Good on ya, canyoneagle! Nice to see that my sister bike is getting much use. It's hardly recognizable from its stock configuration.

I'm on March break this week so I hope to get in some nice rides on my Ceres, other than for commuting purposes that is. BTW did you know that our bike names were taken from Roman mythology? Ceres is the goddess of agriculture and Vesta is the goddess of hearth and home. The names were also given to two asteroids that dwell in our solar system.

Here is a great notstalgic 1950s dutch video with tons of commuter bikes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HgLqts3qJs&NR=1

that is how I will do for a little bit. I am planning to get a back rack soon.. The bike shop in my town only had silver and i want a black one.

How do you like the bug? I have been thinking about upgrading to that bag for a little while and I could really use another opinion or two.

p.s. do you have any heel strike issues with the Bug on your Kona ?

I'm digging the Darth Vader SR71 stealth look. Skip the sitickers but you might want to find some 3M reflective tape to put on a few spots. It will look black in the daylight but reflect at night.
https://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcyc...e-tape-kit.htm

I've got one like that and have done a little commuting w/ it, although I can't bounce at stoplights. It's about 1/2 as fast as a bike, and if you juggle while riding it, you get a full body workout!

Here's my orange bike after it's rescue from the dump, repaint and repair:


And here it is in commuting form, fitted with lights, fenders, luggage rack, and a 3-speed hub. I also switched the brakes to traditional cantilevers, since the v-brakes wouldn't fit properly around the fenders. The original triple crankset remains, since the inner and outer chainrings aren't removeable, and the outer one serves as a chainguard in conjunction with the plastic one.



Since taking this photo, I've also inverted the handlebars and swapped the brakes for some better ones.

Heya IRClean! I knew about the Roman mythology connection, but not about the asteroids. Cool.
From what I've seen of your Ceres, I'd say neither of our bikes is close to stock =)

Cheers!

Kona's are always nice too look at and fun to ride!

Right after I saw you posted this, I ran downstairs, and checked. Turns out it strikes real bad. I sent the bag back today, and ordered a Chrome Mini Metro bag.

https://www.chromebagsstore.com/media...ow_Enlarge.jpg

No other pannier would work out really, for my school books, so I went with a messenger bag!

Thanks for making me check

No heel strike with these bad boys thanks to the angled corners.

THANK YOU! lol.. thats awesome!! i will look into that. do you have a website that sell it for a reasonable price?

Marin Muirwoods 29er, i use for touring and everyday riding...here is during a winter day trip along Adda river

The problem with those is that they don't convert to a backpack, but very cool. Kona looks nice!

Did you do the drop handle conversion yourself?

Yeah. I added nitto drops, a shorter stem, cross levers, and sora brifters.

Just gave her a clean up, and I have to say that I'm happy!

Hi guys,

I received the other day the Salsa Vaya frameset and today build my new commuter:











Coque.

That Vaya is very close to what I would build for my next commuter. Cool.

Very nicely done. Love the color.

very nice work, and it looks like a great bike - now go tear it up!

@Coque: Looks spectacular.

I'm loving the Backrollers I got for Xmas. Plenty of room for my daily clothes, gear and even some extra space for an impromptu stop at Lowe's on the way home.

one of these days this thing'll have racks and fenders



i'm still trying to figure out what kinda stem setup i want, so in the meantime i have untrimmed cables and inner tube bar tape

I like your 750 setup!

It's so... black! I love it!

You can get custom name decals for your downtube from these guys. They look very good (the decals, I've never met those guys). The decal comes on a film. After applying you let it set for a few minutes then peel off the film and each letter becomes and individual sticker. Letters only, no graphics and they offer around a dozen of various fonts from conservative to funky.



And these guys let you upload your own art. A 8x11 sheet is about $10.50 shipped. You can fit up to 10 long stickers on it or combine your art with what they have.

I had some Xtracycle themed stickers made fro my Big Dummy:



Finally, these guys have some funky environmental, political and bike related stickers.