damn, that Cross Check looks clean. Has it even been ridden? I'm just jealous.

No man...in those pics, it had never been ridden. The bars, seat, derailleurs, etc are not even adjusted. Just bolted it all together and took a few pics! Since these, I add WTB All Terrain 700X37 tires and some Mavic A719 rims with XT hubs.....and rode it a couple of times.:D

Nearly done with operation summer bomber, it even has rack eyelets and i think im gonna use some "wing" nut style screws so i can ride her to work, and after work pull the rack off go hit some trails put the rack back on and ride home. The fork really sucks and is super heavy but will work for now, and i scrapped the polishing idea and now decided to go my usual black with the frame, now if only my chain and cables would get here so i can ride it:)
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ikes/TREK1.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ikes/TREK2.jpg

^ nice! that's your old raleigh frame repurposed once again, no?

so the conversion to bullhorn bars on my old raleigh M-80 is now complete. i'm very satisfied with the results, though i'm still toying with the idea of getting a shorter stem. i'm a bit too stretched when i'm all the way out on the horns, which is obviously less than ideal because that's where the break levers are. she's also rocking some schwalbe snow studs for winter time commuting.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3028/raleigh1.jpg

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/7751/raleigh2.jpg

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4267/raleigh3.jpg

^^Nice very nice, no thats not the raleigh, its a trek frame. The raleigh has been repurposed to a longtail, since it has a 1" head and there just isn't any decent 1" suspension forks out there.

^ oh, got it. the geometry and tube diameters looked similar, but looking closer at the wishboned seat stays, the difference is clear.

those old 1" head tubes are a problem. when i was toying with the idea of turning my old raleigh back into a proper off-road hard tail, i did find that white brothers still makes a good suspension fork with 1" steerers for old-fashioned 1" threadless headsets, but the problem is that they retail for ~800 bucks, and i wasn't about to throw an $800 fork on a 15 year old mid level MTB. so my raleigh lives on as my winter/back-up commuter.

Fizzaly the guy I bought my polished frame from said he would never do it again and it wasn't his first. I think the black on that bike will look pretty sweet. I am thinking about putting together a parts box of stuff I don't really want and put it on CL for some cash. I think the polished frame might go in there.

I don't understand, but understanding is not required, especially when it comes out looking as nice as that bike. Well done.

Yeah im not sure what the mix of paint trek used on those years, but its taken me three days to strip the clear and stickers off, i would just sand but that would be a pain to polish. But yeah im thinkin glossy black would look better anyways, Let me know whats in your box if you do paypal i might need(want) a thing or two.

I think he said he used a chemical stripper maybe the orange based stuff, but I am not sure.

I am not sure what all will be in the box, but the things I know I'll throw in are some SPD type clipless pedals (I have a bunch because I'll never use them) and some decent disc wheels. I'll let you know what I put in there. If there is something you are looking for let me know I MIGHT have something. I am a slowly recovering packrat. =P Oh yeah and I do have paypal.

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

Bike Friday Tikit
 

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.

Diamondback Wildwood
 

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.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8117966@N03/5407187524/
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New roadie and commuter(for dry weather :) ).
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5252/...36d0d4d5_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/...415a025d_z.jpg

My 82 Super LeTour, love this bike, 5100 miles on it last year.
http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/P4100007.jpg
http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/P4100013.jpg

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:)
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0248.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0249.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0250.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0251.jpg

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 !!!