Set up to attach a Trek Mountain Train?

Yep, I pull my son all over the place when I'm not commuting to work, behind the Trailer Bike I pull a 2 wheel trailer that used to pull my son, it now pulls groceries.. Trying to teach him to grab for the bike first instead of driving everywhere. I'm down 150 lbs, this bike runs on fat and saves me money, my car runs on money and makes me fat.

Great looking ride! Love the color. What drive train did you choose? Are those v-brakes? I have a stock '11 LHT, and the only thing I'd change is the canti brakes with their front cable hanger mounted on the headset.

Very nice looking, like the color also.

Yeah, I've loved this color since I saw it on the Handsome Devil. I just got lucky and found an old LHT this color. I think it's an '08.

The drivetrain is 3x8 with Shimano SL-BS64 shifters, Deore LX derailleurs (M571 front, M580 rear) a Deore LX (M570) crank with 44-36-26 rings and a 12-28 XTR (M950) cassette. I got the derailleurs for about $40 total from Jenson and everything else except the small chain rings came off of other bikes I bought used.

I did go with V-brakes. I was using Travel Agents with short pull levers for a while, and that worked pretty well. I recently got the Tektro long pull levers (as pictured) and that's easier to set up and feels a little better.

Well here's my college commuter.
2006 diamondback response, been through many upgrades but it now serves as my commuting bike. Upgrades would be, avid bb7's, topeak rack, cat eye omni 5 rear light, dual cat eye jido headlights, wald front basket, wald folding rear baskets, 28inch wide wald 898 handlebars, wald middle weight fenders, changed to rigid surly instigator fork, schwalbe road cruisers in cream.

Going to add fenders/rack/bar-ends/etc soon.

My luckiness is not over yet, found a 24sp touring bike on the dutch craigslist for 20 euros! wheel dynamo powering both front and rear lights, trekking handlebars.

I have the same goal for this year: make the bike and and trail-a-bike the default mode of transportation for my son and me. So far it's been a little cold for the trail-a-bike, but we've used a burley trailer quite a bit.

LOL and congrats on the weight loss.

Lucky you!

Uber functional, love it!

This big gear thing was one of the coolest features of my old commute. Ironically, I wasn't able to finish paying for my new bike (pictured) until I started staying home, taking care of my kid. So I only get to take it out on nights and weekends now. But this is my trusty all-weather all-city commuter. Soma Double Cross with a Velocity wheelset (36 spoke Dyad rim in the back for all those nasty curbs and potholes that broke TWO rear wheels and FIVE axles on my last bike), Apex stuff with SRAM's new-ish road-optimized flatbar shifters. Once I got the set-back seatpost, it felt like the bike I always wished I had. I even took it off-roading at Forest Park over the weekend. Fenders to come when I need 'em. Platforms because if I couldn't put my foot down sometimes I might die. I may swap out chainrings for a long tour this fall, but other than that it's set up. Thanks to Matt, Billy, and KT at Bushwick Bike shop for their knowledge and patience.

First ride on slicks this year... was such a gorgeous day here.

My every day i need it, weather permitting ride. 72 schwinn varsity turned comutter.
39/18 gears with a 180mm crank.
upright handle bars
soft seat
head,tail lights,bell, mirror
2 bottle holders

I'll actually probably end up getting a different bike instead of going down that road but a single speed is out of the question. If I don't go with a belt and IGH then it will definitely have a chain case. I can't believe how many so called commuter bikes still don't have them.

A chain case is a difficult fit for bicycles that do not use an IGH and was always a more popular feature on European bicycles than North American ones.

Many of my so called commuter bicycles tend to do okay without full chain cases while I appreciate the chain guards on the bikes that have them.

Glare and a ****ty camera conspired to keep me from taking a good shot of my new rig at work. But you get the idea:

Thanks, it's a Topeak MTX V-Type
Sorry for the late reply

I like the bars -- not sure about the tape, but I definitely like the bars. The tape kind of works too, I think.

What's the bike?

Thanks Andy! The tape makes more sense when you can see the decals and cable housings: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...r-Build-Thread

This bike is a lot of fun so far.

What is the advantage of running a slightly larger rim in the front? Back when I used to ride a mountain bike in the old (almost) pre-suspension days, we would run something like a 26x2.10 tire on the front for a little "air suspension" while running a 26x1.95 in the back to dig in and bite a bit more. Nowadays there seems to be a trend back in rigid mountain bikes to just run the fattest tires you can squeeze into a frame. I have an old Stumpjumper Pro ('94), that will get made back up into a mountain bike at some point. I do like how those Hookworms look, but I'm not sure my Stumpy could take rubber that fat.

With spring I have been knocking the dust off my bikes and decided the Blizzard needed to get out for a bit... not a regular commuter and a bike that has always been camera shy.



Those 2.3 Kendas and suspension were pretty much perfect when I decided to take some of the side streets which are worse than most of the trails this bike usually sees.

Bought a "new" crankset today and with that marks a rebirth of the kuwie, she will get a much needed coat of paint and a few new parts, will post some pics when I get some work done. I may even bump the original kuwie build thread and add to that. Neat cranks though 50, 45, 34 gears, I really like the idea of the close ratio which should fit my commute pretty good, they look nearly new with very little wear.

are these the grand cru rando bars? if so how you like?