragile as typical road bikes and you can rip them around a little more.

Even on my little kid's 20" BMX, with 30/10 gearing and some air in the tires, I will cruise around and hang with people on road bikes all day. Only problem is you can't really pedal while sitting down because you typically want the seat nice and low for trick'n.

>>900667
interesting take on winter commuting. I always preferred what sheldon brown recommended- a MTB fixed (front brake too). I had a compact frame that I'd put the saddle a little lower on (so I could put both feet down while still in saddle). Velcro foot retention and I was ready to roll. Made it through a few Baltimore winters which are a joke compared to Boston.

>>900667

May want a pair of detachable tire chains and keep those in a little bag on your handlebars.

You can either buy a kit or make your own using zipties and that small hanging plant chain.

Your center of gravity may be lower but you will still slip on ice.

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>>900667
>I think the BMX Cruiser was the right choice
>over Fat bike.
>leans into mic
wrong...

Neighbor gave me an old Schwinn high plains that he was gonna throw in the trash. I cleaned it up, but the threads on the crank arm are all stripped, the shifters are gunked beyond reason, and the gear ring is so beat up its missing teeth.

I think I'm gonna give her a new paint job, and fix her up despite needing so much work. It could make a real nice city cruiser for one of my friends. And I'm a sucker for projects.

>>900811
I used to do that but I couldn't find a gear that was good for fast riding on cleared roads (so I could get to work without leaving half an hour early), as well as for plowing through deep snow. And there's no way I was going to flip a filthy flip-flop wheel on the road in midwinter. Ended up building a 26" 3-speed wheel instead which worked OK.

>>901059
I really really really like this image