Here are my two commuters. A 1986 Nishiki Sport and a 1996 Trek 950.http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=175048http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=175049

My current commuter is a 2010 Novara Transfer mostly stock with a few accessories added:

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http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=175064

Here is my latest city ride. It's a 2010 Globe Live 2, somewhat modified. It has been changed over to a front dynamo hub with a hydraulic disc brake, bamboo fenders and a leather saddle.

It is still a work in progress, i've got a rear rack that has matching wood for the front basket, which will be painted to match the bike, a silver Alfine and a second hydraulic disc brake to install, which has yet to happen. Lastly, need to pick out some dynamo lights to go with the dynamo hub.

Overall, I quite enjoy this bicycle, especially the huge front basket! It's extremely useful, and i'm really developing a preference for it over having panniers.

My "free" giant ive come to the conclusion though this is gonna become my winter beater im gonna continue with the kuwahara drop bar build which i have not made any progress on in the last week, all in all the giant is in great shape new front rim i have a new chain for it already gonna try and score a new 7 spd cassette for it and a seat and shes ready to rock and roll, of course that is after i strip and repaint frame and forks ill update once i get some work done
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I love the cream tires. Great looking bike :thumb:

My autumn/winter commuter & trainer. Just finished a drop bar upgrade.

Here is an update on my MTB drop bar projects.

I found some goodies that were hiding in my pile of stuff in the basement which will help both bikes get to where I want them to be. Another set of aero levers, threadless stem adapter, threaded stem with removeable faceplate. All these parts will add to each of the bikes and made me more excited about working on them.

The Specialized project I haven't any more progress, but I will since I think its going to become the backup commuter bike and maybe even a touring bike if I do that type of thing. It has lots of spots to mount fenders and racks and the Schwinn has none which is partly why I started building the Specialized as well.

The Schwinn I decided last week I would make it more of a road bike because it didn't have anywhere to mount racks etc and I don't really need another mountain bike. So I decided on a road crank for this one. The crank I decided to use was on a ghetto tri bike project thats been unfinished for a couple years now (worked on it a bit this morning so Its a few hours from being done) and I decided that maybe the wheelset on that needed to go somewhere else. I decided to throw them on the Schwiinn and I liked it. So here is what I have so far. I just need to finish getting the rear brake hooked up and a couple other small things, but I rode it a bit with just the front brake and I liked it alot. I really like the thumbshifters mounted under the brake levers. Its very easy to shift and isn't hard to set up at all. I am sure it will make it into the commuting rotation as well as being the main bike I ride around on the bike paths in town for recreation.

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Thats a nice bike for $20 plus your other ones. I can't believe you only paid that much with at custom brown chain. LOL What color is that Iguana anyway? I know you are going to paint it, but I can't decide if its gray, brown or what.

Its kinda a mix of them all some parts look like a brown chrome i dunno its ugly as all hell.

Love it. Though I would say for a commuter you should get at least one brake... I mean, what would happen if you snapped a chain?

Sounds more like cameleon than an iguana LOL

Posted this on the MTB forum also, but it is just as much as a commuter to me.
Richard : )

Nothing will stop you faster than slamming into a stationary object... like a parked car.

On the bright side... the odds that a good quality chain that has been properly installed will brake under normal use is pretty slim.

Nothing will stop you faster than slamming into a stationary object... like a parked car.

On the bright side... the odds that a good quality chain that has been properly installed will brake under normal use is pretty slim.

Slim but not non-existent, right?

Chains do break (I can spell... really) but it does not happen frequently... I won't and don't run an FG bike without a brake (or two).

There is something about riding fast and stopping fast that appeals to me.

Actually, the parked car usually won't stop you. It might stop the bike, but your momentum will continue until you hit terra ferma.
-Gene-

If the chain snaps, im S.O.L.

both get thier fair share of commutes. moreso on the volpe lately though

Won't be going anywhere significant until a little later but figured I should swap in the studded front tyre in case the roads start to ice up... :)

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...010winter1.JPG

You have snow already? I thought Colorado was bad but at least here I was still able to get by wearing shorts yesterday.

Just completed a bike rebuild(?) for my girlfriend. Her commute recently increased from about 2 miles round trip to about 26 miles, so a more distance friendly bike was in order.

Nashbar cross frame originally built up as a single speed, comfort, townie type bike . This pic is from when I first built it up, those yellow grips were replaced with some sweet shellaced cork grips, unfortunately no pics.
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Added some gears, and some road drops...
and its starting to look a lot like cyclocross bike.
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Tried to snort some of that white stuff and just got brain freeze... am pretty sure it's snow.

I'm curious... what communities are you commuting through? I notice you're in Buffalo. I grew up in Cheektowaga. When I visited my mom (who lives in West Seneca now) this past summer, I took my bike and rode from her house up to my old neighborhood. I found the roads and drivers to be fairly cooperative with cycling.

To work I'm riding through Amherst and downtown Buffalo. When I'm riding for pleasure I'm all over: Clarence, E. Amherst, Orchard Park, Chautauqua area, etc. Lots of good riding here. The drivers are ok for the most part.

Finally figured out how to post pics- ya'll are in for it now (even though it's from my mobile phone). My '06 Kona Smoke, pretty much stock. Added rear rack, kickstand, bar ends, mirror, seat wedge, bottle cages, and removed the rear fender. White bottle on the under side of the downtube has the flat repair items/multi-tool. Seat wedge has a spare tire (so it wouldn't get poked by the tools).

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More pics here http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1#post11679821

^ I really like that, how do those rival's work with the disc's?

Pretty good. Avid BB7 road version.

http://www.sram.com/avid/products/bb...cal-disc-brake

Jamis's Aurora Elite has Apex and BB7:
http://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/thebik...lite_spec.html