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Permalink Reply by Christine on May 12, 2009 at 9:39am

I ride a Nashiki tri spoke for triathlons although I'm looking for something simple to keep in the office basement in case it gets stolen.

h3 said:

Hi Christine!
What sort of bike do you like to ride? Can you describe your current bike?
And particularly what size it is, or what size you are. Betcha someone reading here has something for you.

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Permalink Reply by S on May 12, 2009 at 9:54am

Christine said:

I ride a Nashiki tri spoke for triathlons although I'm looking for something simple to keep in the office basement in case it gets stolen.

h3 said:

Hi Christine!
What sort of bike do you like to ride? Can you describe your current bike?
And particularly what size it is, or what size you are. Betcha someone reading here has something for you.

If you're just looking for a beater bike to ride around, I'd check with Working Bikes. They should have a few that fit you at fairly inexpensive prices.

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Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on May 12, 2009 at 4:03pm

Answer is simple - a folding bike. I'm obsessed with buying the Canada branded Bazooka Explorer with 20" wheels. You can take those puppies anywhere anytime - bus, train, airplane, whatever. I fully intend on taking one on an extended tour at some point, with trailer or panniers. The coolest thing is that you can bag it up at the office and stick it in a corner of your cube.

Light models come in aluminum frames. Dahon is an obvious and the most popular choice. Huge range of folders on the upper end with Brompton, Bike Friday, etc. Schwinn has two models on the market but I'm more impressed with Raleigh UK's range of folders:

http://www.raleigh.co.uk/b_range.aspx?range=Folding

Some of the coolest folding bikes in production are from Moulton - and the full history of Moulton folding bikes since the 1950's is on this site:

http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/models.html

Most affordable folders are from Citizen, Bestco, and you can get a nice lightweight Kent folder from Wal-Mart...

If it were me I'd get an AWESOME Moulton instead and bring it straight into the office where the gimp basement bicycle thieves couldn't touch it. Then after work I'd get changed, take it downstairs, and go for a 40 miler.

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Permalink Reply by Christine on May 12, 2009 at 11:56pm

Matt M. said:

Answer is simple - a folding bike. I'm obsessed with buying the Canada branded Bazooka Explorer with 20" wheels. You can take those puppies anywhere anytime - bus, train, airplane, whatever. I fully intend on taking one on an extended tour at some point, with trailer or panniers. The coolest thing is that you can bag it up at the office and stick it in a corner of your cube.

Light models come in aluminum frames. Dahon is an obvious and the most popular choice. Huge range of folders on the upper end with Brompton, Bike Friday, etc. Schwinn has two models on the market but I'm more impressed with Raleigh UK's range of folders:

http://www.raleigh.co.uk/b_range.aspx?range=Folding

Some of the coolest folding bikes in production are from Moulton - and the full history of Moulton folding bikes since the 1950's is on this site:

http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/models.html

Most affordable folders are from Citizen, Bestco, and you can get a nice lightweight Kent folder from Wal-Mart...

If it were me I'd get an AWESOME Moulton instead and bring it straight into the office where the gimp basement bicycle thieves couldn't touch it. Then after work I'd get changed, take it downstairs, and go for a 40 miler.

Thanks for all the information. . . I think it's a wonderful idea. . . and I'd rather ride a decent nice bike and keep it in my office.

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Permalink Reply by Christine on May 13, 2009 at 2:07am

h3 said:

Christine said:

I ride a Nashiki tri spoke for triathlons although I'm looking for something simple to keep in the office basement in case it gets stolen.

What part of town do you live in? There are a number of shops around that 'refurbish' older bikes and sell them in pretty decent working condition.

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Permalink Reply by Christine on May 13, 2009 at 2:08am

I'm in northwest IN

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