New (to me) commuter, and sundry ramblings-on about my bikes.

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It's been dead around here, so let's see if we can get some baby pictures going. Whatcha got in your stable these days? This is my new-to-me commuter, yet another twenty-something-year-old steel frame, dragged out of my boss' shed where it had been languishing and put back into service.

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I remember seeing the Norco before. It looks like about the perfect bike for riding across Canada. And isn't it kind of amazing how attached we get to bikes like that? I had a period of mourning over the Raleigh. Fortunately it was mitigated by finding the eGo, but it still took me some time to actually let go of the Raleigh (i.e., it didn't happen until I needed a space to hang the Specialized). When I first posted about it, I was hoping someone might be able to to recommend a way to braze the frame back together, but the only viable suggestions involved replacing the entire seat stay, a major surgery that would have cost more than the bike was worth. Even with the sentimental value taken into account. The Jamis does look like a good bike for riding to death. I don't do mountain biking (just commuting and road, here), so I would have the Jamis outfitted with fenders and a rack and I would be riding it to work. The Specialized would have been a good bike for the trails around here when I first got it. Not so much now, with the city tires and the commuting gear.