Im actually needing a pair spd pedals, Ive been using the orange stripper with little to no results on this frame, im wondering if it doesn't work as well when its cold or something eh oh well. I hear ya on the pack rat thing, i was a recovering pack rat and now am nearly a full blown one Either PM me or i think i have a link to my email on my profile about pedals

Nice looking Cross Check! What frame pump is that, if I may ask?

How is the ride? Did the Brooks come with the complete bike or was that installed after.

I'm looking at the CC or the Trek Portland..undecided

Thanks!....the pump is the Topeak Road Master Blaster.

I did my own build. Bought the frame and used a 2008 Trek 1600 SLR as a donor bike for parts. The ride is really nice. Completely different than my carbon road bike. Much smoother and a bit more sluggish, but perfect for commuting/touring.

Hi everyone, I've been reading the threads here for about a year but this is my first post. Anyway this is my commuter with its current set up.

New roadie and commuter(for dry weather ).

My 82 Super LeTour, love this bike, 5100 miles on it last year.

I re re purposed the old Raleigh M-50 I decided to due away with the long tail build for now and turned her back into a commuter, I was going to keep it as a back up but have decided to part ways with her and its now on CL, so if you know anybody in or around the boise area looking for a decent commuter shes for sale comes with everything pictured and if they mention bikeforums ill give them a hell of a deal. But at least if it doesn't sell I have a nice back up bike

It looks like you are selling a pretty solid bike for that price. Good luck with the sale.

Thanks, i would love to keep it im just out of room at this point.

Good for you for selling something. My guess is you have some attachment to that frame.

Yeah Ive had the damn thing since like 1996 granted i haven't rode it the entire time.

^ you're stronger than i. i don't have much room at all to store my bikes either, but my old raleigh M-80 is probably the one that i would be least willing to part with just for sentimental reasons alone. i got mine back in '96 too, when i was 19, and it's been with me on so many adventures that i just don't think i could let it go. it was the first "real" bike i ever owned and it was the most expensive purchase i had ever made for myself up to the point in my life. (yeah, 600 bucks isn't a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, but back then, and to a penniless college student, it was a MAJOR investment)

Well you it an amazing job on the bike !!!

I got a schmidt dynohub and light

Thats alot more sentiment than I have with any of my bikes since I haven't had them that long. I am getting attached to my Trek Commuter though. My parents still have their bikes from when they were teenagers. I'll have to fix them up one of these days.

Fizzaly have you sold it yet or could you just not go through with it? =)

The conversion is complete. I went from flat bars



to drop bars with Tektro brake levers and Suntour barcon shifters.

I picked this Bianchi Nyala a month ago for $100 at Dream Bikes in Madison. It had the commuter look going for it but it was pretty clean looking since they rebuild all their bikes that come in. It had new tires, cables, chain, rear cassette, etc...the normal items that wear out. Besides the paint the parts look pretty spotless and brand new. Plus it's a Bianchi!
Before I dewuss'd it. lol

How she looks today ready for anything. I still have to attach my lights and picking up a rear rack.

These help out also for winter time in Wisconsin

I've never commuted or let alone rode in the winter time. I ride during the rest of the year otherwise twenty miles round trip to work which normally take me 35 minutes. With this beast and the weather...I'll leave probably 36 minutes before work riding this tank. Hahaha.

If that bike is from the early- to mid-90s, you may want to check to see if it has the recalled Shimano cranks. Shimano is still honoring the recall, last I heard.

Just checked and they are FC-M291. No dice. Thanks for the heads up though. Though it's fully ready for some commuting now. $45 for my rack, rack bag, and front and rear lights from cough*walmart*cough isn't too bad. I've got less then two hundred into this monster and can't think of anything else this thing actually needs. I've never had a dedicated commuter/quasi touring rig before. It's kind of cool actually.

Serious bike. Looks good.

By the way... my bike in Post 7752 had its cranks replaced by Shimano under that recall. The replacement cranks are nothing special, but they do change out the cranks plus the bottom bracket, front derailleur and the chain, so it makes for a pretty decent tuneup on an older bike. I got mine done two years ago.

I looked and mine weren't on the list of affected cranks. Should I still stop at my LBS and ask anyways? Their right along my way to and from work.

Nah. There's nothing for them to do. If you had the FC-M290s, then they would replace them. But you already have cranks that were redesigned to prevent breakage.

Here is my bike. This picture gives me good reason to go for a ride to get a better picture during the day.