I usually bike to work in shorts and then change but there are times I don't want to be bothered...
I have found that even using a strap, I can get oil on my pant leg... I decided to make myself a gaiter
out of a pair of old sweat pants (the kind that have the elastic at the bottom of the leg. I cut the leg to
the size I wanted and I put that over my cuff and secure it with a leg strap...

its especially useful for when it gets colder...

I will keep that in mind thanks for sharing. Now my objective was not to hijack the thread but it was a question that came to my mind, thanks for sharing your view on it.

^ Nice trek!

Wow I didn't know you had anything other than dutchbikes and cruisers! Looks fun!

Do you always carry that board? It's on every single pic you post.

Cool bike, BAH, but awesome picture!

haha yeah I have a couple others - The camera doesn't usually come along with them though.
Me riding up at whistler a couple years ago

http://www.bikerubbish.com/rubbish/august2008/biked.jpg

Me hitting snowline

http://www.bikerubbish.com/oldimages...ry/wedding.jpg


Less photographed rides

http://www.bikerubbish.com/enduro/im.../xtracycle.jpg

http://www.bikerubbish.com/oldimages.../wedding22.jpg

The boards are part of the function of the trailers. That particular one is for wet weather(no trucks and wheels) so it gets swapped to any bike I happen to be riding in the rain. I've got boards for all the bikes though..

The garage

http://www.bikerubbish.com/rubbish/a...08/garage2.jpg

Impressive.

Indeed. No road bikes in the stable?

BAH. Every time I see your tandem xtracycle I start hearing that song "I want you so bad" as it was sung in the movie Across the Universe. So sxe :D

wow, 7 out of 9 with extracycles, that is impressive.

flyingcadet

So those are just longboard decks that you put on there? I know xtracycle has a board that goes on top, is there an advantage to using a longboard deck instead of that, or is it just something that you already had and so didn't want to buy the xtracycle one?

Yep, my wife and I are both longboarders, and when I bought my first xtracycle, it was a great way to haul my board to hills that were too far away to conveniently skate to.

http://bikerubbish.com/xtracycle/xtr...y/wedding6.jpg

It was much more convenient to drill holes and use it as the snapdeck. Both freeing up space in the bags and keeping it from getting banged around in the back as well. As we got more and more xtracycles, we both liked the look of them with longboards back there instead of the original snapdeck. Now we are always ready to cruise a hill if we come across one and also have "longboarding 101" classes whenever we have people over for a after dinner bike ride(or to dinner) Most everybody can get the basics on easy hills very quickly- they are much more stable than skateboards.

Yes, the Surly! :D

BAH,

Cool pix! Cool pix!

So, at the risk of committing blasphemy, why so many extra cycles? I mean I can see what the tandem adds, but do the others do different things too?

So you're the one who bought up all the Xtracycles and you're the reason I can't find one for sale! Curse you!

Great photos though, and my compliments to your beautiful wife.

My wet/snow/lockup and leave commuter.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...f/IMG_1352.jpg

And the other one.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...f/IMG_1353.jpg

My ride--the latest
 

I posted a pic of my bike shortly after I bought it, but I've made some changes, and thought I'd post it again. It's turned into quite the frankenbike.

Changes:
1. Drop road bars
2. one bar-end shifter (didn't pay close enough attention to the auction, and got only one!)
3. mountain-bike shifter for the front
4. bags, mirror and lights.

It's still a cheapo, odd bike, and even uglier, but I like the white tape. ;-) I was going to change it (I bought the bars with the brake levers and tape), but after looking at it on the bike, I think I like it. Now I only need metalic fenders to make it even weirder. ;-)

-Jon

^^ I like that bike joninkrakow

Here's mine ;)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/...2196d4b613.jpg

Like it?

Here is my bike in its latest version.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/1cropped.jpg

Miyata 718a from the late 80's, upgraded to 21 speeds, Sora Brifters, 700x28 Armadillos, Nashbar carbon fork and Ritchey threaded headset, Brooks B.17 saddle, Nashbar bags. I do a 25 mi round trip.

My commuter in its 'weekend' incarnation, hooked up to the trailer and ready to tow the kid
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...iz15mos002.jpg

Nothing fancy, but it works.

[IMG]http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/IMGP1084.jpg[/IMG]

Nice ride Editz. Very classy looking.

Editz, I like it!

http://a767.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...05da6cfcce.jpg

This is my Commuter Diamondback Edgewood, i just bought a rear rack but its not in the picture.. i do 31 miles a day on this bike.