lverhagen

Front Brake?

hnsq

SnowTown, it looks like you have the rack set up already, but you might want to look into one of these



discussion here

I have been using one for a while now, and it works great

Sawtooth

My Major Jake in Full Winter regalia..... Fenders are zip tied and the front is chopped as the carbon fork does not even have a hole in the crown. Works pretty well.

It took me a while to fall in love with this bike, but I am absolutely smitten by it now. This thing will put the hurt on my mountain biking friends on some pretty serious off road climbs . But it does not descend all that well I am running an Ultegra short cage rear der but a 12/32 cassette. The 38/32 works like a charm for most of Boise's demanding climbing.

The XTR v brakes sucked for me (even with travel agents)....so I put some Tektro Oryxs on and they work much much better!

I have never been much of a rack guy. I have carried all my stuff in a performance oriented backpack for years. It works for me.

atombob

My current ride. Late 80's KHS converted to a single speed.



Thinking of throwing on an internal gear 3 speed or 8 speed hub if I can find a way to keep the shifter from being too obvious.

JeffS

Only pic I've taken of a bike I wasn't intending to sell.

This was one of two primary commuters for quite some time, and since I moved to a non-fixie-friendly location it sees duties almost full time now. Decidedly un-commuterish by forum standards.

Purchased the bike lightly used and have replaced nothing but the tires for I'm guessing 6000 miles. The entire drivetrain is about due for a replacement.





- mavic speedcity wheels
- 105/ultegra shifting
- gossamer compact crank (never been in the small chainring)

Bar placement is odd because I ride almost exclusively in the drops. I've been meaning to drop them about 1cm, but haven't gotten around to it.



Here's another curious picture of mine from last year.

Captaincareless

Here's my only form of trans. Sometimes fun...sometimes not.



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SnowTown

yeah I saw those before, but they're sized too big for my bike so i went with the p-clamps.

31.8mm vs around 28mm'ish... or are there other sizes available? or spacers?

bugly64

JeffS,
- "gossamer compact crank (never been in the small chainring)"
You have never shifted to the small ring, in 6000 miles?

Dzrtrat

........This one has my curiosity up.......

bikenag

Here is my daily commuter. I recently moved to South Korea and received my mountain bike from the states. This is how I got the thing home. Needless to say, I got some strange looks.

stevemtbr

If I'm correct it looks like your at Kunsan.

JeffS

Never shifted it since I bought the bike. For all I know the shifter doesn't even work. 50 front 12-26 in the rear gets it done. My commute certainly isn't flat, but I'm obviously not living in the mountains either. When I rebuild it will either be a single front, or two closely spaced fronts with a 12-23 in the back.

jdmitch

That's a big dummy frame. Looks like it's been stripped of paint. Maybe polished and clearcoated?

themanmachine

I use this bike mainly for bike polo and short trips around town. The rear-only setup isn't exactly ideal, but it provides ample stopping power, no worse than a coaster brake. The bike isn't really built for speed so I can usually come to a stop pretty quickly.

snoogly

Thanks to Carl Strong for building the frame, and my LBS for putting it together.

Dzrtrat

I figured it to be a Surly....I just wondered whats been done with it.

jdmitch

Yeah, I don't think it's been plated. Maybe it's been painted silver. OR, I guess the simple thing, it's post acid bath dipping in preparation for powder coating (lost of people have powder coated their BD's it seems)

Robert C

It would be interesting if you would post some detail drawings, or a lot of pictures, of the trailer, including the hitch attachment.

rongarcia

Since my last post (see #4266) I have added: Bontrager Commuter Road Fenders, Bontrager Back Rack l, Trek Panniers, Bell Kickstand and one Nimbus Armadillo tire in back, my favorite bike shop had only one 700x38c in stock so I will replace my front tire when they get a new shipment in.

rodar y rodar

RC, if you`re interrested in building a trailer, check out the Utility forum. They have a sticky (maybe two) about DIY trailers.

themanmachine

I built the wheel myself. My fourth wheel ever. The hub is originally spaced 120 mm OLD, I just added about 6 mm of spacers on either side to space it out to ~132 mm or somewhere in between 130 and 135, which forced me to stretch the dropouts ever so slightly. The hub is 59 mm flange to flange, so there was plenty of room leftover for a 5 speed cassette in between the right flange and the right dropout.

Metricoclock

No ride like a snow ride.
Snapped these off today, these are the first pics i've taken of it too since i built it up from a SS/FG.

'08 Surly Cross-Check, 1x9 gearing, mustache bars, fenders, rack, brooks.

jakbikesdc

Tight fit sounds about right....looks like you opened up your bike's legs and took a pic of her vag!

atombob

I've commuting on older bikes for years now and finally at 40 years old, bought my first brand new commuter bike. I picked up a Bianchi Axis cross bike today. Added a set of race blade fenders rather than the full. I'm loving this thing.



I had them add the cross levers for a little more control while doing some heads up riding through town. This spring I'll drop to some 700x25 tires. Might add the rack and panniers from my single speed if the shoulder bag gets annoying. Best part, it's a 08 model so I got it for $799.

mijome07

Nice bike. My 1st bike was a Bianchi. They make good bikes. Welcome to the 'cross family.