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I think this thing is 30 years old. My uncle got it for a wedding present and it has been hanging in his garage for the last 20 years. I have become quite attached to it.

www.bikepedia.com
www.vintage-trek.com

And for a few others for vintage stuff that were recent posts

www.miyatacatalogs.com

www.classicfuji.com

Yes, it is a luscious thread. The beauty of a commuter bike is not its physical beauty. It's the most functional type of bike, and everyone has different needs, so there is a wide variety of designs and a wide variety of things we use as accessories.

I thought I recognized that frame... I have a 2009 Seek 2. No pictures yet but I'll post them here as soon as I get them.

Old road bike + fenders = teh HAWT.

My commuter:- 2007 Trek 5000 except for - fulcrum racing 3 wheels, conti gatorskin tyres, alloy seat post, swiss stop brake pads, 12-25 rear cassette

Addons - ayup light front, flasher front and rear, topeak MTX cantilever rack with bag and zip down panniers, tool bottle, 116db air horn

Commute is 28km one way, generally do 4 trips per week. Find commuting is a great time management tool to get some riding in with a full on job and family commitments

I searched but could not find your bike... :)

For the first time in a very long time I took my favourite commute through the river valley and got off the paved paths to find some singletrack and dirt... before doing that I installed the new wheels and brakes on my Rocky Mountain Blizzard.

The bike is very nice and from a $$$ point of view is the most expensive and high tech bike I own but that is not nearly as important as where it can take me.

Pics to follow...

:)

Here is my new ride 2008 Scott Sub 20 I just got about a month ago. I'm currently stationed in S. Korea, not too much longer till I go home to Delaware. I want to add fenders and a rack and panniers to the rear to start off with. If anyone has some ideas or know what fenders would work best on this please let me know. This will be my first true commuter. I've always had a mountain bike that I would use to get to work from time to time. I am really wanting to make it a bigger part of daily routine now that I've come this far since I've been here. I've rode some 400+ is not closer 500 miles since I've been here, 8 months worth.http://www.flickr.com/photos/15963955@N03/3667854106/
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Like your set up
 

I like the Topeak rack and bag set up you've got there. Looks like the set up I was wanting to do for my Scott Sub 20. How do you like it? Is it worth the $? I know pics are hard to tell sometimes but it looks like it hold quite a bit.

I approve of your water bottle sticker.

Whysguy, is that the Avenir road mirror? How do you like it? When you're on the hoods, does your arm block the view of the mirror?

Well, sir, I'm impressed that you took the time to look, at all! :)

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It looks like your commute is rather epic and like me, you like to induce seizures in motorists with all those lights... :lol:

Nice.

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Honey B17 in the mail.

You're too kind. :)

The area where I live has the worst car drivers I've ever encountered (except for India).
If they kill me, I don't want them to be able to say: "I didn't see him." ;)

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super happy with it now. totally visible as long as the cheap dx light is on full power.
in the front there's a blaze1w superflash and an mte ssc p7-d 5mode from dx and in the rear a stealthPBSF with a mars 3.0.
a headset bell, too.

cc700,
Nice Bike! It looks really fast. I am running the same lights (and I love 'em) except I have the 8 mode.

Here, finally, are couple of camera-phone shots of my 2009 Giant Seek 2. I've added a Jandd Expedition pannier rack, Brooks B17, a shorter/higher stem, and handlebars which are higher and more swept back, fenders, better/matching bottle cages, the smiley face valve stem covers from my avatar, and SPD pedals.

Also, as you may be able to see, I like blinkies.

Planned upgrades/accessories include a dynamo front hub with dynamo-driven lights, front pannier rack, a couple of trailers from Wike.ca, and a Thorn Accessory T-Bar (105 mm). The tires are now Michelin City tires.

As of this posting, I only have 350 miles on the bike (that LOW?!) but it has been a painful 350. I finally have the bike in comfortable shape.

@melkman: don't be surprised if you flat with those stock tires pretty quickly, especially a pinch flat. (My tires are now Michelin City tires.)

Also visible in these photos is an overloaded and imbalanced grocery load which gave me quite a bit of trouble until I balanced the weight distribution a little better.

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interesting wheelset, why the difference between front and rear. in fact, if anything I would think the wheel with a higher spoke count would be in the rear

please excuse me if this has been addressed/asked already

nice bike!

Put a rear rack on the the front? Brilliant!

Nice! My Fantom Cross Uno should be done today or tomorrow!

these were just some spare rims i had lying around... i will get a higher spoke rear when i can. however, just being careful around bumps and only weighing as much as i do, i think i'm okay.

yes, good form does a lot to keep equipment happy, also good quality. I accidentally started a whole debate about wheel quality and spoke count this spring, so that's why it caught my eye. again, nice ride!

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My truck got new fenders and rode in a parade today...

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