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Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 03:28:50 No.2066298 View View Reply Original Report

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Hey /n/!
I could really use your help for something. I am writing a film about bike couriers in a mostly atemporal setting. This is set in a biome-rich beachside town so I would like a few different options for different terrains. Most importabtly of all I would really like to know what the ultimate "jack-of-all-trades" bike would look like if money were not an option.

Thank you for this bikebros!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 03:54:43 No.2066300 Report

Quoted By: >>2066302

>>2066298
>ultimate "jack-of-all-trades" bike
90s rigid mtb

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 04:18:13 No.2066302 Report

Quoted By: >>2066307

>>2066300
Awesome! Could you help me out with some cool ones in particular?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 04:20:07 No.2066303 Report

Quoted By: >>2066310

>>2066298
>the ultimate "jack-of-all-trades" bike would look like if money were not an option.
Bike messengers are some of the poorest people in America. Like literally they are usually squatter punks or live with their mom

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 05:03:12 No.2066307 Report

Quoted By: >>2066310

>>2066298
>>2066302
If you're looking for a specific model of Bicycle, consider either of these two;
>1.) Electra Townie (best selling bike in America, common commuter/beach cruiser type bike popular mostly with boomers but sometimes seen as Uber delivery bikes with rear racks installed) could go well with your "biome-rich beachside town" setting
>2.) Chinese Flying Pigeon (single speed all-around road/hybrid bicycle, also the best-selling bicycle in China) it basically looks like what most people picture in their heads when they try to imagine the "default bicycle"
Otherwise, you could also just go for a European City bike, really what matters is what type of frame you think will work for your setting (Cruiser, Road, Hybrid, Mountain bike.etc)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 08:52:40 No.2066310 Report

Quoted By: >>2066326

>>2066303
I have an in-world justification for the aquisition of parts.
>>2066307
Incredibly helpful, thank you! I wouldn't mind looking at some of the more visually striking or obscure examples if you have any. The idea is a team of bicycle couriers with different bikes for different terrains and one messenger with a bike spec'd to handle almost any terrain decently.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 09:15:05 No.2066312 Report

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>>2066298
I read this as "berdache town", that would for sure be an interesting book, bike couriers in a town of berdahes

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 12:50:26 No.2066320 Report

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>>2066298
>the ultimate "jack-of-all-trades" bike would look like if money were not an option.
a motorcycle

but really it deepends on the aesthetic of the book/character, the setting, and the >USE CASE. is the character in a beach town delivering brewskis along the actual sand? or is he in town racing against the internet to transfer hard drives full of sensitive filez? likewise "new parts" are justified but how, is he just friends with his local bike shop owner who hands him wear parts like desk candy or is he replacing whole parts of the frame getting it welded together at the cyberpunk chop shop?

if you were doing what you really are doing and just asking what is >BEST then there are pretty clear winners but for a stylish option for a book character what will fit will change a lot and probably be more exaggerated than the equivalent real-life option

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 13:08:39 No.2066322 Report

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You shouldn't approach it in this way.
You need to establish an overall aesthetic and choose a bike that fits
Like you said it's atemporal but you must have some idea when like now the future the late 20th century?
Asking bike nerds isn't going to help you

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 23 Feb 2026 13:39:36 No.2066326 Report

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>>2066310
>I wouldn't mind looking at some of the more visually striking or obscure examples if you have any.

go look at silk road bikes

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