BTW - the best rear blinky light that I have used by far - and like most of you I have tried many. Made by Cateye.

After having my magicshine rear light, I'll never rely on a AA/AAA powered light again. Blinding motorists one strobe at a time!

+1. Love mine. :)

Awesome Cat 6 Racer... :D

My Ride
 

When I bought my house this past April I bought a bike since the house sits on a hill with other track homes I figured I better have a bike with gears. So I got this nice Trek Wahoo 29er 2012 model and I just recently added the fenders to get it set for winter since I'm in snow country.

I try to ride everyday except the last two days I didn't because on Saturday I joined the world in protest but I rode my bike 65 miles round trip and it was up hill all the way back so I was pretty sore the next day. Yesterday, the winds were gusting 40-50 miles all day long and since I was still sore I chose not to ride. But today I rode and it was great as always. I really enjoy this bike, I've also added a mirror which I always have on all my bikes and I put some ergo grips which I've had on my last two bikes. Those that haven't tried the ergo grips I highly recommend them.

Safe riding to everyone.

New photos of my bike and the front rack I just installed, a Jandd Extreme. My first choice was actually a 'Surly Nice Rack', but this was half the price.

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I may have to install a rack too. I really didn't want to but winter commuting is going to be really hard without it.

By the way, great looking commuter.

Sorry guy's I just had to go gold :) Got the fenders coming in the mail, will update next week when they come in with all the gear on it.
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v...576/11%2B-%2B1

My Allez after a good cleaning last weekend. Missing water bottles + cages, frame pump, lights, computer and seatbag.

I know we're going back aways but what rack is that?

It seems that the brake cable sheath, where it goes past your seatpost, is a little long. It curves too much, increasing friction.

Compare it with Fizzaly's bike, in Mr Pink 57's post, just above this....

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Axiom Journey. :)

I like it, it's got alot of character. Which frame bag is that?

Doing the Dew
 

Lots of upgrades to my Kona Dew in the last two weeks, which has been mostly stock since I bought it earlier in the year. Now it has a Brooks B17 saddle. Yup, I drank the kool-aid, and it is mmm-mmm good! I also switched out the crappy stock pedals for some Shimano M324's, switched out the grips for Ergon with bar-ends, and also added a saddle bag and rear rack with panniers. The LBS guy also reminded me that I needed a couple water bottle cages. I am starting to actually feel like a commuter now. Happy anniversary to me (the wife got diamond ear-rings). haha

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Yeah I'm not trimming it down until I get the fenders in and get the rack mounted, to assure everything plays nicely together.

I like the look of a flat black bike. I noticed we have the same head and tail lights, but your tail light appears to be upside down.

http://www.pricepoint.com/detail/193...r-Rack-Pak.htm
This bag right here, that was the first time I had used it running a few errands.

Mr Pink,how tall are you and what seat post is that?looks like something i may need (want)my Big box store Mountain bike is slowly transforming into my very own costume Commuter/Hybrid bike.

I am 5'9" but this bike was bought for me when I was about 12 years old (28 now). It's a Titec Hellbent has 1.5" of setback. Good luck finding one, I had to call Dog the Bounty Hunter to track one of these things down for me especially in a 26.6 size which is like seeing a flying unicorn.

The bike rides like a dream especially with the addition of the Mary Bars (handed down from my MTB), the stem is a 120mm so you can imagine this frame is pretty small. I am currently in the process of finding a decently priced disc SS hub so I can run a tomicog.

Here's another attempt to insert my pic

kurn, are those the new Ergon pedals?

Took a better picture after a drivetrain teardown/rebuild. Plus, I'm just a picture *****.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5...816/11%2B-%2B1

Yes, they are. I just got them last week. I like them a lot, I noticed a difference in my pedaling the first time I used them.

I tried using IGHs to enhance my SS, but now I am riding a 1x7. I found IGHs geared too far apart and unforgiving when I wanted to go fast and shift hard while pedaling. I am using 7/10 of a Shimano 105 cassette, 105 derailleur and a D-A bar-end shifter. I have 42T front paired with 12-13-14-15-16-17-19. It's everything I need and nothing I don't need.

http://wilderness.smugmug.com/Bikes/...10-2301r-L.jpg

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The Hope SS/Trials hub has just enough room for 7 10-speed gears.

http://wilderness.smugmug.com/Bikes/...10-2303r-L.jpg

The RMB frame came with an aluminum fork without disc tabs so I replaced it with a Nashbar Cyclocross fork.

http://wilderness.smugmug.com/Bikes/...10-2304r-L.jpg

Tubus "Disco" rack claims to be disc compatible, but I had to use an extension to obtain adequate clearance on my bike.

That's some precision bits-n-piece'ing if I've ever heard of it. Cool. How'd you figure it all out, particularly the hub?

It wasn't too technical at all. I had built the wheel previously for my Single Speed. The nice thing about the Hope hub is that it builds a nice dishless wheel and the freehub has 48 points of engagement (there is only a maximum of 7.5 degrees of free movement). When I decided to add gears I knew there was enough space for at least 6 gears, but certainly not 10. I had the 105 cassette laying around and from there it was just a matter of checking the fit so that the lockring would hold the gears tight. I have a few 0.5mm cassette spacers available for playing around with cassettes, but I didn't need one in this instance.