In my 8 years of riding, I have always ridden on clipless pedals so for my ECSS project, I removed the straps to see how I like it without straps. I feel more confident with the off and when the guys at Velo Orange come back from winter vacation, I'm going to to order the MKS leather half clips http://www.velo-orange.com/mkslemicl.html and give them a try. As for the brake lever position, I did test them out... in the saddle and out... and have no problems reaching them. Paul, I did move the battery pack and due getting in the way of the rear brake cable, I did not strap it to the top tube. Instead, I strapped it on the down tube and but still close to the steerer since the wire was not close enough. Thanks again for the comments!

ROTFLMAO at "Do not ride over other riders" being molded as part of the tire. :roflmao2: Freakin cracked me up!

You weren't riding with clipless pedals if you were using toe clips....that would be riding with toe clips...I do like the half clips though they look nice.

:notamused: I should have been clearer, my bad :D All of my bikes prior to the ECSS project all had clipless pedals, e.g. time atacs, look, speedplay. So with this ECSS project, the base came with clip/strap pedals.
So I removed the straps to see how they would function/feel. Anyhow, how do you like the half clips. Not planning on doing major climbs, just commuting around... what's your
take on them?

Light mounts
 

Nice looking light mounts Norwood. What exactly are they?

They look like p-clamps bolted together to me. Quite ingenious if it is.
-Gene-

I haven't personally used the half clips, but a friend of mine told me yesterday that he had them for a while and they are perfectly functional. He however would rather have straps...

Sorry Rich, I thought you were mistaken...

I'm working from home today, and taking pictures of my bike for no good reason, and hey--here's a good place to post them!

It's a Xootr Swift with an IGH, my daily commuter (when I'm not working from home). This is its winter outfit.


The headlight and computer are new, so the cable routing isn't anything yet:


With its friends in the apartment entryway:

man, you got lots of stuff!

Oh, but not nearly enough. Not nearly enough...

you can never have enough stuff

looks like my apt...

That's exactly what they are. They work very well. The cyclo-computer mount is one also. Less than a buck each plus hardware at the local home improvement store.
BTW Sorry the photos came out so large, that was not my intent.

New Seatpost
 

I got a new Miche Supertype seatpost and had to post it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ndBrookB17.jpg

That is most certainly very blue.
-Gene-

Wow -- talk about a contrast in styles. That's a hundred years of design evolution bolted together. ;)

Update:
http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/q...r/Marin001.jpg

^^^ Looks great! Bet it is a lot more comfortable to ride. That stem does look long though.

Stem is fine for me...it is only 10mm longer than the stock stem...
Very comfortable ride...I love this bike...love the brooks saddle

@metalchef
those rear rack grating are cool, do they open unfold?

New pictures are on the way soon, I'm waiting on Amazon.com to come through for me.

Yeah they are Wald folding rear baskets...about 30 bucks new...but I got mine free

IGH as in Internally Geared Hub?

What, can't you tell? ;)

Yeah, sorry. Usually I try to avoid jargon and just use English, but that one got by me. It's got a Sram Dual Drive internal gear hub.