Show your C&V commuter parked at work
05-22-18, 12:07 PM
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This has been my preference lately on days when it isn't raining. '86 Legend. Yes, the photo is intentionally "urban", and yes, that's a kickstand! Ridicule me at will...
05-23-18, 10:02 AM
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Finally got this one rolling. And school is almost out for summer. Double good news.
One or two things left to add/do... generator taillight, etc...
One or two things left to add/do... generator taillight, etc...
05-23-18, 06:27 PM
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Back in the winter. Colder, darker times.
05-24-18, 10:03 PM
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My dads Pinarello Treviso that I inherited and restored together with him hanging out at the freight elevator in my office building. Bad non driveside photo but it gets the point across I hope.
06-15-18, 01:26 PM
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First ride in the wild of the new Competizione...
06-15-18, 04:54 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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Not the first ride but a good one. I really like this bike.
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06-15-18, 06:35 PM
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My PX-10 has gotten the most 37 mile round trips the last couple years. Next fall it will Sport 28mm gp4000s and Its new front rack for a lunchbox.
06-15-18, 06:37 PM
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06-15-18, 08:39 PM
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^^^^^ Wow, all those tiny little bikes with a 2-inch standover height....
Where I park my commuter while I'm working, it would be very dark, and way too close-up, for a photo. Whatever I ride, it spends the day inside a bike locker I rent. Closest photo I have: Univega Via Carisma I don't ride very often anymore, rigged for winter with Nokian studded Hock-up-a-loogies.
Lately I've been on an early-'90s Trek 720, or a Trek 950 of roughly the same era. I keep forgetting to get a pic of them outside the locker.
Where I park my commuter while I'm working, it would be very dark, and way too close-up, for a photo. Whatever I ride, it spends the day inside a bike locker I rent. Closest photo I have: Univega Via Carisma I don't ride very often anymore, rigged for winter with Nokian studded Hock-up-a-loogies.
Lately I've been on an early-'90s Trek 720, or a Trek 950 of roughly the same era. I keep forgetting to get a pic of them outside the locker.
06-18-18, 11:58 AM
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Almost forgot, I have a shot of my "daily driver" just outside the locker I rent. Mid '90s Trek 720, $40 project bike from the local bike co-op. Swapped tires, brakes, shifters, handlebar, stem, seatpost/saddle with basement "inventory", another $10 in the rack. Oh, I think I paid $1 for the bell at St. Vinny's.
This week I'm on a Trek 950 Singletrack from 1995-ish? Seller had just bought new tires (knobbies) for it, when the shifters "broke". He listed it on CL in Bike _Parts_, asking either $40 for the tires, or $75 or the whole thing. I didn't need the tires, so I got the rest of the bike for $35. Shot some WD40 into the shifters, and they're golden. Street tires NOS are from Dream Bikes. So $55 total outlay.
This week I'm on a Trek 950 Singletrack from 1995-ish? Seller had just bought new tires (knobbies) for it, when the shifters "broke". He listed it on CL in Bike _Parts_, asking either $40 for the tires, or $75 or the whole thing. I didn't need the tires, so I got the rest of the bike for $35. Shot some WD40 into the shifters, and they're golden. Street tires NOS are from Dream Bikes. So $55 total outlay.
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07-13-18, 01:10 PM
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So lately it's been "construction season", so EVERY possible route to work involves at least one street or intersection that's "tore up". Typical scene:
So, time for some knobbies. '93 GT Talera, $20 plus a little TLC, and a $3 saddle from the thrift store. Rides like a dream over the local moonscapes.
So, time for some knobbies. '93 GT Talera, $20 plus a little TLC, and a $3 saddle from the thrift store. Rides like a dream over the local moonscapes.
07-13-18, 02:40 PM
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So not really a commuter, used as such the week after Velo Cirque just to get a good feel for it and it was good. 
Yep, more huge pics, 1958 Paramount
Yep, more huge pics, 1958 Paramount
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07-18-18, 07:59 AM
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Are those ^^^^^ barrels of beer? If so, I wanna work where you work... 
07-18-18, 02:23 PM
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Dang-ol'.... tellyawhut!
02-07-19, 02:10 PM
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This is a really crappy picture but I don't think I've posted this bike at work before... and I love this thread.
02-07-19, 05:56 PM
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Is that an old Rolleicord? And what are all those old 35s stacked haphazardly on one another?
02-08-19, 02:50 AM
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This is one of my favourite threads on here. Love seeing good work bikes. I'm hoping to ata to it shortly once I sort some lights out and a route that doesn't involve a motorway.
02-08-19, 03:11 PM
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Yes, it's an old Rolleicord, currently non-functional; I am trying to decide whether to send it out for repair. Same with the 35s. I teach in a large high school photography program that still has an active film/darkroom component.
02-16-19, 11:09 AM
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