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Old 10-18-14, 12:50 PM
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Show your C&V commuter parked at work

Parked in a rack, locked to a pole, in your office, or wherever your bike lives while you are on the job...

Some of you ride in with full racks and panniers, some of you with a backpack and a race bike... let's see them all.

I feel lucky to have an office with room for a bike. No windows, though, since it's in the basement.

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This is about the best I can do:



1971 Raleigh Int'l w/ front Wald basket, rear Cannondale computer bag/pannier and an REI grocery pannier, RHM recovered saddle. I took this pic because I wanted one of that orange Public bike parked next to me. This spot is protected from rain/snow, so I don't lock the bike there on clear days, but a pic of that spot would be equally uninspiring.
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Old 10-18-14, 06:24 PM
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Raleigh International on new rack at work by djk762, on Flickr

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^ Two sweet bikes. I want an International! And nlerner, I am thinking that most of these (including mine) won't be the most beautiful photos, but it *will* be inspiring to see these great bikes as they are used.
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Originally Posted by inkandsilver

No windows, though, since it's in the basement.
Milton Waddams came to my mind when I read that.

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Old 10-19-14, 11:21 AM
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Hahahaha. Great movie, mmm-kay?

Someday I will convince them to drill through the earth and install a skylight...
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My sunny day commuter. Thankfully, I have a good size office with plenty of room for the bike.


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Old 10-19-14, 01:57 PM
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Don't have an office, so the bike has to live outside. Taken as I was leaving work today:

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I have pics of the Masi, the Raleigh, the Moto, the Bertin, and the Bianchi at the office but they aren't online at the moment.
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Sweet Fuji---6x7 or 6x9? The Texas Leica....


Originally Posted by inkandsilver
Parked in a rack, locked to a pole, in your office, or wherever your bike lives while you are on the job...

Some of you ride in with full racks and panniers, some of you with a backpack and a race bike... let's see them all.

I feel lucky to have an office with room for a bike. No windows, though, since it's in the basement.

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Finally, an outlet for my work basement dungeon pix! Tight space, so there's always some wideangle distortion. I'm not a great wheelsmith, but none of my wheels are oval, photographic evidence to the contrary.

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'76ish Peter Mooney. Fixie conversion w/Philcentric bb & vertical drops. Had this built 650B for a while, only fits 32mm 650B tires, recently went back to 700C wheels, fits 25mm OK. This is an early frame for Peter, #044 .



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'05 Waterford RS-22, I'm claiming KOF exception for this one. Road-Sport geometry, Sachs Newvex lugs (stainless at head tube/fork), mildly OS tubing. Might plane if you're a lardass like me. My only white frame. Built for 700C wheels, but I stuck in 650B just 'cause. A little too tight w/Hetres, but looked awesome w/Red Hetres. These Soma 38mm B-Lines fit well, ride nice. Me likey. Please forgive the zip ties, couldn't wait for proper cable clamps to ride it.




Might have something else to post tomorrow night, depending on the weather/whether. Whether I ride in tomorrow depends on the weather, and whether I wake up early enough...
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Originally Posted by nlerner
This is about the best I can do:



1971 Raleigh Int'l w/ front Wald basket, rear Cannondale computer bag/pannier and an REI grocery pannier, RHM recovered saddle. I took this pic because I wanted one of that orange Public bike parked next to me. This spot is protected from rain/snow, so I don't lock the bike there on clear days, but a pic of that spot would be equally uninspiring.
What do you do to protect your seat from theft?
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Slightly different location in the dungeon, a little less distortion, '95 Riv Road w/Sturmey-Archer S3X fixed 3spd hub:

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Originally Posted by pcb
Sweet Fuji---6x7 or 6x9? The Texas Leica....
6x9! It's really funny to see when one of my more "petite" students is carrying it.

p.s. Wow - what a group of bikes you have!
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Parked in front of work.

I have since replaced the Campag. crankset with Nervar Star, because of a crack across the shoulder of the left crank, and I have shortened the brake cables and changed from sprint/half to full wrap on the handlebars.
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Not a great picture, but it is a recent one, which is important, because the configurations of my bikes are prone to change.

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Originally Posted by AbsurdChalk
What do you do to protect your seat from theft?
Doesn't seem to be a problem so far on my campus, but I don't leave the bike overnight, which is when most of the thievery occurs. I've noticed that a couple of the bikes that are regularly parked where I put mine are now missing rear wheels.
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Here's my commuter parked in my work's bike cage. I friend was moving and I was salvaging boxes from work for her. Life on a porteur...

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Originally Posted by Paramount1973
My sunny day commuter. Thankfully, I have a good size office with plenty of room for the bike.


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Neat bike. Do you have any more info about it?
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My new '87 Kuwahara summit comp pro in the office on it's first commute. Picked it up from a recycled bike shop in town and have been fixing it up over the past couple of weeks.

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Sweet! You got E.T. stashed in there? And work has a "bike cage?" How cool is that?!

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Found the last pic

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Originally Posted by 09box
Neat bike. Do you have any more info about it?
Here is my initial writeup of the bike. Since then I replaced the cassette with an 11-32 and added cyclocross levers. Plus a Blackburn Mountain rear rack.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...l#post16665473

Here is the current cockpit.


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