mejaime

hi,

I recently bought a new bike to commute to work, its about 7km each way.


Frame:Tommazini-Mundito in Aluminium
wheels Shimano WR500 28''
tyres Continental Sport contact




Shimano Nexus Inter-8 Geared Hub:




I love my rides

Pedro

FreddyV

Pedro: Nice bike.

Hangtownmatt

How come I only see about <10% of the pictures posted?

Matt

stringbreaker

Here is my new commuter.

Hangtownmatt

For example: I do not see Stringbreaker's pic above.

groovestew

A lot of the images are linked in from an external site; photobucket is a popular one. If you don't have access to photobucket.com for some reason (e.g., you're on BF at work, but your company's firewall blocks all traffic to photobucket.com) you won't see the pictures.

stringbreaker

It is from Photobucket.

Sixty Fiver

For those days when little girls need a lift...

Sundance89

Wow. Very nice. Do you have the geometry of your frame? I'm curious as to what your chainstay, top tube, and overall wheelbase measurements are. That bike really looks extended. I bet great for tall riders if offered in larger size.



Scott

haywyre

Here is my ride.

Sixty Fiver

Should really take some proper measurements as it is a custom DIY build I did a few years ago and seem to have nailed things right out of the box.

In combining what are really two bikes I dropped the rear dropouts of the front bike which gives it a slacker steering angle than it came with which really adds to the ride quality and stability as you don't want a bike like this to be twitchy at low speed and sometimes handling like a bus is a good thing.

I have done no handed descents at ludicrous speed and the bike stays straight as an arrow, even when I have front panniers loaded.

Chose a slightly smaller than usual front frame to lower the bike further and allow riders as small as 5 feet to ride it... my little sister loves it and I am building her one of her own.

The wheelbase is 64 inches which makes it as long as a tandem and it has an amazingly nice ride when it is loaded and is decently fast when it is not.

I work with a custom frame builder and am thinking that we should try and replicate this design and the only thing I would do is raise the bottom bracket a little as although pedal strikes have not been an issue for me but for the general riding population you have to go with a more generic set up.

The bike has seen more than 8000 km since it was built and has hauled, towed, and has been my go to winter bike when things have gotten really ugly as even without studs the bike is very stable on bad roads.

There is a whole thread devoted to DIY extracycles in the Utility form... it is very educational and I have drawn much inspiration from other builders on how to do this.

kludgefudge

Uh, sixtyfiver, I don't think he was talking to you.

woodbridge

this is my new commuter/townie ss. i took my old 2001 bianchi brava and removed the derailleurs, cassette, triple chainring, and drop bars. i turned it into a singlespeed, added velo orange milan bars, cork grips, city brake levers, rack, fenders, and chain guard. i plan to use it to do a 10 mile round-trip commute to work, and for running errands in town.

JimmY_Brazil

Hey guys!! I was willing to make my bike look cleaner, so I took off the "stem riser", the aluminum stem, and the old fork (which had a short steerer tube). So I bought a Surly Cross Check 1" fork, with a 300mm long steerer tube, and a 1" Cr-Mo stem. The new look is very nice and comfortable! The next upgrade will be a Brooks saddle, probably a B17.

Check out the pics:

New Cr-Mo stem, 130mm 15º, and new position for the computer.


Also new position for the headlight.


The bike looks much better now! =)


And a full body picture, hehe.


The new view of the cockpit.


And finally, the brand new Surly CrossCheck 1" fork. Excellent fork!


See ya!

1nsane

Here is one of my commuter bikes. A real classic, in my opinion.

noglider 

Indeed it is! How old is it? Are those rod-actuated drum brakes? I think the Netherlands is one of the few places where you see those. How well do they work?

1nsane

Its somewhere in between 30 to 25 years old, I could ask my dad, he bought it brand new back in the day.
And yes those are rod-actuated drum brakes, surprisingly they work quiet well if the rod is not bend.

Sixty Fiver

1nsane - The Gazelle is a classic and is quite lovely.

noglider 

Yeah, that's got to be the most maintenance-free braking system. You Dutch (Nederlandisch?) really know how to build practical bikes.

Sixty Fiver

Many old British bikes got fitted with dual drum brakes although not to the extent Dutch bikes do... have a 1965 Triumph with cable actuated drum brakes in the shop right now.

91MF

so its definitely time for me to build up a proper commuter bike as i am officially car-free. the cdale is now filthier than she has ever been.

my bike next to one of the constructicons parked on my street:

bugly64

I put my Cross Check back into commuter action again. I removed the big monstercross tires and origin8 gary bars and put some 32mm tires and some wide drop bars with some old fashion cellous tape.

Fizzaly

finally finished the beast im loving it in this form having the double chain ring in the front is weird getting used to on this bike ive had it a single its whole life but she rides good way more stopping power now that i got some new forks and added front brakes into the picture, i also got rid of all the gold, was getting to many silver accents and it was starting to look funny. ill update with a better photo later i just moved and cant find my camera.

kwoodbury

yo Is that top picture a 1990ish specialized rockhopper. Thats some bad ass stuff. I have like 4000 miles on mine

That Linux Guy

Got my new Specialized Allez Double Steel a couple weeks ago. Took my wal-mart rear rack and Schwinn pannier, as well as my Blackburn lights from the old MTB was riding. I also took the pedals. I like the platform pedals better than the toe-clips that came with the bike.



The bike came with comfy white bar-tape but the comfort factor didn't help it keep from going from white to inside-a-chicken-McNugget-white within days. I got some Specialized Bar Phat black handlebar tape (it's called Bar Phat because it's thick, cushy tape with gel pads underneath on the top bar area and in the drops).

My next addition will be some SKS P35 fenders and an Axiom Journey rack with either Axiom Cartier or Kootenay panniers.

Should I go with black fenders and rack, or silver? The bike has a lot of silver already, and a bit more could give it a much more classic look, but the black could make it more bad-ass in a sense. I'm not sure.. Either way, the bike rides awesome and it's worth all 550000 pennies I paid for it.