I commute on ALL my bikes just some more then others. Parts all in one spot and some time to assemble with the holiday I got two of my projects sorted out this week.

I finally got my Porteur rack for my Raleigh that's not a Raleigh. I saw an ad for it pop up on CL for $60 but it had been painted black. I jumped on it. The owner was a nice guy and also hooked my up with a bunch of his older cast offs and that was greatly appreciated because that included a full 8 speed Campy set up with Avanti brifters and brakes, record cranks (need a Helicoil). They are well used but look usable. This bike will get stripped down soon and a Creme paint job. It may be more of my winter commuter since it has a really good headlight and that big rack. The T700 I use now stripped down into more of a Randonneur.


I also finished building my 89 R300 Cdale. I put a full 105SC group on it from a donor bike and in 89 That would have made this a R800 (same frame the model was the level of the group). 8Speed but I'm good with that especially for my build cost being around $300.

This will mostly serve as my nice day commuter when I don't need to carry much and Sunday driver/ride with my buddies bike since they like to keep a brisk pace and I was making them look bad doing it on a Touring bike in full commuter gear with Ulock pushing 40lb.


The LBS weighed it in at 22.4lb. Not bad for a 63cm frame with a cheap Performance carbon fork. This is the first Carbon anything I have had.
I hope to get in a few miles on this bike today. I am blown away with how nice it rides with that Carbon Fork on the couple miles I have managed. I had a R600 a couple years ago with an aluminum fork and it was a brutal ride with a lot of buzz on certain surfaces. I was VERY concerned I would get the same with this one. Pleasantly surprised at what a smooth ride this bike has even with 115psi in the 700x23's and now sold on the merits of Carbon.