Or tuck the jeans in your socks.

No way. That would defeat the whole purpose of the style.

Funny you should say this...

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/2011shasta1.JPG

Have been looking for a chain guard ever since the Shasta became a 3 speed and pulled this one off an old Rapido and fitted it up... was blasting through puddles and small lakes of water on my ride today and hardly a speck of water hit me or the frame.

Will be fitting a slightly larger chain ring for summer as this guard wants a 46 tooth ring and I am running a 40... will increase my rear cog to compensate for the chain ring which will just make the drive even smoother.

Sixty Fiver, I've got to say, that bike is beautiful. What fenders are those?

Planet Bike Cascadia... the extensions make such a difference when it comes to keeping one dry and clean.

Thinking I will swap tyres today and have decided to try some Schwalbe Silento (was given one and bought one) which is a nice semi slick trekking / city tyre with a little more bite than a Marathon because of the side lugs and also has reflective sidewalls.

Have not used these before but if my experience has taught me anything about Schwalbe tyres I should be very happy with these... it's casing and tread is much like the Hurricane which has been my favourite 26 inch tyre for many years and has a reflective sidewall.

Those new tyres... Schwalbe Silento II... hoping that the weather stays as nice as it has been and that we do not get any more snow.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/2011shasta2.JPG

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/2011shasta3.JPG

Beautiful day here so took the bike out for a test ride and woukd say that the Silento tyres ride better than the Panaracers at the same 65 psi and just float over bumps, the handling is quick, roll out is very nice, and they live up to their name as they are very stealthy.

Hopefully she wasn't driving when she sent the text....

Out with the old, in with the... not so old.
 

Now that my son is almost four I decided it was time to retire the old family cruiser, an early 90's Raleigh rigid MTB equipped with bike seat. His new ride is an Adams Trail-A-Bike. To pull it I freshened up my 3-year-old Schwinn with a new derailleur that was graciously donated to me from a friend after he upgraded his bike. Since I stole this bike's trekking bars for my other bike, I bought a new set. Unfortunately I managed to strip both shifter/brake clamps (cheap Shimano Rapid Fire units), so I replaced them with a set of SRAM Gripshifts and some Avid brake levers. Cable routing is much easier and neater with the SRAM units, and I took advantage of the swap to install new cables. I'm very happy with the results.

I took my son for the inaugural ride yesterday. He screamed bloody murder for about half a block, but after that fell in love with it and has been asking for rides ever since. Luckily we got some nice weekend weather. Here's the new setup:

Attachment 197235Attachment 197240Attachment 197241Attachment 197238Attachment 197245Attachment 197244Attachment 197243Attachment 197236Attachment 197237Attachment 197239

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...f/100_1068.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...f/100_1069.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...f/100_1073.jpg

Got this practically new beast a couple of years ago at the salvation army store.
Almost passed on it since I thought I didn't need another road bike, but I bought it anyway as an excuse
to hang around long enough for an old lady to decide that $6.00 was too much to spend on the minty
specialized Hemi that I was scoping out.

Last year, I mostly used it as my rain bike since the rack acts as a decent fender during my 20 mile round trip commute.
Around november of last year, I noticed how well it rode despite being a sporting goods store bike and how decrepit my
previous bike had become, I decided to upgrade this to be my primary (well only) commuting bike for this year, maybe longer
depending how it holds up.

So far, I've crowned it with my brooks b-17, removed the extra brake levers at the top of the bars, changer the tires from
the barely acceptable kenda quests to new specialized turbo elites, which I think should shave at least 10 minutes from my ride each way.
I've also experimented with the bars by wrapping inner tube over the new foam bar tape. So far, it feels pretty good.

In a couple weeks I should have some new pedals, clips, and straps, as well as a bar-end shifter and brake levers so I can
remove the brifters, the front derailer, and the smaller chainrings.

Hi All,

I recently bought a road bike and i want to use it to commute to school. I was going to give it a test run today (Sunday), but when i finally loaded up my gear to the rack it actually seemed a little heavy. Given that i mounted the gear to the sides of the rack, i was nervous that the bike would give way and slip outward when i am turning.

My question is, how much weight can i put on each side of the rack? Should i keep it balanced? Should i just wear a backpack and have one central back on the middle of the rack? What i the best method to load up a big rack?

thanks!

First steps of building up the new commuter/all-arounder:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/...c93e3047_b.jpg

Steerer tube is uncut so that I can play around with different stem heights/positions.

Are these Vayas the new LHT ?

Seems like all the cool kids are getting them.

brown is the new brown

Some ideas here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ur-loaded-rigs

Here is my little Peugeot with some things I added the last couple of weeks. Unfortunately, I haven't really ridden it much.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_2333.jpg

After messing around with my old commuter today, I decided that I liked the Peugeot alot more so I decided to do some more upgrades on it to make it my primary commuter. I'll post pics when I get done.

Is the Seat post bent??:wtf: It looks bent right at the level of the rear rack.

Yes and no. =) It has a bit of setback on it. I got it from an x-mart bike years ago and its come in handy on a couple of projects since. It was the right diameter so I threw it on here for even more laid back geometry than it already had which I find I like alot.

Hah! So at least two of us are rockin' Nishikis for the commute. Mine is a 1994 (you can tell from the Serial Number on the bottom bracket; they were built alongside Raleighs in Kent, WA.

yo, did this thread get unstuck?

Got the new cassette in today, replaced the Sora rear derailleur with a deore and she functions perfectly now:)
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0395.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0398.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0396.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0397.jpg

Nice bike... What frame is that? It looks like a cross between a touring bike and a hybrid (with the more angled seat tube)

It's a 1987 Kuwahara Panther which technically is a MTB but yes its more of a touring frame that I can fit 2.2" tires on if I want to

Cool. Did you do the paint job yourself? (Love the Mandalorian head badge)

Thanks it used to have a transformers headbadge here's the thread for the build well I guess both builds:)http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...Kuwahara-build