# \#what-i-ride **URL:** https://community.escapecollective.com/tag/what-i-ride/135.md [Latest](https://community.escapecollective.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.escapecollective.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.escapecollective.com/tags.md) --- ## [Show us your travel bike!](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/show-us-your-travel-bike/5880)
**Author:** [@wade\_wallace](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/wade_wallace)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/show-us-your-travel-bike/5880 "2026-10-29T20:18:50Z")
We just returned from our annual Member Summit in Japan and there were some stunning travel bikes there. If there’s one type of bike I get excited about, it’s a travel bike. Some standouts from the Summit: Paul Komarek… --- ## [Please tell us more Suvi!](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/please-tell-us-more-suvi/5989)
**Author:** [@G\_HK](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/G_HK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/please-tell-us-more-suvi/5989 "2026-10-09T18:14:19Z")
Lovely bike :slight\_smile: @Suvi\_Loponen --- ## [Contentment](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/contentment/5637)
**Author:** [@Adam\_Shyevitch](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Adam_Shyevitch)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/contentment/5637 "2026-07-04T08:27:25Z")
I ride a lovely custom titanium road frame from Firefly, a Boston, USA-area builder, spec’ed out with SRAM parts, external hose routing with Zeno splitters for easy packing, some colorful bling from Wolftooth, and Reserv… --- ## [Build thread: Waltly 3D printed titanium gravel bike](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/build-thread-waltly-3d-printed-titanium-gravel-bike/5173)
**Author:** [@Drew](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Drew)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/build-thread-waltly-3d-printed-titanium-gravel-bike/5173 "2026-05-23T10:46:30Z")
Starting a build thread for my upcoming (truly) custom Waltly 3D printed titanium gravel bike. It’s been a journey working with them to set the geometry and features, but I was notified last night that the frame is now d… --- ## [Spent a few days on my Fairlight Strael exploring the Swiss Jura, Neuchâtel & Solothurn](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/spent-a-few-days-on-my-fairlight-strael-exploring-the-swiss-jura-neuchatel-solothurn/5475)
**Author:** [@Owen](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Owen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/spent-a-few-days-on-my-fairlight-strael-exploring-the-swiss-jura-neuchatel-solothurn/5475 "2026-05-22T10:51:16Z")
I took my newish Fairlight Strael out to Switzerland a couple of weeks ago. Spent a few days exploring where my Grandma grew up, and some places from hers and my dad’s childhood memories in the Jura and … --- ## [$150 worth of fenders on a $30 bike](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/150-worth-of-fenders-on-a-30-bike/5276)
**Author:** [@MJ\_McClure](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/MJ_McClure)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/150-worth-of-fenders-on-a-30-bike/5276 "2026-04-10T17:53:42Z")
It’s pretty dead around here, so I thought I’d toss my vintage Schwinn out there. I bought this rig on my birthday last year from FB marketplace (which I’ve since deleted since I can’t be trusted to not buy bikes like th… --- ## [New bike!](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/new-bike/4780)
**Author:** [@Cyclosophy](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Cyclosophy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/new-bike/4780 "2025-12-18T00:47:42Z")
Just built my perfect bike! I’ve been in need of a new bike to get me much higher at the front due to neck and shoulder issues. The Trek Domane is the only bike that gets me near where I want to be positionwise, and I wa… --- ## [Know Your Magpie](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/know-your-magpie/4127)
**Author:** [@Pete\_Chesworth](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Pete_Chesworth)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/know-your-magpie/4127 "2025-10-01T12:03:39Z")
Spring is imminent in Oz. The sun’s coming up a bit earlier and today, 22 August, a nearby magpie smacked me twice, the bastard. Canberra is by any measure the Magpie Capital of the World and, like watching a batsman bei… --- ## [Anybody else like to rehab vintage bikes?](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/anybody-else-like-to-rehab-vintage-bikes/4404)
**Author:** [@MJ\_McClure](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/MJ_McClure)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/anybody-else-like-to-rehab-vintage-bikes/4404 "2025-09-26T19:43:53Z")
One of my favorite things to do is buy vintage bikes on Marketplace or at yard sales for “get this thing out of my garage” prices and then fix them up so they’re rideable and, if not restored, at least as clean and sharp… --- ## [Centurion Garbage Bike!](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/centurion-garbage-bike/1657)
**Author:** [@Harrison\_Floyd](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Harrison_Floyd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/centurion-garbage-bike/1657 "2025-07-13T15:33:15Z")
Here’s my commuter! It’s mostly made out of stuff from garbage piles. More info here if you’re into it! --- ## [1996 Specialized Ground Control](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/1996-specialized-ground-control/1654)
**Author:** [@Harrison\_Floyd](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Harrison_Floyd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/1996-specialized-ground-control/1654 "2025-07-13T15:30:36Z")
Hey y’all! Long time listener, first time poster. Here’s one of my go-tos: And if anyone’s got one out there who’s trying to fix the blown rear shock, here’s a handy diagram: There’s a full write-up on it here,… --- ## [Rolling Test Lab: DBR + AMP(s)](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/rolling-test-lab-dbr-amp-s/1659)
**Author:** [@Harrison\_Floyd](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Harrison_Floyd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/rolling-test-lab-dbr-amp-s/1659 "2025-07-13T15:28:29Z")
One more for now: the rolling test lab. More info here if you’re into it!