Here is my current commuter, Schwinn Probe fixed gear conversion. Why(!!), you may very well ask? Wel, when you're a big guy, and someone says you can have something for free that almost fits, and you don't have a winter beater, and you're bored and have no other project going, and the dog gives you "that" look, how can you refuse?

In retrospect, this is a dog that should probably have been put down; this mangy "free" old mutt with fleas has about a hundred bucks into it altogether; respoked the rear wheel, replaced a bent axle, new track cog, chainring, pedals, BB, etc(of course alot of these were in the parts box unused). Still, now that it's spring it's still the bike I hop on to run errands and get caffeinated., plus I've taken it on a few 30 mile plus rides. 'every extra mile is a mile it might otherwise regret having missed', to paraphrase the Coen Brothers from Raising Arizona .