So I took the rack off my old Raleigh, and have been loving riding it even more. It's cooler out now so I don't mind wearing a messenger bag or a backpack.


I have since changed bar tape, and leveled the bars off as well.



Also got a new headlight & tail light. I replaced my PDW Radbot 1000 with a Cygolite Hotshot (mostly because I got sick of replacing AAA batteries and instead of just going out the light would just dim and be useless), and because I wanted to keep my Cygolite Metro 400 on my other commuter, I ordered a Cygolite Dash 450 for this bike. Working well so far.


Contemplated switching from the TT brake levers to regular small brake levers next to the stem (like you find on most SS and fixie) - sometimes the reach is just too much.