That is a serious traveler.

The latest iteration of my daily rider:




https://www.gravelbike.com/?p=952

Nice bike! Where did you get your bag?

Wiggle in the UK.

Seasonal changes.

From this:



To this:



I wanna go all black, but the yellow is so eye catching, and local drivers are so... you know. Anyway, skinny summer tires means that I can fit a front derailleur, which means that I can run a bigger chainring. Which is great, since, come summer, the lack of ice and studded tires had me spinning out on the 42 tooth on several local downhills. Plus clicky-clicky indexed shifting (I know a lot of people disagree, but I really hate bar-end shifters on drop bars) and clipless pedals (not pictured) and I'm loving my very brief, very speedy commute. Which is great, as my slow whip, the day-glo cruiser, is busted (and no, I don't want to talk about it).

****in' A right. Sick ride, groovestew.

Yeah. it's much like a BB but couldn't get a good deal on a BB so I go with this one...
Looks tons better than on web site pictures



Thnx

I do like the yellow wheels with the black. A huge improvement over the before pic. I like the Trek too :-)

that's a sexy utilitarian ride there.

I've been commuting, every work day (and to church n Sunday) for three weeks now.

Here's my ride:


It's a Dimaondback Edgewood hybrid.
My current commute is about 9 miles roundtrip, with an assist from the local MTA.
By summer's end, I hope to be making one leg (into work) without the MTA lift, that's 14.5 miles one way.

Decided to switch things up and ride the Rawland:

+100 for your signature. I'm always glad to see my kind

My daily beater is in the shop right now, so I'm riding my "weekender" for my commute these few days.

my Surly Cross Check...

My new cross check commuter/cross/mountain bike


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_MG_0149 by individual image, on Flickr

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Hi,

Here is my late '80 MTB as commuter bike.

Looks to be a perfect commuter. Love the pulley on the stem.

Those 9xx series Treks are such nicely made bikes... the frame work is as good as anything ever made.

That's a great looking bike. What bars are those?

Sixty Fiver,

Your Shasta and Cascade inspired me to fix up this bike. It is one tough cookie, decently equipped and I enjoy riding it .

Thanks,

I love my little Shetland it still my favorite bike in the stable, but the Citta is a great little commuter. Its really stable and comfy plus I can put regular sized Panniers on it with a rear rack once I get it set up right. Its kind of a funky looking frame, but I think it honestly looks better in person than it does in pictures. I have had many compliments on it from friends who both know some things about bikes and ones that know very little about them. I look forward to when I have time to convert it to dropbars, but I have other projects right now that come first unfortunately.

Took a picture of my stead. Ready for the commute tomorrow.

After learn that i shouldnt load 40kg of stuffs only on rear racks.Now i add some racks at front to balance the load.

That is nice to hear... if I was looking to replace my Shasta one of those late 80's Trek's would sit very highly on my list and we have converted many of these into some very capable and utilitarian machines.

My Shasta might be my hardest working bike as it replaced my Trek hybrid as my all around commuter and utility bike... just swapped the wheels between the Shasta and Cascade and fitted Marathons which makes the bike a little livelier and quicker on the road, although the ride is not quite as nice with these as it was with the Schwalbe Silentos.

Also upgraded the rear d to a Shimano DX from the Shimano Light Action which makes for a quieter and smoother shift.

Now, that's a go anywhere commuter bike. I am on a lookout for one of this Kuwahara with quad butted tubing.

I think this is one of my hardest working bikes... it was a fixed gear and winter / messenger bike, 3 speed winter bike and rain bike, and now has 21 speeds and is a little more refined.

My Cascade has an Ishiwata quad butted tubeset and in '88 the Shasta came with an Ishiwata EX triple butted frame (much better than the '87 straight gauge frame).

The original group on the '88 Shasta was 6 speed Exage but has been upgraded to some vintage Deore (crank, DX rear derailleur, XT friction shifters) and am running some Suzue high flange hubs and Araya wheels that came off an earlier model Kuwahara that I have found to be very strong with hubs that roll like buttah.

I could go touring on this bike quite easily... all I would need to do is mount a set of low riders on the front fork and do plan to add some eyelets on the fork for this purpose... also plan on refinishing the frame over the winter after I do the little frame and fork modifications.