Originally Posted by
Xgecko
Not mine but I was talking commuter bikes on a skateboard website and a guy responded with his fathers bike built by a local custom shop. There are some things I would do differently 700c over 26" is the main thing but given that this guy live in western CT and commutes year round this is an interesting build, Alfine 11 spd belt drive, disks, that's pure simplicity in my mind

Really like this - I'd have to go with some slicker treads for commuting but otherwise it looks pretty sweet.