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Old 03-26-05 | 04:05 PM
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mthirsch
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Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Alameda, CA

Bikes: Trek 800 2, one electrified w/xtracaycle, Motobecane Caffe Latte, 1985 Fuji Espree, Giant Rincon

Here are my commuters. The Motobecane Cafe Latte is my preferred ride, it is a cromoly flat bar road bike. It has 700x28 tires, the panniers are nashbar grocery panniers, I just put my backpack in one of them. I like how they fold flat when not in use. The light is a DIY halogen 20W wired to a homemade lithium battery. It is also wired to the 1.5W amber strobe on the back, that thing is awesome and was $5 from ebay. The switch and fuse are in the bottle. The battery is made for DVD players, it has a built in gauge. Best of all is a switch to change from 12V to 9V output, so I can dim my light if I want to.

The second bike is a 1985 (estimated) Fuji Espree I just picked up for 25 bucks. It has 27" tires. All I did was flip and chop the bar and add zefal fenders and new tires. I use a big fanny pack mounted with pedal straps as a sadlebag. This is my foul weather ride. It has a mount for the same homebrew lighting system.

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