Originally Posted by Elderberry (Post 8752458)

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Misfit006.jpg

Hauled a load of tools and other goodies to the office today to help folks get their bikes in working order during lunch today. The Misfit handled the load with ease, and is quickly becoming my favorite bike for 'round town riding.

Originally Posted by Big_e (Post 8751982)

Really cool bikes! Tell the kiddos to tie down the straps to their bags so they don't snag on to anything as they ride.
Ernest

Originally Posted by ontologik (Post 8725616)

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3920/p1010851o.jpg
1978 Panasonic Tourist converted to SS. First time I've commuted in 6 months, lazy. Think I'm gonna
put drop bars on tomorrow to better battle the spring Kansas winds.

Originally Posted by supramax (Post 8754328)

Great thread! Interesting bikes. :thumb:

Here's my commute/utility beast:

Originally Posted by Abacus (Post 8756267)

Interesting way of getting the lights under the handlebar bag. How did you do that?

Originally Posted by Yellowbeard (Post 8737111)

Just built this on the weekend. This is gonna be my townie/commuter from now on.
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...eed-side-s.jpg

Made almost entirely out of stuff I had lying around. Frame, wheels, bottom bracket, brakes, stem, bars and pedals all found for free.
Saddle, post and cranks from a hand-me-down (also free). I replaced the threaded rear hub with a Sturmey Archer AW I found on eBay, fashioned a cable splicer out of a pinch bolt and a finishing nail so that I don't need the special double-ended shifter cables. I also McGuyvered a rough pulley for the cable and attached it to the seatpost binder.
I had a 5-speed SIS/friction shifter that has exactly the right spacing between 1st and 5th to match the SA hub's clutch travel (I made sure there was no chance of gear-grinding or slipping). Bar wrap was just left over.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b.../3-speed-s.jpg

I need to go find a good rack for the back, then I've got a wire basket someone gave me wine in a couple Christmases ago that's going on top of it (the rear brake is on the inside of the triangle because of interference with the shift cable and possibly with a rack) and hopefully I can rig up a front rack too. Also it needs some fenders and lights.

I like it a lot already, even though the frame feels as dead than the beaver I posted in the roadkill thread. The only things I paid for were the SA hub, a fresh shifter cable and the chain (technically I paid for the tires in the summer, too).

I love the sound of an AW.

Originally Posted by supramax (Post 8756620)

Topeak 'BarXtender'. It's very adaptable.

http://www.topeak.com/products/Xtras/BarXtender

Originally Posted by lapher22 (Post 8632247)

My new rig to relieve my KM for a while picked it up at Goodwill for $35 and after digging thru the shed and grabbing old parts(wheels,tires,bar,saddle,post,levers,and cranks I picked up on ebay for $6.50 here she is.
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...e/IMG_7461.jpg

Originally Posted by supramax (Post 8760607)

Originally Posted by Moefti (Post 8747724)

Hi, this is my commuter... an I'm proud of ... ;)

It weights 8,7kg all inclusive, full carbon frame (like the Roubaix raceframes), S-ram Rival double tap 10-speed, ultegra cassette
Dura Ace WH 7850 C24 CL alu carbon clinchers (Titan body)

I live in Belgium and I live about 60km from where I work in a region with a lot of hills... so with this bike I don't waste a lot of time on the road... ;)
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9973/dsc01703800.jpg

Originally Posted by coquearaujo (Post 8763704)

Here's my "new" bike.

Bought the frame and fork recently from Ebay at a cheap price. They're Salsa Mariachi (L) frame and Salsa Moto Grande fork. Previously i had an scandium MTB frame with those same 700 wheels and a 26'' aluminium fork and i was getting tired of the small room my wheels had for fenders or fatter tires. The new set up feels extremely confortable, specially the fork, it absorbs much, much more than my previous set up, plus i had a Salsa Ala Carte as a teenager and i felt in love with this El Mariachi as it happened before with the Ala Carte. I love these bikes.

Road Tiagra shifters with cyclocross inline brake levers and Avid's mechanic road disc brakes, 3x9 drivetrain, covered so i can ride it with normal/office clothes. Bontrager disc brake compatible rack. SKS Fenders. 700 wheels with dynohub and 28mm Michelin tires. Lumotec Cyo R headlight and Lumotec Flat tail light (these and the disc brakes are two things i wont change for nothing!). Duopower seat... i know it isn't nice, but i can use it on my 20 mile roundtrip commute with normal clothes and my ***** wont hurt.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...Bici/Bici1.jpg

Originally Posted by elcraft (Post 8764383)

Where did you get the plastic Chain guard? I've been looking for one of these for a while!

Originally Posted by coquearaujo (Post 8764174)

The chainguard is something i've been searching for a long time and one day we where for a walk while our holydays in the south of France and i saw a rent a bike shop, so i walked in and asked if they had chainguards that would fit a three ring drivetrain, they guy said "oui" and i bought two of them, one for me and one for my wife.

Originally Posted by Abacus (Post 8762608)

Cool.

I have been tossing up whether to buy a handlebar bag but the lights were an issue.

It looks like this solves the problem!!