I just want something comfortable to ride with tires that can't go flat (so many pot stickers and glass out here, you're practically popping a tire every other time you ride 😩)

A good seat is mostly all that's needed for comfort (though something with sturdy AF shock absorbers feels really nice) but IDK what to do about the flat tires. I tried those solid innertubes but they just ended up bending my rims 😖

So, I recently discovered this donky bike, and given specs, the price, how compact it is, I think it's almost perfect.

But I don't think they produce it anymore 😕

Beat up dahan folder I got off craigslist for a hundred and change.

Coupled with the free bus system around where I live it makes a normal bicycle obsolete, there is no practical reason to take my non-folding far superior bicycle out if I am using it purely for transportation.

Reasons My Dahan is my dream bicycle

1. I am tired just got of work, bus rolls up and I can finally get on and zone out, but the bicycle bus rack is full. It actually isn't that big of an inconvenience I can wait another 15 minutes for the next bus (what happens if by an unlikely chance that bicycle rack is full too though?) but when you are deep in that "just got out of work" energy 15 minutes can feel like an eternity. My dahan, I just shrug, fold it up and take it onto the bus as cargo.

2. If someone steals my Dahan, oh no! Damn you jerk! I am crushed. It already looks stolen, it isn't worth anything really though it works perfectly fine.

3. The small wheels actually make sidewalk navigation easier and lowspeed dodging of pedestrians a breeze.

4. Literally anybody with a car can give me a ride, no matter the situation. This coupled with the ease of using a bus system with the Dahan fires normal bicycles in my opinion as transportation devices. If I go downtown to the bar to meet up with friends, I can take the bus or bike into town and then get a ride back with anybody who is going in the direction I live, the Dahan folds and sits in the rear seat of any car no problem.

In no respects is my Dahan an engineering marvel, the handlebar is always a bit wobbly because of the folding mechanism, the smaller wheels give much less stability though the bicycle rides confident and smooth, the chain will come off sometimes and I have to wrestle it back on, nothing on the bicycle besides the seriously solid cargo rack (kudos to Dahan on that, it is a very practical stock accessory to throw on) is anything to write home about, but that is the beauty of the bicycle and what makes it my dream bicycle.

My dream is that one day this type of bicycle (electric powered or not) becomes so popular that the used market price drops to the point that stealing them isn't even worth it because they are everywhere.

It just works, does not stop just working, and can't be stolen.

Just one dream bike? :D

I recently finished building up a 2023 Trek 920 from a bare frame and for this embodies everything a bike needs to be:

• durable/robust
• resilient/fault tolerant
• all the braze-ons
• does everything I want it to do: urban commuter, randonneuring, grocery-getter, leisure riding, loaded touring, gravel, single-track, jumps, XC...
• fast (enough) yet comfortable: even with the tires I use for thrashing swoopy, mixed surface singletrack; I am less than 0.5MPH down from my average speed on my fast commuter
• loads of carrying capacity
• will accept pretty much any build configuration: 3x9 to 2x11 to 1x12
• doesn't break the bank
• easy/quick to change loadout for different uses

• Deore XT direct-mount crank 165mm, 32T
• Deore XT SGS rear derailleur
• Deore XT Linkglide cassette, 11-42T and 11-51T, depending on use case
• Microshift 11sp bar-end shifter
• TRP Hylex hydraulic brakes
• 203mm front rotor for more refined modulation on loose and slippery surfaces
• Velo Orange cartridge hubs front and rear
• Spank Flare 24 Vibrocore rims, set up for tubeless
• Phil Wood double-butted spokes
• Bontrager Betasso RSL GX tubeless tires - I strongly believe there is no such thing as an all-conditions tire; this tire just about proves me wrong
• Liv Forward carbon rail saddle, because breedin' hips came attached to my Y chromosome
• Jagwire Elite Link shift cable, with an inline barrel adjuster near the handlebars - dial out any shift rattle on the fly
• Velo Orange Nouveau Randonneur handlebars, 46cm
• Trek Touring front rack (not shown)
• Trek Backtrack MIK rear rack (not shown)
• Cane Creek 110 headset
• Revelate Designs tangle bag (not shown)
• Salsa Rack-Lock seat collar for...
• Carradice Bagman Expedition mount for Carradice Nelson Longflap transverse saddlebag (not shown)
• PNW Components Pine dropper post (not shown, in the mail)
• Wolf Tooth drop bar dropper remote (not shown, in the mail)
• One-up SPD pedals, red (not shown, in the mail)

Sad to say that I'm really fond of the Specialized Crux. Silly expensive but oh so nice.

Unless we're talking about going all out, practicality and affordability be damned in the name of every marginal gain possible, it's probably the road bike I already own:

Cannondale CAAD13 (alloy frame), mechanical 105 with hydraulic disc brakes and a set of alloy DT Swiss wheels (PR 1600).

I test rode a Hase Pino a few times. It's a sit/lie tandem where the person in the back rides and steers more or less like a normal bike and the front rider is semi-reclined over the front wheel peddling with their feet out in front of them. My wife lost a $100 bet when I convinced a disabled friend to ride with me who was afraid of bikes and they had a blast. Should have made it a $15k bet so I could actually afford to keep the thing. I occasionally daydream about riding the Pino up and down the street downtown offering rides and flirting with the ladies.

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I've settled firmly into the road-mountain hybrid groove so it's really just about having it be tall enough for me to fully extend my legs on the downstroke, and not have to hunch my back to grab the handlebars.

Though, druthers, it'd be electric lime green all over.

I’d want the absolute best two-wheeled monster truck.

– A rigid steel frame with custom geometry built to my specs
– An extra-long frame, something in the vein of the Surly Moonlander
– 24 x 6.2" Surly tires
– A mid-drive motor with an integrated gearbox
– Belt drive
– Power output slightly above the legal 250W limit to make up for the added weight
– At least a 1000Wh battery
– AWD system from Christini, with a switch to engage the front wheel
– Matte camo paintjob

I'm super interested in the Apollo Gravel bike from Priority cycles. I'm saving up and going to try and pick one up for my birthday in December.

I bought an old brown steel Salsa Fargo frame for cheap on a whim to build up with other parts I had lying around. The fork I thought would work did not, so I bought an old brown steel Surly fork for cheap. 1x10 mountain drive train, Jones H-bar, rack, fenders, and 50mm semi-slick tires. It is great for riding around the neighborhood. It is great for gravel, dirt paths, and fire roads. It is great for grocery shopping. It is fun once in a while on mild mountain bike trails.

I have a nice mountain bike that I have the most emotional attachment to. If I could only have one bike, I think I would have to pick my Brompton. But somehow this became the bike I ride the most.