mleach82

Bike was $379

rudnipe

some how i missed posting here... so here we go again - my rides, GT AutoStream and a REDLINE CX daily commuter

qmsdc15

How do you like the automatic transmission?

rudnipe

okay on flats, if you ever encounter any hills, i just do some circles for it to shift down - works great on a trainer - here we have an iron horse trail so it's works fine on that

frantik

bikes with automatic transmissions?! holy moly

qmsdc15

It's pretty cool. I'd love to try one.

thedave80

I finally got a good picture of the bike. 06 Diamondback maravista that I saved from rotting at my last base, with a lot of swapped parts. It's been a fun project and isn't done yet.

giantcfr1

I love projects

AdelaaR

That automatic gearing thing looks completely unnecessary yet extremely cool!
I didn't even know that sort of thing exists.

chibibike

AdelaaR

Nice bike chibi ... I hadn't seen any roadbikes with suspension forks and discs yet inhere.

chibibike

thank you very much! It's something i put together myself cause I didn't really like any of the bikes in the bike shops so I picked the frame I liked best and changed everything else on it til I liked it completely. I wish I could do that with people.

AdelaaR

So that's a Trek Utopia converted with drop bars and 23mm tyres?
I see you kept the brakelevers ... do the brakes on the drops work aswell? ... that would be even cooler.
The white computer makes for a nice touch.
The only thing I would advise you to change are the pedals.
It would be nice if you would take a picture from the drivetrain's side and a bit less angled

qmsdc15

Those aren't stock levers. Nice bike!

giantcfr1

They look like auxiliary / in-line levers.

Nice bike chibibike

chibibike

nothing is stock except for the frame and rims and pedals. the brakes on the top are cane creek crosstop inline brake levers. I plan to get clipless but not in any rush. I just started riding a bike really and I don't like the idea of having to wear special shoes to ride all the time. I think I saw some that have a normal pedal on one side and the clip in thing on the other side i think i'd get those. The tires are 700x25. The shock helps a ton when i'm on bumpy terrain but when I'm on flat road I can lock it. I originally planned on getting a thinner carbon fork but i think i'd really miss the shock absorption I get here. I'm in the process of building a all carbon race bike anyway so I'll just use that if I know i'll just be on flat road the whole time.

giantcfr1

What are you doing???
I'm just having a game of DayTime, Night Time...want to play?

Day Time


Night Time

AdelaaR

Nice one
It's funny how the brand name isn't visible in the day but comes out at night.
Now I finally know you have a Cannondale.

AdelaaR

Chibi, nice one on the inline brake levers ... must be handy.
I strongly encourage you to get the Shimano A-530's or similar ... I got 'em and I love 'em

X-LinkedRider

Sweet ass glow in the dark cannondale!
Also, very nice custom built Trek there chibibike

+1 with the pedals. Hybrid flats if you are not sure on committing to shoes. I have Wellgo equvilents on my Giant FCR as my first pair of clipless pedals. After riding them just a few times, I completely made the switch to ALWAYS riding clipped in. Now I use the 520's and some dual sided MTB pedals for all of my other bikes, however I am switching the Shimano 105 SPD-SL pedals sometime in the next couple of days on my road bike.

These pedals clip in on one side and are standard flat pedals on the other side.

chibibike

looks neat

chibibike

I've been doing a lot of night riding with girlfriends lately but I have a low end cateye light I got years ago and it's not making things very bright and I still can't see the road so I'm gonna go get a cygolit 400 tomorrow, I can't wait, I hope it works good.

jbchybridrider 

Yes you can never have to much light but my cateye opticube serves me well as long as the batterys are charged. I use rechargables as it saves a lot of money in the long run and get a couple of week out of them between charges.
Ive seen some that almost turn night into day but they cost a fortune.

AdelaaR

I like to have 3 lights in the front: one typical blinky light with wide dispersion pattern to be seen and two easily accesible "headlights" for lighting the path when necessary.
The two lights consume a lot of power and so they are switched off when not needed and can be switched on without releasing my grips.
Two lights give a wider beam and there is another benefit: whenever the batteries on one of them run out I still have the other one to get home.

I'm also a symmetry-freak and this is the only symmetrical solution

chibibike

I currently have the cateye HL-EL300 which is prolly suppose to be more powerful but it just makes a white spot on the road the size of a basketball and it's not near enough to see anything. I go out in total darkness sometimes so I need a good light.