Yes - please post:) Would love to see a double cross pic - DH has been looking (drooling) at them recently...Quote:
Originally Posted by jenk
CA
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Yes - please post:) Would love to see a double cross pic - DH has been looking (drooling) at them recently...Quote:
Originally Posted by jenk
CA
Ok, I THINK I'm finally done putting stuff on her, at least for every day things. Here's an updated pic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...IMG_1895-1.jpg
F8th: I'm having commuter envy! She's gorgeous!
Is your rear rack designed that way or do you have some sort of extension thingy? :) What make/model is it? I love how it's level and elevated :)Quote:
Originally Posted by F8th637
Btw, she's a beaut :)
I actually just installed that rack this weekend. I bought it via Amazon.com from Niagara Cycle Works. It is the Sunlite Bicycle Welded Spring Rear Rack, Black. The directions that come with the thing are a waste of time. If you read the comments someone left about how to install it and especially the pictures someone added on that site you will save yourself A LOT of time. It actually comes with two lengths of those metal bars that attach to the bike. The higher elevation is nice for pedal and wheel clearance but it makes finding a place for your saddle bag rather difficult. The rack was a great investment though. It replaced the one I had before that was just attached via zipties around the seatpost. Same height and everything but this Sunlite rack is definitely made for bikes like mine with the proper eyelets. Hope that helps!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ana
I must take a picture tonight of DH's new Kona Jake. It is such a lean, mean commuting maching. I wish I had bought one for me- shhhh don't tell my commuter. ;)
Here's my new custom commute bike. I got a custom road bike last year and it made such a difference that I ordered a commute bike from the same builder. Also included a pic of the two bikes together.
Jenn
BEAUTIFUL bikes, jenn! Who made them? They are both stunning!
oh i like those red cranks. who made those bikes? they ARE beautiful.
Thanks, they are made by Steve Rex in Sacramento, CA. The yellow one is painted by his painter, Russ Pickett of Air Art in Chico (awesome job!!), and the red one is powdercoated - I sent him the cranks to have powdercoated at the same time.
Jenn
You cant' see it in the first picture, but Russ painted butterflies on the yellow bike on the front end of the top tube and down tubes. There are a couple of "lost" butterflies on the seatstays, too! :)
Jenn
Oooooo, I love the bikes even more now that you showed the butterflies painted on there. Too cool! :)
Those bikes are DARNED beautiful! Breath-taking even! How long is his wait?
I'm not sure how long his wait is right now, because he just had to move his shop after 17 years in the same location.:mad: But he found a property nearby, fortunately. I think his usual wait time is about four months (that's what it was for both of mine, I ordered in October each time).
Jenn
Here's mine....I just wish I could actually commute on it!! Plus I think she might be a bit too..?? I 've never been as comfortable here as on my Aurora.
Cool looking commuter! I love the matching saddle and handlebar ends. Looks like a very purposeful bike.Quote:
Originally Posted by elk
Jenn
Elk, your Globe is just beautiful!
OOOh there are some puhrty bikes here. :)
thanks! i really like the internal gearing too....
This was my first road bike, a Lemond Big Sky S, turned commuter when I upgraded to a Madone this year:
http://users.moscow.com/yauchzee/commuter_small.jpg
Here's a commuter I just recently finished. Originally purchased on craigslist. I added moustache bars, a rack, basil quick release basket and a Terry Butterfly purchased from anakiwa.
pretty!
I like that angle at which you have your moustache bars with the height of the seat...looks comfortable
I actually had to sit more upright when I installed that basket on there, so I've been raising and lowering and experimenting... The basket is right at the edge of the seat, but I love it. It just comes right off and into the grocery store with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by elk
My new commuter... MASI Soulville steel single speed/fixie 16" w/700c wheels
(Got tired of commuting on my road bikes and having to change clothes/shoes)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/...8f851470_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/...16b01b264c.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/...515b1fffb3.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/...b5961b514d.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/...217744f76e.jpg
Wow, that is gorgeous!
I love the lines!
MASI is going to be releasing a mixte version in a few weeks and their smallest size will be a 14". My LBS manager mentioned that getting the smaller sizes have been hit-or-miss and there is no guarantee the 14" mixte could be delivered immediately. (We went over the same hassle with the manufacturer/distributer when trying to get my tiny Pinarello)
So he went over the specs and discovered the eff TT in the 14" mixte would be the same as the 16" unisex version – the only difference in virtual geometry was the seatpost height. So he took the lone 16" fixie/SS he had in stock, cut down the seatpost and it fit fine (plus, I liked the Pea Soup Green color better than the antique beige that the mixte would come in!)
Sooo pretty. I was admiring one of those in a shop a couple of weeks back, but they only had it in big sizes. And by big, I mean too-big-for-my-short-legs. But now I've gone and looked up the mixte version, and I'm in lust. I blame you! :D:p:D
Ha! I'm such an enabler. Lust away... :D
http://commutebybike.com/wp-content/...soulville2.jpg
I'm just going to sit over here and keep reminding myself that I just bought a commuter and that I live on a hill and that seven speed might not get me home everyday. Yep. That's what I'll keep telling myself. It'll make it easier to resist. (But, I really really love the look of both of those.)
This is my old girl. She is an early 90s Bianchi Nyala. No frills but she gets the job done.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...1986/nyala.jpg
Here is my new upgraded Dr Dew... I call her Dr Artsy Fartsy
I have a short 2 mile commute, use a shoulder bag to carry lunch and will use a backpack to shop. I can't stand to cover up the pretty wood fenders with a rack.
Sold the Marin Mtn bike on page one of this post, was going to buy a Surly but my LBS gave me a great deal on this Dr Dew, and then I started looking for parts... found Rivendel's (ouch, that's a dangerous place) from this forum and Woody's Fenders on a google search.
She is a functional piece of art.
the Dr. is lovely...:D
Love the fenders!
Finally got my bike spruced up and ready for a photo shoot. she is a Specialized Tricross Sport from 2005. Just added the red bar tape this week and its almost like having a new bike :D
Here is my commuter. Luckily, my commute is only 4 miles each way and is relatively flat, so I can get away with having a single speed (hooray for less maintenance!).
The fold up Wald baskets are both heavy and noisy. I sound like a shopping cart going down the road. However, convenience has long since won over style in my life and they are gloriously convenient.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/katiepickle/SJE...JPG?imgmax=512
Do you have your Wald baskets attached with the little metal clips it came with? If so, try using zip ties instead (or in addition). We switched to zips and my baskets are nearly silent now.
This is my lovely itty bitty Trek. I've had it since May and it needs a name. Any suggestions?
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ieb00/bike.jpg
I vote that you name it after the month you got it -- May.Quote:
Originally Posted by mci021
Grey Goose? (Only if you're a vodka lover, I guess.) :D
I gotta say, this is one of my favorite threads on TE. I think I have actually drooled on my keyboard over some of these bikes!