Originally Posted by rumrunn6

about bike looks: early in my bike commuting career I was nursing my first road bike at a local shop. it was an old bike I got cheap and I was working out the details of commuting. anyway it wasn't pretty including my homemade front rack. as I was picking up the bike I was a little embarrassed by my beast and I apologized for it's appearance. the tech was so nice he chuckled and said: "it's a bike" i felt so much better and realized, especially with commuters, bikes are ingenious inventions that lend themselves to further personal modification and creativity. here's the rack I made that I didn't use very long. but it was fun making it.