This is my 2007 Trek 7.2fx. I have been waiting for a while to post this guy, but have had some issues with rack mounting and whatnot. I will be commuting full time with this bike in the very near future, as soon as my nashbar rack bag is delivered, but until then I use it to get around town and to ride to my part-time job at the local YMCA. As far as the goodies on it, here goes:

Sigma wireless computer
Cateye rear light
Cateye Opticube headlight
Shimano SPD pedals
Planet Bike Versa Rack rear rack

Soon to come:
Nashbar Elite Rack Trunk
Delta Cargo Net

I love this bike. I did my first real ride on it last year, and it got me into cycling.

Trying to keep her light.

A little update on my commuter:


I bought a vintage Wrights W3.N leather saddle (similar to a Brooks B17) and put it on the Nishiki. That's soooooo much better than the old vinyl & plastic seat.



Click on all pictures to enbiggen them.

Nice rig.

Thanks. I kinda like it.

It's a 1994 that still had the store price tags and tire nubbies on it when I bought it at a garage sale a year and a half ago. It sits in between an LBS bike and an X-mart bike in terms of build quality, but I've been doing little upgrades here and there. I got a new wheel set this winter, and now the new seat. My LBS says it's a good, solid frame, the drivetrain components are working okay (although I wouldn't rule out a future upgrade), and the more I ride this bike, the more it becomes an extension of me. I do most of my miles on this bike (since most of my riding is commuting).

This Trek is what I have been using for a few months now. It not fancy, but it get the job done. I bought it for $20 at a garage sale with cyclo-computer, cheap rear rack with a decent blinky on the back and reflective stickers already on the bike. I added a front fender I had lying around and switched on a different used tire. I put the rack bag on and I have since added a longer stem and a headlight. Its the first good bike I have used to commute that is beat up enough I don't care if it gets scratched up or whatever. The more I use it the more I like it.

Here's my daily ride.

Gnarly and utilitarian. I like it.

Putting the H T F and U in utilitarian...

nice ride joshuabike88! Which fenders and rack did you use? And are those just p-clamps holding the front rack on?

Most likely I'll keep doing most of my commuting on my Miyata, but I just got this Bridgestone 550 up and running today:

Great lines.

My commuter

I am leaving the studs on my Dummy because we may be blessed with more snow, also.

My new commuter: 2010 Specialized Secteur (all fredified)

Basic Side shot. Notice the homemade bucket panniers painted black with plastic paint and reflector tape added. You can also notice the trail-a-bike hitch on the seatpost. Reflective tape is a stealth job. You can't really see the tape during the day and there is no overlap with any non-black area on the bike. The bucket pannier shows well the difference in reflectivity between white and black tape. The bottle in the cage is actually a trek toolkit.


Basic front shot:


Cockpit shot. From left to right: mirrcycle STI mirror, Sora shifters, Magicshine headlight, magicshine battery (on stem), Sigma Wired computer. On headpost is a garage remote in a cell phone case. Ready for pickup at REI is an incredibell STI (on sale at REI outlet for $4)


Shot of garage remote. You can really see the care I did on the tape job. Note the carve-out for "sport" on the logo. The black reflective tape really glows brown in the flash.


Trunk shot. Homemade bucket panniers, Topeak rack, radbot 1000.


Shot of homemade reacharound brackets for fenders. If you are curious how I bolted the brakes back on through the bracket, I drilled an access hole through them for the hex wrench.


Shot of front fender racharound bracket. The front fender cantilevers out and shakes a bit, but works well.


Bottom shot. Campus pedals, rear triangle kick stand, trek water bottle toolkit, Relfective tape.

i just showed my wife this and she says 'you wont even ride when its raining. you are soft'

o snap

i am REALLY loving this build.

Here is my latest commuter (splitting duties with my other two bikes, but taking the brunt of unpleasant weather).
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and here is a link to the build thread for those who are interested https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-Touring-build

Same here. It's just the perfect commuter.

My one and only bike, which has taken a beating on potholed and glass-strewn city streets in the past year. Despite upgrading to Marathons I've had about 10 flats in one year. But I love this bike. It handles well on city streets, and I can tuck it under my desk when I get to work. If I'm feeling lazy, I can ride the subway halfway, hop off and get on the bike.

Here's my converted RockHopper. Still needs fenders and a few other fixes. I don't ride it often enough.

I hate rain... riding in fresh snow is a pleasant experience and I think everyone will agree that ice sucks.

It was actually a really nice day for riding and one of those where all that snow had melted away by the time I was coming home... and had made that little section of the bike way so icy they closed it. There is a parallel route that tends to be clearer and gets sanded so there was no detour required.

It's a short 10-12 % grade and I was only running a front studded tyre and switched to straight knobbies yesterday... will hold off mounting the summer tyres (Schwalbe Marathons) for a bit and am looking forward to the bike getting slicker and faster.

26 inch wheels, drop bars, bar end shifters... awesome.

I really like this. I dont know why but its simple and nice. Is it an Hour?

They are the planet bike race blades, but I made a mud flap for the front one, and the rack is the nitto m-18 and it comes with those clamps. It actually holds a good deal of weight. It attaches on fork crown where it's drilled for the brake, and then those clamps around the fork. I'm in the midst of making some small waterproof bags for it.