Love the Surly man. Thumbs Up!

Well; after about 2 months of gathering parts and running around town, my commuter is ready. Its a rebuilt trek 820.





I still need to get a new saddle.

looks like a mighty fine commuter.

Yay for single-chainring mountain bikes with slicks! There is another thread in here somewhere about 1x machinery, you should go there.

newbie here, good to see all the awesome pics.

Bike is (probably) an old steel StumpJumper that I acquired at a veloswap long ago, nearly as-is. Singlespeed 44x16.

Commute is 3.5 miles, 95% street, with a college campus, 5 days a week. Door-to-door is faster than the same commute by car, due to parking.

my fixie making a rare sunny day appearance:

My HW bicycle. Wheel size is 20 x 1 3/8. Installed Nexus IGH 3-Speed, Nexus Dyno Hub w/ Sensor Headlight, Stainless Steel spokes, chromed basket / Kick Stand, Panasonic Hard Lock, and Cat Eye Sensored Flashing Light.

Bianchi Milano retrofitted with zero-rise van Dessel mustache bars and a Persons-Majestic leather saddle.

8sp internal gearing is great for low-maintenance commuting -- clean and oil the chain every 5,000 miles, grease the rear brake once or twice a year.

Celeste-painted fenders ftw!

That is a sweet looking ride.

Well I have a vintage 1976 Schwinn Speedster (Chicago made). The bike is all original except for the tires..... (had to replace due to dry rot). It is not light but is amazing to ride... Ride it more days than not.... I am currently building a single speed from an old 84 Trek to be my commuter so that the Schwinn can be my 'sunday driver'

Those Italians do seem to know style! The Celeste fenders and chainguard are stock, though I shortened the front of the front fender so it fits bus bike rack hooks better.

What bag and rack are these? I very much like this setup, nice bike.

We had one of these in the shop this year. I told my boss I would buy it if it didnt sell by the end of the season. To bad it sold. I liked it alot.

It is decent except for one of my pet peeves.

Why O why do you hipsters put riser bars on a negative stem?!

It is not only a kludge, it looks awful!

You have two brakes though, very respectable!
Israel

That's a great bike! A coworker bought one of these and I had the chance to ride it...very nice riding position and super comfortable. On his model, I think there was an dynamo hub on the front which powered both a headlight and taillight under the seat. How's that saddle treating you?

Well if it's your only stem, why get another? His appears to be maxed out in height anyways. Why try to classify people, eh? Anyone who rides a bike is cool with me, that's one less car to me.

My commuter bike, and a pic of the internally geared hub and one of my panniers. If you want to read more and see more pics they're here

Nice. What size tires are you using?

That is a beautiful bike. I love those rims, too. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Ok, first and foremost, I am not a hipster. I do not wear skinny jeans, big sunglasses, vinyl shoes and I dont smoke so im ruled out as a hipster.

Second, I tried using a more flat stem with this application. the ID of the fork steerer is less than 22.2mm so my other stem did not fit. This is the stem that came with the bike originally. I used what worked.

Third, I built ths bike for $80 using found parts and stuff from my bucket. It was not ment to be anything but a project to keep a smile on my face while its freezing outside. I ended up liking the bike in the end.

Forth, I like it so thats all that matters.

Im not trying to sound like a dick but just saying there is a reason I built it like that.

I know its not a "commuter bike" but i figured you might guys might like to see it anyway. I think it looks good. Just built it last night.

My bike had a negative stem with slight riser bars for similar reason...everthing was free , it was the stem i had and i didnt like the drop bars. but then i felt like a hipster and could feel people staring at me, i just knew they were talking about me, so i put flat bars on there.

just kidding, flat bars are on there bc the risers snapped. i kind of miss the risers though and may have to get another set if i decide to raise my seat. i can see (now) how it might make a serious cycler scratch his head though.

I do admit that it looked cheesy to me at first. Then it started to grow on me. I tried it out and it was comfortable. Yes a tight wearing rodie might look at it and go WTF but who cares. I rode flat bars first and slowly made my transition to risers. I own 3 bikes right now. Each one has a different bar. I have my Schwinn with risers, my Pake with drop bullhorns, and my Pinarello with drops. They all serve a different purpose.

Pardon... but there's nothing negative about that stem. it has 0 rise or fall from a traditional 7 shape. Unless you're counting that it's technically a -17 degree stem. And there's nothing bad or kludgy looking about it. That style stem was used for decades with so many different types of bars it could blow your mind.
-Gene-