Show Us Your Commuter

[KevinK]

I just got done wiping down my Mercian Vincitore after a wet week of commuting, when the sun broke through the rain cloulds for a minute. I took the opportunity to snap a few quick pictures. I have a 11.8 mile ride to work each way, mainly flat along the Willamette River. I hit busy River Road during the early morning and evening rush traffic, so I really rely on my lights to be seen by cars in the gloomy darkness. I have a Light and Motion Solo MV up front backed by a Cateye LED flasher, and two Cateye flashers in the back. Show us what you rely on to get you to where you need to go.

http://home.comcast.net/~keiko5/commuter1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~keiko5/commuter2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~keiko5/commuter3.jpg

[TimD]

The water bottle mud flaps are the ba11$! Nice idea!

TimD

[Matt Barkley]

My Boston (Italian) dumpster find. :beer:

[coylifut]

My friends think my bike is ugly. I agree

[Climb01742]

terry, i disagree. it has a minimalist appeal, i think, kinda cool in its own way. maybe not beautiful but pretty. plus i dig the homage to the turn-of-the-century chicago cubs pitcher "three-finger" brown with your right brifter.

[gasman]

Terry- i think you have a nice commuter. Simple, practical and functional. OK maybe the bars aren't my cup of tea but it's a commuter, not a work of art.

[Ray]

My friends think my bike is ugly. I agree
Naaaaah. The stem is butt-ugly, but the rest of it is just fine. Lose that and you're ready for the fashion show.

-Ray

[Frank]

My commuter...

[TimD]

Naaaaah. The stem is butt-ugly, but the rest of it is just fine. Lose that and you're ready for the fashion show.

-Ray

Seconded!

Black fenders perhaps?

TimD

[Fixed]

bro it's a work bike not a show -race bike the best ones are classic ugly i.m .h.o. cheers :beer:

[Grant McLean]

by bike is that you can park it just about anywhere!

-g

[Ray]

by bike is that you can park it just about anywhere!

-g
Fer ease of parking, you can't beat:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=6507&stc=1
http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=6509&stc=1

Actually, my "commuter" these days are my bedroom slippers or birkenstocks (I'll spare you the photos) since my commute takes me from the kitchen to the office about one room away. But this is my errand bike anyway.

-Ray

[Fixed]

bro the jetsons bike.cheers :beer:

[bcm119]

My new rain bike set up-- it also gets me to work most days, the whole 3 mile round trip! I just built this bike up a few weeks ago, and it rides nicely. Plus, its very anti-bling. Still needs a front flap though.

[Grant McLean]

Fer ease of parking, you can't beat:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=6507&stc=1
http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=6509&stc=1

Actually, my "commuter" these days are my bedroom slippers or birkenstocks (I'll spare you the photos) since my commute takes me from the kitchen to the office about one room away. But this is my errand bike anyway.

-Ray

don't leave that one in the handicapped spot,
someone might think you forgot to put your wheelchair
in the minivan.

g

[gasman]

When I bought this bike a couple of years ago it was the first time I had used a triple. I realized how much happier my knees were after climbs. I then moved to compact cranks on my other 2 bikes and my knees thank me.
Kind of an ugly bike though.

[cw05]

Complete with reflector tires on Mavic 40's, cup holder and a rear wheel lock I got in Walter Godefroot's bike shop (doubled as T-Mobile bike headquarters) last spring.

[ti_boi]

Here is my Schwinn S(9five).6...from the beginning of the dot com era comes this little gem. In Deep Purple (cue Smoke on the Water)....with the Chromo-blend USA built asymetrical (could it BE any other way?!) frameset and the STX Shimano drivetrain. This baby comes with the baby seat rack and the rubber bungee for the unexpected errands and aquisitions on the go. She tracks perfectly. Brakes like a Porsche. ;)

[Fixed]

:D bro this is mine .cheers and in action :D

[ti_boi]

:D bro this is mine .cheers

Very Cool...very Ybor.

[pjm]

Fixed, that one qualifies for the bicycle "Hall of Shame!" :p :beer:

[ClutchCargo]

fixed bro that's the ugliest garage door we've seen around here in a long time ! :eek:

[weatherman]

My new rain bike set up-- it also gets me to work most days, the whole 3 mile round trip! I just built this bike up a few weeks ago, and it rides nicely. Plus, its very anti-bling. Still needs a front flap though.


14 miles each way--can't beat this setup (imho). Nice steel frame, comfy Ritchey carbon fork and cushy Specialized Burough tires all set up singlespeed with an Eno rear hub (running 48x17 at the moment). My "other" commuter in the background (rear wheel anyway).

[ti_boi]

OMG! I left the house with one commuter bike today and returned with TWO.

The things people throw away! This little gem was sitting waiting for the trash heap when I happened by on my trusty Schwinn today. I rode home for a quick lunch and to let my dogs outside. Yes that is a Brooks saddle :D

Daniel Rudge (1840–June 26, 1880) was a British engineer who built high-end bicycles and velocipedes. Rudge invented the adjustable ball bearing bicycle hub (British Patent No 526) in 1878.

The French racing cyclist Charles Terront, renowned for winning the first Paris-Brest-Paris event in 1891, used Rudge's axles with much success thereby bringing world attention to Rudge. In the years before John Dunlop invented the pneumatic tire, Rudge addressed the rough ride by producing a four-bladed, spring-suspended fork in 1887.

After Rudge's death, his company was merged with The Tangent & Coventry Tricycle Company to form D. Rudge & Co. which in 1894 became Rudge Whitworth Cycles. By 1911, the Rudge Whitworth Cycle Company was also manufacturing motorcycles.

After the company fell on hard times in the Great Depression, the music company EMI bought the Rudge name. EMI produced bicycles under the Rudge name from 1935 until 1943 when they sold the name to Raleigh.

[dvancleve]

http://i5.tinypic.com/140zu4p.jpg

Profile Kage to fit my thermos (thanks Bicycle Coffee Systems ;^), bell to help obscure tall stem quill, PB Freddy Hardcore's to keep excessive irrigation runoff from making dirty spots on the white canvas panel of my Timbuk2, 41/17 fixed and 41/18 free but I never flip over to coast...

Doug Van Cleve
Chandler, AZ

[cydewaze]

OMG! I left the house with one commuter bike today and returned with TWO.

The things people throw away! This little gem was sitting waiting for the trash heap when I happened by on my trusty Schwinn today. I rode home for a quick lunch and to let my dogs outside. Yes that is a Brooks saddle
Good job saving that from the dumpster!! I'm sure it's happy to have a good home.

[ti_boi]

Totally! I gently pulled one very old 'dymo' label with a gentleman's name on it...didn't even fight me to come off, but I am keeping the red label with this guy's name in my cycling tool kit. I appreciate him keeping it in the basement! Can't wait to get the old girl on the road. I'll post some better pics later. Those were from my camphone. I am a bit of an anglophile....I gave a USA Raleigh to my pal at the beginning of the Spring. Another find from the trash heap (yes, I confess I dumpster dive for bikes :p ) -- This ol girl is just karma...you give and sometime you get.

[ShockTreatment]

Cool to see all the fixed gear bikes with fenders. Here's mine. It's a 1960's German frame.

[Fixed]

here is a bro goin to court .

[obtuse]

here's mine.

obtuse

[ti_boi]

Well, yeah...if you are talking about a faster commuter...then yep...here's the view from mine.....btw

[Fixed]

bro for the masses

[ti_boi]

Power to the people fixed....but then again...there is nothing like the wind up of a German straight six at high rpms! :cool:

[Kevan]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=4931&stc=1

[Ginger]

All my bikes are commuter bikes. After all, a bike is a bike is a bike.

Here's a pic of me and the last one that had sole duty as the "go to work" bike. My Bridgestone X0-4. (oh yeah...2 years and 30 lbs ago...but that's ok)

[ti_boi]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=4931&stc=1


WOW~ I miss the eighties....! That color scheme is soooo cool. But you know what...I cannot wait to jump on my 'new' flat black Rudge!!! Somebody pinch me...please.

[obtuse]

Well, yeah...if you are talking about a faster commuter...then yep...here's the view from mine.....btw


330ci?

obtuse

[ti_boi]

2005 325Xi Sport/Premium/M Wheel/sensible AWD...yet a blast in the curves. Baby Seat installed...."daddy's car"...My first BMW.

[SoCalSteve]

Just built this up. This bike was built for Bob Roll when he critiqued it on an OLN special. I decided to use it as my "commuter" bike.

FSA compact crank set
D/A Group
Chris King laced to CXP33 wheels
Chris King headset
Seven 130 "jerk approved" Seven stem
obligatory Brooks B-17 Ti railed saddle
FSA seatpost
Nashbar rack and bag

[Roy E. Munson]

this iz howe eye get arownd

[telenick]

From the dumpster.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/telenick/IMG_0033.jpg

You guys and your beemers. I could only afford two wheels.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/telenick/IMG_0087.jpg

Here's a fellow commuter

[vaxn8r]

Just built this up. This bike was built for Bob Roll when he critiqued it on an OLN special back in '03. I decided to use it as my "beater-commuter" bike/after work training bike.

FSA compact crank set
D/A Group
Chris King laced to CXP33 wheels
Chris King headset
Seven 130 "jerk approved" Seven stem
obligatory Brooks B-17 Ti railed saddle
FSA seatpost
Nashbar rack and bag
"Beater"? You got a warped sense of bikes ATMO.

[BoulderGeek]

Nice headlights, Ginger!

Er...Um..I mean...Nice rack!

Hmm, that didn't sound right, either.

Well equipped bicycle?

Here's one of my commuters (though, I should show an IP router, since I am a telecommuter).

[SoCalSteve]

"Beater"? You got a warped sense of bikes ATMO.

You should see my "nice" bikes...LOL

I guess what I meant by "beater" is that if I scratch it or mess up the decals, no biggie. I can refinish it and redecal it easily. Cant do that with a painted bike.

Steve

[slowgoing]

here's mine.

obtuse


Obtuse - Your car is jerky looking. You should have gotten it in black like mine. Did you at least get a stick?

[obtuse]

Obtuse - Your car is jerky looking. You should have gotten it in black like mine. Did you at least get a stick?


stick? ask munson about the cat question.

of course. i've never owned a car that wasn't manual and probably never will.

obtuse

[Kirk Pacenti]

I'm strictly a bicycle commuter!

[whippettanker]

I'm strictly a bicycle commuter!

What kinda car is that?

Nice.

Here's my commuter.

http://kogswell.com/images/nateKUSTARD.gif

[Kirk Pacenti]

What kinda car is that?

Nice.

Here's my commuter.



You mean you've not heard of the world’s fastest production car? It's a Keonisegg CCX, well its big brother the CCR is actually the world's fastest, but the CCX is no slouch either!

[victoryfactory]

VF, taking a siesta

[ti_boi]

^^Very Aero......cept for the chain :rolleyes:

[victoryfactory]

Whippettanker;
very cool looking bike.

I'm inspired to put together a commuter from my old Jeff Lyon
touring frame....
This frame uses the long reach brakes, so fenders will work..
I have some 700x32 tires somewhere....
Now you got me thinking...

thanks.... i think....

VF

[Chad Engle]

No problems with road rage drivers on my commute to Baghdad.

[Fixed]

bro my bro's car

[39cross]

Yah gotta remember...this is "SoCal" Steve...there are no ugly bikes in Lotus Land.

You should see my "nice" bikes...LOL

I guess what I meant by "beater" is that if I scratch it or mess up the decals, no biggie. I can refinish it and redecal it easily. Cant do that with a painted bike.

Steve

[ti_boi]

No problems with road rage drivers on my commute to Baghdad.


:beer: Salute :beer:

One commuting cyclist that the average motorist will definitely yield to.

[ti_boi]

What kinda car is that?

Nice.

Here's my commuter.

http://kogswell.com/images/nateKUSTARD.gif

that is one nice looking machine. everything from the seat to the bag is first rate...class. :cool:

[MartyE]

:D bro this is mine .cheers and in action :D
http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=13395&stc=1

Bro, when did you move to a drive on the left country?
I'm thinking Jamaica or Bahamas here.

tropical. . . kewl atmo.

marty

[davids]

From the dumpster.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/telenick/IMG_0033.jpg


Is that a Tassajara? I've got one myself, nearly stock except for a set of Maxxis Slicks and a Bontrager saddle. I suppose it qualifies as my commuter. But I'm usually on this:

http://geocities.com/Bostonmbta/mbta-red-central04.jpg

[shoe]

yo ti booooooeeeeiiii step away from the rudge... i will be there in the am to take it off your hands..no really..if that were my bike which it should be i would bunny hop the sh-t out of it

fixed is that a flying dutchman or a random dutch bike. my girl scored me a flying dutchman for my b-day looks similar but i never really stood back and looked at it...that bike has mad style ezzpecially with that paint job...commuters are cool bikes....i have a bunch of different commuters but the bag always stays the same. .. dave

[55/Rad]

Here's an old commuter of mine - a converted '98 Maillot Jaune 6 speed. Loved this bike. -55/Rad

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7596/mjcow11zh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ti_boi]

yo ti booooooeeeeiiii step away from the rudge... i will be there in the am to take it off your hands..no really..if that were my bike which it should be i would bunny hop the sh-t out of it

dave

LOL @ Bunny hop. That Be*tch would rattle like a mofo if'n I was ta bunny hop her....she's all-steel ya know.

[billrick]

Whippettanker -

Is this the final production Kog Porteur? Did Matthew settle on the Kustard color? And are they shipping already? Hot diggity. I like it! And I have a spare set of wheels sitting in my garden shed that has been waiting for the dust to settle from all the new 650B bikes. If it is inexpensive and lets me use my spare parts bin, this may be my future commuter as well.

Very cool, thanks!

:)


Here's my commuter.

http://kogswell.com/images/nateKUSTARD.gif

[whippettanker]

Whippettanker -

Is this the final production Kog Porteur? Did Matthew settle on the Kustard color? And are they shipping already? Hot diggity. I like it! And I have a spare set of wheels sitting in my garden shed that has been waiting for the dust to settle from all the new 650B bikes. If it is inexpensive and lets me use my spare parts bin, this may be my future commuter as well.

Very cool, thanks!

:)

Shed wheels? Spare parts? Sounds like a fun bike.

I'll bet that a quick email to info@kogswell.com would get answers.

[spiderman]

the ottrott for nice days
and the fixie for rainy days and mondays...

[chakatrain]

Wow, lots of nice bikes here.

Here's mine. I went with a cyclocross frame, with Ultegra triple ring road gearing, for a fast riding, tough bike that can handle the San Francisco hills. Love it so far. Makes the 10+ mile communte to South San Francisco fun and fast.

The reflective whitewall on the tires shows up nicely using the flash to take the pic :)

[djg]

The strange horrendous car commute ends next week. By mid-July I'll be working down by the Mall again and back in the bike commuting game.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=12330&stc=1

[shoe]

ti-boi - why do you think they say steel is real...steel is so plush that when you jump that sh?t you don't even feel the landing....if you stare at the rudge chain ring while moving it will actually make you want to join a cult...please be careful with that rig...d