No rack and panniers?
No fenders?

Just finished installing my new Planet Bike Fenders, Topeak Rack, Delta toe clips (ignore the wrong direction on the toe clip, after taking this photo i realized I installed them backwards ;)), and my Arkel Bug came today too!

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My commuter doing double-duty as dirt road explorer on today's ride:

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Here's the new Trek Mendota with Bontrager BackRack II and Dinotte 1200+ headlight and 400 tail light.

very cool, similar style to my Kona. I like the color.

I'll add to the bike pr0n thread . . .

Wow, what a bunch of nice bikes out there. I'm more than a little envious of some of the custom jobs in this thread. Mine, it's more of a stock job. 2010 Trek 7.2 FX - I've tuned it a bit for speed and carrying capacity - Bontrager rack, SPD pedals, bar-ends, RainRunner Reflex Trekk fenders, and 25 mm 'dillos.
Unladen:
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I used just a little pop of fill flash on this shot to show how the fenders light up with the stripe down the middle - don't know why all fenders don't have this feature
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Here it is with my typical load - Axiom Lasalle pannier (one side only) and Axiom Laurentian trunk bag:
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Random headbadge shot
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whats up guys! noob here! this is my about to be commuter bike.

Just finished putting it together this morning after taking a mountain bike and a cruiser apart to mix and match parts..

here is what she looks like now..

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I need some cool stickers and some reflective tape to make it more unique..

Here are a couple of updated pics of my Norco Vesta. I've gone to a flat bar now, with a different stem. I have added a dynamo up front with Supernova E3 Pro providing the front blaze and tail light in back for a steady glow. I supplement the dynamo lights with a PB Blaze 2W on blink and a PDW Radbot 1000 in back, on blinking mode.
The bike is a bit dirty due to our snowy/wet conditions lately. I haven't had to touch the belt drive, regardless of the muck I've ridden through. I love it!
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Great job! That is a pretty bike.
If the light creates alot of fender wobble, it is really easy to add a stay up front.

Dark. Good idea to get reflective tape. Not to make it unique, but to make it visible to drivers.

How will you carry things? Backpack?

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.
http://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.
http://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:
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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.

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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.

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

Thanks for making me check ;)

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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


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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.