My Pacer
 

Nice Pacer ^, here's mine that I just finished. I posted it in the road bike section too but I've decided to go as car light as possible this summer. I equipped the bike with Ultegra SL, Ksyrium Equipe Wheels, Easton and Crank brothers stuff to finish it up. I've since rolled my bars up and gotten some new tape.

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this will be my new commuter. Just picked it up today for a really good price.
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Here's my commuter. Just getting back into bikes after too many years out of the saddle....and having a blast!

Cannondale Bad Boy "King James"

Aaron



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I bet the difference is amazing! I remember when I made the switch from a Huffy, I couldn't believe it.

Suggestions: slicks, rigid front fork, lights.

It is awesome, I am not kidding when I say my commute is now 10 minutes faster! I need to figure out my lighting scheme still. I have smoother, but not slick tires, on the way as I would like to maintain some off road prowess. As for the rigid fork I am currently enjoying the bump absorbing ride of the front shock. Chicago streets are not the smoothest so it helps!

Thank you for the input!

If it's a dedicated commuter, I would suggest a bolt-on rear rack. Much more stable then the clamp style. You can really throw the bike around when you need to.

Hi, I'm new to the forums and I just bought my first bike to commute from home to school. :D

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Nashbar is delivering my new rack tomorrow because you are so right, that clamp on sucks!

My Full Time Commuter.

I refer to this bike as my work truck. Not really pretty but runs great and does the job well. I picked it up off of craigslist for $70 covered in dust from sitting in someone's garage for years. Fenders were already on it. I added the Rack and seat from the spare bike parts pile as well as a new handle bar. Added Axiom waterproof panniers and 26x1.5 slicks.

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It's been perfect for wet rough rainy Oregon streets.

Hey fellow commuter! I noticed the front tire tread is reversed, if you flip the wheel around on the fork it will help out with traction/rolling resistance.

Ride on!

Lets see if I can figure out how to post a picture. Fuji Newest 3.0. Aluminum frame with carbon forks. Added on mirrors, cycle computer, commuter rack and bag, and a radio for my commuting pleasure. (Just cause I bike commute doesn't mean I have to miss my morning radio show.)

One of my favorite apsects of the Fuji bike is that they installed two sets of handbrakes. One is the standard road bike handbrakes. The other set is installed up top on the straight part of the handlebars. So I can 'road' ride on the rural part of my trip. Then when I hit the urban part, I can sit up for better visibility and use the top handbrakes.

Lets see if I can figure out how to post a picture. Fuji Newest 3.0. Aluminum frame with carbon forks. Added on mirrors, cycle computer, commuter rack and bag, and a radio for my commuting pleasure. (Just cause I bike commute doesn't mean I have to miss my morning radio show.)

One of my favorite apsects of the Fuji bike is that they installed two sets of handbrakes. One is the standard road bike handbrakes. The other set is installed up top on the straight part of the handlebars. So I can 'road' ride on the rural part of my trip. Then when I hit the urban part, I can sit up for better visibility and use the top handbrakes.

Well just finished building up my new commuter. I've been commuting on a Scott road bike and a messenger bag. The ride is pretty harsh on the city streets, so decided to build a true commuter.

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The build is:
56cm Surly Cross Check
42 cm Salsa short and shallow drop bars
Thomson 110mm/10 degree rise stem
Thomson seat post
Brooks B-17 standard saddle
Cane creek cross top interrupt levers
Shimano Canti brakes
Ultegra Shifters
Ultegra Cranks
Ultegra front/rear dérailleurs
DA bottom bracket
DA chain
Planet bike freddy fenders
Jandd standard rack/Ortlieb paniers
The wheels are my beater Mavic CXP 33/105 rear and alex 500 rim/no name front hub with Conti Gatorskins 700c/28

I went over budget with my group set :( My next upgrade will be the wheels.

Tomorrow morning will be her maiden voyage. I rode her around a bit, the handling feels weird. I guess it's more relaxed than I'm used to. I've only ridden track/sport road bikes, so this doesn't feel as twitchy. The bike feels kind like it wants to keep going straight once I initiate a turn. I have to put more weight behind it. On the other hand, the steel frame and bigger tires absorb a ton of the city bumps.

It warms my heart to see a Cross Check without bar end shifters.

This is my newest bike and newest commuter. Unlike my '89 Alpine Monitor Pass which is set up with racks front and rear for hauling a lot of gear. I configured the Sirrus as a light/sport commuter. So far I really like the rapid fire shifting. The one liability to the shifting is unlike the Alpine there is no friction shifting for use when the derailer gets a skidge out of adjustment. I also like the fact that it's actually geared for the road the Alpine is geared a little low.
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2002 trek 7100 hybrid. Pretty much as it came.

I noticed that too but since the tires are getting replaced tonight I decided not to even do it. Yes I know I still should have done it for the two times I road it in the interim!

Nice catch you have good eyes!

THANKS!

John

I never understood Sulry's decision to put those on what is theoretically a racing bike.

This is sweet! If I stick with this commuting thing, I'd love a bike like this...

I'm scouring the Internets to find those panniers... I like 'em!

You can bolt down the front and leave the quick release bits on the stays and still get the wheel out. The fender is flexible enough to move out of the way once you've released it from the stays.

2008 Jamis Aurora. 15-20 mile (depending on route) commute 3-5 times a week. @ $4 per gallon for gasoline, saving about $5-$8 (in fuel) per commute. :innocent:

We had our first commute today. The ride is smooth like butter compared to the same commute on the aluminum frame and skinny tires of the LeMond.

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I love the paint on that Jamis.

I just did a quick conversion project on my commuter to turn it into a 1x9. I realized that I was absolutely never shifting off the middle ring, and I could benefit from having a bash guard / chain guard, if only to protect my pants. Most of all though, I am a chronic tinkerer, and I just had to take something apart. The highlights of my current setup are:

2005 Schwinn Mesa
Deore LX hubs w/ Sun Rhyno Lite rims
Deore LX 11-34 9-spd cassette
Truvativ ISOflow 1.0 SS crankset
Forte Campus pedals
Planet Bike Speedez fenders
Rock Shox Dart 3 fork w/ remote lockout
Deore brake/shift lever (right side); Deore brake lever (left side)
GT Brahma handlebars
Terry Fly Gel saddle
Axiom Journey rear rack
Axiom Typhoon panniers

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Would be perfect minus two JAMIS logos.

Exactly what I ride. Excellent choice :thumb:

Cleaned, lubed, and went to run errands. It looked so good sitting there I had to take a pic.
The Lotus Excelle [no idea what year]:

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I took my 2006 Gary Fisher Opie and converted it to single speed for my daily commute. Its still a beast but it has always been reliable.

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I'm quite a noob... what's with the derailleur-like single gear thingy?

Ha ha. Absolutely true.

My wife just picked up a jamis ventura sport. The paint is fantastic for an entry level bike. The red sparkly finish looks great on a sunny day. The only problem is Jamis is written at least nine times on varrious parts of the bike (including twice on the head tube). Jamis likes to go a little overkill on the brand identification on most of their bikes.

That's a chain tensioner.

Single-speed bikes (more like, bikes that don't use derailleurs) often use rear dropouts with a horizontal slot for mounting the wheel. You'd adjust the wheel fore or aft to put the right amount of tension on the chain.

A bike with vertical dropouts needs some sort of adjustment for chain tension. A few have an eccentric bottom bracket that can actually move the crank forward & back. In this case, it's an add-on pulley.