It has nothing to do with PBR. Okay, well, maybe it has something to do with PBR because, as Nitro said, it’s turned into ironic ‘cool point’ bullshit. But I would hate on any beer bike just as hard. It’s just fucking dumb.
but what about the draft, the lager, and the premium brew?
They are outstanding…
My buddy had some Kona Island Lager at his house the other day, I found that stuff to be super tasty, and it made me want a Kona MTB.
Not sure if the companies are related though 
[quote=imoscardotcom]but what about the draft, the lager, and the premium brew?
They are outstanding…[/quote]
Not companies just types of beer.
[quote=trackatino]
Makes sense to me because the bike is marketed for commuting, not CX racing. That’s the one I saw in the shop and was commenting about - for a commuter bike it has nearly everything on point, in my opinion. Unless you live on top of a giant hill and carry a 20lb bag, you don’t need much more than 9 gears in the city, and disc brakes make more sense for a lot of year round commuters anyway. I guess 700x35 would be a better max size though.[/quote]
If it’s a commuter it’d probably be better without top tube cable routing. I love disks, and have one on the front of my cross bike, but a disk paired with a 25mm tire (assuming that’s probably about the max you can fit with fenders) in bad weather (where disks would have an advantage over rim brake) is dumb. The smaller tire’s contact patch just isn’t going to provide enough grip to make the disk really worthwhile. Also, 1x9 is fine, but at least spec it with a double crank and a guard. Sure you might not NEED one, but when Cannondale is getting hit from the CPSC for leaving off a dork disk I can’t really think why you’d want to release a bike that has the risk of the chain coming off the front ring at all.
Finally, “Complete bikes come fully unassembled and with no cable housing and headset spacers.”
Similar idea done better: http://www.raleighusa.com/bikes/road/sojourn/
No housing? is that normal?
It’s a cool bike, just in a weird in between spot between cross, a commuter, and a road bike.
I LOVE the Sojourn. and the Clubman. and the One Way. and the RX 1.0.
I think I just realized I like Raleigh a lot
[quote=username]The only proper response is to say that they suck. Then again, I ride a shitty frame.
I’m into really shitty frames/components.
I will say that they are priced a little high. Not obscenely high, mind you, but a little hip premium for their badges and super swell name.
Also, If you are riding the PBR paint scheme and feel a sharp pain in the back of your head and, falling to the ground, the last thing you see before the static of pain-filled slumber swarms your stuttering senses is a guy riding away on a shitty bike wielding a red spattered chain-whip, that would be me. Vexatious PBR culture, feel my wrath.[/quote]
I don’t condone violence, but username is my favorite user ever.
Vexatious? Fucking right.
Also, Bender’s in The Mission, it’s like hipster nirvana. The place where all the mash kids hang out. The place where you can get decent cheap sushi on Mondays to go with your ironic PBR. Fucking Bender’s sells PBR for more than $1 per which is a travesty because they also sell Pliny the Elder for $4 a pint or maybe $5 a pint . Whatever, it’s the best beer ever and it’s less than eight fucking dollars and it has more alcohol in it than a 6-pack of PBR. Fuck that shit. It’s not even a good example of American Lager.
[quote=imoscardotcom]but what about the draft, the lager, and the premium brew?
They are outstanding…[/quote]
At least they are admittedly generic, like their frames.
[quote=NitroPye]
Because people drink it “ironically”.
I hate people who do anything “ironically”. Be sincere or GTFO.
Also 'round the boston parts, PBR is usually MORE expensive then the other cheap lagers. It is NOT the cheap working mans beer but the ironic idiot who like status symbol shit.[/quote]
Narragansett.
[quote=imoscardotcom]
I think I just realized I like Raleigh a lot[/quote]
More of this.
[quote=Ashes / Dust][quote=NitroPye]
Because people drink it “ironically”.
I hate people who do anything “ironically”. Be sincere or GTFO.
Also 'round the boston parts, PBR is usually MORE expensive then the other cheap lagers. It is NOT the cheap working mans beer but the ironic idiot who like status symbol shit.[/quote]
Narragansett.[/quote]
If Noahgansett would fire up the internet and check tarck again he would chime in. Dude has a narragansett tattoo. No one I have ever known drinks his beer so sincerely. He is so sincere, when he drinks its like a beer opera. Except replace singing with beer.
[quote=NitroPye]
If Noahgansett would fire up the internet and check tarck again he would chime in. Dude has a narragansett tattoo. No one I have ever known drinks his beer so sincerely. He is so sincere, when he drinks its like a beer opera. Except replace singing with beer.[/quote]
That is amazing. My Dad has a really rad classic Narragansett clock in his garage that he got growing up in Woon-saw-ket.
[quote=Ashes / Dust][quote=NitroPye]
If Noahgansett would fire up the internet and check tarck again he would chime in. Dude has a narragansett tattoo. No one I have ever known drinks his beer so sincerely. He is so sincere, when he drinks its like a beer opera. Except replace singing with beer.[/quote]
That is amazing. My Dad has a really rad classic Narragansett clock in his garage that he got growing up in Woon-saw-ket.[/quote]
I am sitting in a conference room in woon-saw-ket right now.
Hell yeah. That’s where I was born. We left when I was four, but my gandmother still lives there.
[quote=bonechilling]We talked about the Ruben in the randonneuring thread. It looks pretty awesome, but I’m a little bummed on the top-tube cable routing. I’d probably consider it seriously if they were more widely available. Also, I found that Soma makes a disc-ready cyclocross bike that’s available everywhere and for less money. And with better steel.
To say that they look like Spartons is ridiculous, but what else should I except from that fucking idiot? The PBR bike is just about the worst thing ever, though.[/quote]
I wish the Soma was more exciting.
I also wish Surly would just make a disc Cross Check with sliding dropouts already and get it over with.
Just to spite the hipsters, I want to get a bike painted up like this:
It used to be the largest six pack in the world, until they changed it to some other beer.
Oh, they did the PBR bike… barf.
[quote=Maringue]Just to spite the hipsters, I want to get a bike painted up like this:
It used to be the largest six pack in the world, until they changed it to some other beer.
[/quote]
I’m pretty sure that any fixed gear with a beer theme is still “hipster.”
I don’t think so, only cheap blue collar beer like old style, which is also a hipster beer as well.
Or you could always up the ante:
Upper Michigan is too cold for hipsters.