I ride with him to sign him in/out of before/after school care program. If he was just there from 9-3 he would go by himself.

We're trying to get kids in our town to ride to school. In the middle schools, they need written permission from their parents. It is perceived as too dangerous. We're trying to break that perception, with education. "We" are the South Orange/Maplewood Bicycle Coalition, which I co-formed this past fall.

As far as I know there are no restrictions on kids biking to any of our schools. His grade school, and the middle and high schools he will go to if we stay put, are all pretty easily accessable, either on neighborhood streets or with explicit bike lanes (vs where we moved from where the grade school was on its own exit off a divided highway with no other connections).

It's only mildly frustrating at his current school they lock the doors by the bike rack as early as they can but never lock the doors by the parking lot (at the other end) until every last kid is gone (>6pm).

Here she is...all racked up

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What a load of doo doo! Good to see you breaking that trend.

When I was a kid I rode 2 miles to school when I was 10 and when I was 11 I had a paper route I did BEFORE school in Troy Michigan. Too much coddling is half the problem with this country.

Hear, hear!
Before I was 5 years old I walked by myself to kindergarten, a few blocks away from home. I also had the freedom to get up, and ride my trike in my pajamas around the block a few times while waiting for the grown-ups to wake up and make breakfast. When I was 9, I had the freedom to get on the transit bus with my friend (or by muself) and ride downtown to haunt all my favorite hobby shops all day Saturday. The whole time I was growing up,I was not missed at home between breakfast and lunch, and between lunch and dinner (or all day, with prior approval, for that matter).

Update mine with new wheels.

2002 Giant OCR with full Tiagra.

Waddya ride that new junk for? You should be riding your Marathon, like me!



My regular commuter is having wheel problems, so the Marathon is it right now.

I know, I know. I do love my Marathon, don't get me wrong. It's just that the OCR is much smoother and takes me to work and back in 10 minutes less. Besides that, I'm not using it anymore and have put it up for sale... It's a shame to "have to" let it go, but I can use the money and it's standing in my way anyhow.

Fair enough. I will admit that the Marathon feels a bit unwieldy when it's loaded for my longer commute.

I ride this on most days. Took this picture this morning.

An '07 IRO Bikeforums special edition frame with bicyclewheels.com fixed/singlspeed wheels, Brooks B-17 Ti saddle, Dura-ace seatpost, Ultegra front brake, 42 SR bars, 105 levers, Easton EC30 fork, WTB Momentum headset, Velo Orange top tube protector, Profile stem, 600 crankset, XT spd pedals, Dura-ace cog/lockring, ACS freewheel (just in case).

my scott p5 nasty looking i did not wash hit for sometime

the latest version of the Surly Cross Check. Put some Geax Barro Race 700x45c and a 40deg power tool stem. I need some Midge bars or Wtb mountain Drops. Also, I am going to put an Ultegra triple crank on. I will mount one of my racks before Monday's commute.

sorry for the late response. i sold the lht on ebay a while back.

Here is my Specialized Crossroads. I have it for about 1 1/2 years and put over 2,000 miles on it. Love the comfort it provides.

...that's cool. Thanks for the followup!

2003 steel Fuji Finest & cat. Better seat and a rack to come.

I bought this Schwinn Sierra new in the mid 80's beat the s--t out of it for a few years then hung it up in the corner. I have just started commuting. Yes I thought winter in Illinois would be a good time to start, so I brought it down dressed it up with fenders, rack, lights, etc
And today it was 8 degrees out with 15 plus mph winds and still going strong it’s a tank
Notice the rear u brake, strong with great stopping power but clogged with mud easy in wet muddy conditions or Biopace chain wheels (https://www.sheldonbrown.com/biopace.html). Remember these when they first came out.
Well here it is

Here are a couple crummy pictures of my Trek Soho. First, a flash photo that overemphasizes the reflective surfaces:

trek soho.jpg

Main differences from the stock setup are these:
* I replaced the awful grips with Bontrager Satellite Plus, half the price of the Ergon grips. I also picked up a pair of Cane Creek ergonomic bar ends on CL.
* speedometer and lights up front, one to see and one to be seen. two rear lights, one on the seat post and one on the back of the basket.
* I use both the supplied thermos and a standard water bottle. My lunch (usually leftover casserole) goes in the former.
* instead of a saddle bag hanging from the seat I place it on top of the rods connecting the rear rack.

more of a closeup of the handlebars
console.jpg

here is my newest one...
i LOVE it, and my LBS (my first real LBS fitted bike) went extra steps and even delivered it to my workplace so i would have the new ride home (i am car free)
one huge shout out to Wally's Bicycle in McAllen Texas!!!!
+1,000 intarwebs for all his work!!!

Hope you enjoy your new ride. If you live in McAllen and you like wine, you should go to my buddy's wince shop Water2Wine (https://www.water2wine.com/mcallen/). Tell him BP sent you.

hey, thanks for tip man.....

Here is my Fuji Crosstown 1.0

I love the ss/fg bikeforums IRO....well done