Nice commuter. Are these the new Axiom panniers?

My friend is a Moulton collector and it was his green Moulton "Speed" that I wanted to emulate and he drew his inspiration from the bicycle I pictured... having ridden his bike it made me want one of my own.

He already has half a dozen gorgeous restored and customized Moultons that span 30 years of production and had a few spares he wanted to give to people who would appreciate them.

I wish I didn't have the Dawes as it belonged to a friend who passed away earlier this year and he was building it into an all rounder / tourer and we had plans to take our respective folders on some adventures.

Bikes are just things... I would much rather have my friend back as he was one of the most brilliant and generous of people and considered me a mentor in all things bike related and was a great student and teacher himself.

His family gave me his Dawes and when it is finished I will raise a glass of iced tea and take it for a ride, in memory of my friend, and if anyone wants to do the same it will be kept here for safe keeping.

I'm sorry to hear that Sixty Fiver. I also lost a very good friend last year. Very painful.

I miss my non-indexed downtube shifters!! :D

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This is my lovely commuter without its rear rack and coming soon front rack and fenders :D
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And this is my bike in night Rider mode

I've been looking for high viz triangles like those. Did those come with your panniers or did you buy them separately?

where is the stemcaptain? I'm pretty sure it was your big dummy build that convinced me the stem captain should be bought before a decent mini-pump.

great build,

I keep moving my finger under the brake lever to shift...darn SRAM habits... then get the OH YAH moment..reach down. Did a 18mile lunch ride today, allot more gearing change needed then my normal 6mile flat commute. Plan for the climbing gears and max out gears before the decents so I don't have to take my hands off the bars (silly newb)

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Winter 2012 Surly LHT by keifer.miller, on Flickr

Slowly transitioning into commuting. I've yet to acquire all the practical bits (my sweaty backpack stands as a testament to the pannier envy I'm feeling right now).

It's "Aardvark Reflective Yield symbol 7x7" with Velcro Strap", I bought it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Aardvark-Refle...dp/B001GSKOU6/

I modified the Velcros a bit for my needs, I think they come with a loop or something.

Thanks :) Ha ha ha! I took it off, it comes off too easily, I was afraid it'd get stolen quickly. I still have one on my weekend bike and my MTB.

Could you snap a picture of that rear light mount? My wife has the same rack on my commuter bike and it would be nice to be able to double up on the superflashes. Thanks.

That mount is a DIY hack. It's the T-shaped part that comes with the Topeak rack. I bought some cheap lights on Deal Extreme a while ago and they have exactly the same attachment brackets as Planet Bike lights or you can hack the ones that came with your lights too, but I kept them, just in case. The lights are basically a PB Superflash ripoffs.

So I cut off the parts from the light brackets that the lights clip into and glued two of these using epoxy to the T-part. You will need to drill holes in the T-bracket to bolt it to the rack like this.

http://a-world.net/files/cycling/201...t-mount/01.jpg

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Great job on your bike.

Thanks! Fredness runs strong in my blood :D

+1, nice job Adam! I noticed you posting here again after an absence, and I've been meaning to say "welcome back!"

Thank you! It's always better to have a picture. I just bought two new superflashes to mount on the back of my new xtracycle build, but might go ahead and install them on my wife's bike as you describe.

I made kind of the same mount except I added a reflector in the middle. The Cateyes slide into the same type brackets that Adam has on his.
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=239108

Thank you :)

I was wondering if any other lights may have the same type of brackets.

You're welcome!

Yes, the Fred is strong in this one....

That's nice. You should line up a supplier and sell those.

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My commuter without its rear rack and soon fenders and front rack :D

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My commuter in night rider mode. i will be replacing my headlight with a MS MJ 868 or an SG 1000

The lights look good, but you need some more reflective elements too.

Daily commuter

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Awww, man. Nice ride. Early-mid 80's PXN?

REALLY close! 1983 PSV-10

A PSV! Damn.
It's been a while since I was fluent with the old Peugeot porn - er - catalogs, but whenever I see that Peugeot orange (or the green) on a pearlescent paintjob, it warms my heart.

Really nice bike.

Nice!

After 3 years of off and on bike commuting on a Redline Monocog 29er I purchased my first road bike

2011 SE Racing draft lite Singlespeed, got here brand new for 200$

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It's a pleasure to ride, feels like a big bmx bike! Before anyone comments, I realize my seat is low, I know this and have no intentions of raising it. After 20 years on a bmx bike I almost never sit down!

That red on black looks really sharp. Oh, and what happened to the front brake, Mr. BMX? :lol: