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My old 10 mile each way commute was flat, so I'm going to say no anyway, but it took me no difference in time whether I rode my sub 9kg geared bike, my Russian track bike or my 14kg 1930s fixed gear BSA. What I will say is that commuting is hard on bikes (locking up, getting bashed around, pot holes, crashing, hit by cars etc) and a heavier bike is usually a bit tougher than a weight weenie. For me, the bike's endurance and comfort became far more important than weight.

I've got a few mates who have done whole cars in Montana. They rate it! It is matte finish though.

For solid colours, Tekaloid enamel. Takes a while to fully cure because it's an enamel but it sprays well, excellent coverage, REALLY sticks and is really glossy.

Halfords satin black is actually fine because it's cellulose rather than acrylic, but it's a bit cheaper to get trade spray cans on eBay.

Silver or white on a budget, check out car wheel paint in trade spray cans. Covers well and it's tough.

I don't have a recommendation for metallic or custom colours in a can, though. I'd also like to know! I just like to steer folks away from wasting their time (and quite a lot of money) on Halfords paint.

Don't use Halfords paint though, it's absolute shit. Weak, doesn't stick well, chips easily and doesn't have good gloss.

Great looking frame! Hopefully the grot hasn't got into the headset because those head clips are quite expensive to replace.

Just remember it's a proprietary thread for bicycles. It's not 3/8" UNC or UNF and don't try to force on an M9!

Stunning build. The only thing I don't like is the stem - but I've never liked them!

Fill the dents with car body filler, lightly key it and paint with normal celly/1k/2k paints. Not a lot of solvents attack the resin but I'd avoid acetone because you don't know what the resin system was and don't use paint stripper.

Can you file a rad onto the inside edge of the clamp to buy yourself a couple of mm?

edit: noticed you said hub, not rim. Some of the older Spinergy 4-sPoKs are a bit sketchy and have a habit of flying apart. Probably taking a bit of a risk with them whatever way you ride!

Epic. Saw this in the rat frankenbikes thread and knew, immediately!

Horner's Range Rover isn't outside Red Bull today but he is in work, so he must have rode to work rite amirite?

Pro the fuck up and use a High5 bottle, lol.

Yeah now I'm looking at it sober, I think it is a kids bike. Could make it adult sized with all the post and all the stem.

Aaauuuuh, pink has its place. On this bike doe, all dat green shit!

Potential level: critical.

Regular reader of this thread needs to buy this.

McLaren really need to get their shit together.

Wtfbrenthreeshobro?

I got scarlet fever a couple of years ago immediately after a dose of real flu and ended up off work for about 3 weeks. Not a lot of people believed I caught something that basically nobody has had since about 1687. I had 3 GPs come in to have a look.

Penicillin is amazing though. I went from covered in heavy red rash and rapidly decomposing to my death, to looking perfectly fine in the space of about 48 hours!

When my chainring was fairly new, a new chain would quieten everything down. Now the chainring has done quite a lot of miles (11-12k), it's just grumbly all the time unless I run the chain excessively slack. Could it be that?

Hold on, tubs is tubs, I think. You'll have people referring to them as 700c, 27" and 28", but I think they're actually all the same size and it's just people being incorrect. Wiggle, for example, I've seen them listed as all three there.

^ A brake on one of your bikes? This place isn't what it used to be etc.

Nope, doesn't work for me.

Just ride the coolest bike and ride a bit slower than everyone else so they have to pass and get a good look.

Looks pretty brave! As long as the rust isn't too deep it'll probably scrub up ok. Depending on the age, the bars may have been painted originally. Difficult to tell from the pics.