Neat 'ol Trek.

started putting this together tonight. was drinking multiple post-dinner grolsch and was slowing on the build. bugs came out so i went in. i'll finish it later.



its a miyata 621ST. STX derailleurs. RX100 crank. 105 hubs laced to velocity deep vees w/ 34c vittoria xg pros. selle italia turbo gel. i have some deore LX cantis for it.

this bike was supposed to be for foul weather commute with fenders and rack and for pulling a trailer but i dunno its just another bike right now. first triple ever lol

Took this right after getting it home. Been riding it to work for almost a week. Waiting for my next paycheck to start adding panniers and more importantly: a water bottle holder. lol

Finished the paint job on the fenders today. I'll give em' a few days to dry and take more pictures of the whole bike.



THE REAR CAME OUT LOOKING REAL GOOD

That looks like the same reflective tape I put on my downtube and chainstays. I got mine at Ace hardware/Tru Value.

Same here

The Surly LHT I've been commuting on. All it still needs are a front light and a Brooks B17.

Specialized 'Hard Rock Commuter' project bike



New paint and graphics. Rack added to rear, new tires coming. Lights still on the other bike. New saddle still to come.

Great looking bike! I would be proud to own that.

hawt!!!

This paint job is not my style but it looks great. I hope to see more photos of the complete bike.

Bad ass. Especially the yellow. I'm thinking of converting my Hard Rock to SS for bomb-proof city/MUP riding.

Thanks. Yours sports the color mine came to me with - I paid $36 off ebay. Shipping $4 more than the bikes price!
SO far, I expect the tab to come in around $150, total.

Finally, three and a half months after first approaching my LBS with a build idea for my perfect commuter, she is home! I have been commuting since July 20 on my old road bike, so tomorrow will be my first day on the new commuter bike. I will post a ride report in a few weeks.

Awesome!

Been a while since I posted any pics...

Seems that with my ever changing health and the ups and downs of that certain bikes have undergone changes as I found that riding a fixed gear is often too difficult and then found that 3 speeds and then a dual drive lacked the range I needed to keep spinning like a gerbil on crack.

Will still ride the remaining fixed gears and 3 speed whenever I can but for the day to day I need some extra gears.

Anyways...

Came across a beautiful set of vintage wheels... XT hubs with a 6 speed 13-30 uniglide laced to some beautiful Araya RM20 rims and decided to do something different and build up a Shimano equipped version of my UAV.

I have enough NOS Uniglide cogs to keep this drive running forever so there are no worries about not finding spares for this.

The original equipment on the 1988 Shasta was Exage 6 speed with indexing but I went a little retro with some Deore XT friction thumbies mated to a light action long cage with an XT front and sourced out a nearly new Sugino VP with a great 28/38/48 set up and have always loved Sugino cranks for their stiffness and excellent chain rings.

I almost went with a Biopace on a Shimano Deore crank...

So here is the UAV version 5.0... it spent a little time as a 1 by 6 (version 4) as I looked for the right triple crank which polished up beautifully.



Deore XT shifters... almost as smooth as Suntour thumbies. The 105 levers and canti / u brake provide some incredible 1 finger stopping power.



Night shots...





I am also really pleased with the Schwalbe Silentos... running a 1.75 / 1.95 combination and at 65 psi they roll out smoothly and live up to their name... they handle wet conditions beautifully and the bike corners like it is on rails. They may not be as fast as Schwalbe Hurricanes but do not give up much speed in a trade off for much better ride quality.

Gearing is damn near perfect for touring too... 25 to 95 gear inches and I could go lower... have little need for anything higher than the 95 which is a downhill / wind at my back kind of gear.

And because I cannot comment on each and every ride that has been posted here of late can only say that you folks have been doing some beautiful work... I especially like the custom builds and the high number of mountain bikes that are seeing new life as commuters and tourers and kick ass utilitarian bikes.

Somebody's been reading EcoVelo.info! (Or if not, is a kindred spirit to Alan (ecoveloinfo)) Can I ask approx. what it cost? Sounds like my ideal commuter, too...

What is at ecovelo that is of interest ?

Bike pr0n, duh.

That's why I come here... for the "girl next door" vibe.

But yes, freaking beautiful. Even though you are biting Alan's style with your build. (I would too if I had the cash.)

Who doesn't read EcoVelo?! Turns-out, I put my build order in to the LBS back in early May, when Alan was running the off-the-shelf Alfine 8, first-generation-Gates, and the drop bars. I test rode the Kingfield, and knew it was close to my perfect commuter, but that over the next few years I would essentially upgrade everything on the bike. I got home, told my partner, and got my favorite line in response: "Just get what you WANT, so I don't have to listen to you complaining about it for the next five years!" If you can believe it, I waited over three months for the CenterTrack belt components. Now, I get to see if it was worth the wait! I will post more on the bike when I have some free time this weekend.

I just got my nashbar rack and panniers on my hybrid. It took like an hour to install the rack (SO MANY FREAKING SCREWS, WASHERS AND NUTS).

Finally finish install Alfine 8 to Kona Sutra.