It's interesting to read of others' solutions. I confess that mine had I to leave my bike locked all day in sketchy areas would be to use a beater, but a *nice* beater, and this could turn into a "nice beater" thread!
I'll start: There are 2 beaters that I owned long ago that I almost wish I'd kept: the first-gen Raleigh Technium which didn't feel so much spritely as cushy with noodle frame (tho' heavy) and -- for the era, early '00s -- fat soft 32 cm tires. Then the Motobecane that I think Eric Norris still has. Both built a fixed gear commuters with scavenged but decent parts -- I think now I'd invest in better tires; even a stolen RH tire is "only" $100; but Tourney centerpulls and Normandy hubs work as well when you are not looking at them as Dura Ace, for commuting at least. I did some of my cross-town commuting PBs on the Motobecane. Actually, various top-model early '90s mtbs converted to drops would also make excellent commuters with fat tires for dirt routes. On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 7:36 AM Tim Donner <timothydon...@gmail.com> wrote: > After building up a dream bike, the bike shop reminded me- "It's a tool, > not a jewel". > “don't ride anything that you're not WILLING to lose.”— iamkeith > >> >> I live in city (Philadelphia) with bike theft issue. I’ve decided on a >> commute/lockup bike that I can replace while loving the ride. >> On Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 10:07:25 AM UTC-5 J Schwartz wrote: >> > > I've been leaving my Cheviot locked up with a single Kryptonite mini >>> U-lock around the frame in NYC for the past few month since I started >>> working there again >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgv_WghEq%3DMZ-m9CBiKR6xJ2m7EQ7%3DMuCMXCi0HiHQ9oEg%40mail.gmail.com.
