It's a 2009 model, I bought it in 2010. Yeah, those are rack bolts. Here's better picture of the 2010 model: http://www.bmc-racing.com/int-en/bik.../standard.html

BMC is releasing a new CX model for 2013. Only if I was in the need for a new commuter.... http://www.bmc-racing.com/int-en/bik...-disc/105.html

what kind of kickstand is that?

^wow your bike is awesome. thanks for the link to the new disc equipped model. Thats a huge emerging trend right now in the US bike market: drop bar, cyclocross-like wheel/geometry, disc brake "do everything" bikes.

I'm kind of annoyed to not have known of the BMC offerings before I bought my Redline.

acidfast7, here up the North you get some incredible steady tailwinds. Same for headwinds but it's all quite predictable. On my last trip to Hamburg the average speed was about 30! Though i really like and miss the diversity and the hills of the South.

gevad, thanks!

Ns1, the kickstand is actually a trailer hitch from Weber (i spend a fair amount of time riding with kids), i think the model is "B". Made of plastic but it's a sturdy one, much better than some i had in the past.

And the same bike in the beginning of the summer, it was a singlespeed before i converted it to an IGH.

Pictured in front of the back wall of some small local theatre.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7...d914db18_b.jpg

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And now thinking of trying fixed gear, with this thing no modifications is necessary:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7...db4cfe6b1e.jpg

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=274142

not ideal, but heres what im commuting on for the time being as my muirwoods commuter was stolen last friday night. :(

saving my pennies for something more suited to the task.

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New build, this was an old roomate's '79 Raleigh Super Record. It was in very rough shape when I got it. It had just its rear brake with a pair of extremely beat up steel 5 speed 27" wheels. The brake didn't work. It had friction stem shifters and a cheap square taper double crankset with a forged drive side.
I stripped it, i replaced the old unsealed bb and crankset with a shimano cartrige bb and mid 90's 105 road triple. It now has a 7 speed 700c rear wheel that probably came from an older hybrid. The front brake is from a late 60's/early 70's Schwinn Continental. Cinelli road bars with a ritchey threadless stem(used a quill to threadless adapter). Shimano 600 brake levers, 1960's Campy Record clamp on downtube shifters, and 700 x 28 Vittoria Randonneurs. I wish I had a picture of the bike before. She is a mut, but she runs like a dream, has a very wide gear range, and is much nicer than she was 34 years ago.

My commuter for school.

http://i.imgur.com/mZgqn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/LHxH9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uTJ8d.jpg

Thanks. CX bikes have been the really popular in Europe (here in the north at least) for a quite a while now, due to their versatility: you can can ride them all year, and with a change of wheels/tyres you have a road bike for the occasional group ride. CX bikes are the "new hybrid", I seem them almost as often as hybrid bikes on my way to work.

Nice Trek! Might want to find a way to attach your bungees with less slack. You'd be surprised at what can get caught in a wheel...

my commuter
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/Trx1/oleyella.jpg

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My recumbent commuter. On my commute (28 km.'s one way) I carry a 10 liter seatbag that I can attach to the back of the seat and which also acts as a rear mudguard. On the front derailleur boom there is a clamp to attach a bright battery powered flashlight for riding at night. (but I also have a battery powered very bright LED light on my helmet).

Nice Trek

One of my two. This one's for good weather:http://i.imgur.com/p94a1.jpg

Wow, I love that 720!

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=274644

My Commuter just starting to wake up!

I'd recommend flipping the taillight if possible. It slides down rather than up the way it's mounted now, so a good bump could get it to fall off (vs a good bump the other way would still need to get it to slide up far enough to get out of the bracket). It looks like there should be enough clearance with the top bar of the rack (to slide the light in) if you use the horizontal mounting holes on the taillight bracket. Just a thought. :)

A lousy phonecam pic of my bike on the train during my first bike commute. 19 miles of riding and a 30 minute train ride. The biggest problem was just getting my lazy butt out of bed and hour and a half earlier than I'm used to.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8462/8...bf1dfe98_z.jpg
Commuter scooter by Yo Spiff, on Flickr

19 miles one way??

I'm surly before I get my morning java, too.;)

Yes, round trip is 38 miles plus an hour on the train. It's a wash on time, as my driving commute and time spent riding comes to about the same time as bike commuting, but I'm converting an hour of the driving time to bike time.

Finally got my bike commuterized - about 90%. Still need to get a frame pump, and the lights are in the mail. A kind BF member has posted hybrid pedals, so those will go on once I get them. Will probably save towards cycling spd shoes now - why are those things so freaking expensive?! Haven't seen anything lower than $100 in REI or Performance. Buying online is tricky w.r.t shoe fitting.

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new this spring
 

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Finally got around to posting a pic of my new commuter from this spring. Took the picture on my ride home from the shop . Its an MEC Chance 11spd, alfine igh, aluminum frame, carbon fiber frontforks and seat post,and shamanio hydraulic disc brakes. 2000kms in and I'm still lovin it.

Go into REI, find ones that fit, buy online.

The Daily Driver- Got pedal covers for the speedplays- work well if I want to ride in street shoes. The dynohub is probably the best investment I've made on this bike- no more batteries!

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...atejuly005.jpg