Here is the latest iteration of my regular commuter...sitting at the house, waiting for the rain to stop.http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=321788

My LHT. I fitted it with some Schwalbe Fat Franks so I won't lose my mind taking it over washboard roads when I visiting out in the country. I'm pretty sure I've got enough room to safely fit some VO Zeppelin fenders on there. I just need to get 'em and find out.

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Super granny gearing. 34 tooth in back, 24 up front.

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After the fenders, I'm looking to get a surly nice for up front.

My MTB gearing goes almost as low as yours with a 22 front ring and 28 rear cog. :)

The silly part is that I live in Kansas. It's not so much the hills that are a problem (the steepest hill in the area is probably only 8-10% grade), it's trying to push those buckets through our winds while going up said hill. And, what can I say, I'd rather plant my leisurely tush in the saddle and spin.

Gotta love the littiers... and I like the artisinally crafted handles, 100% from post-consumer waste (i.e. old tubes)

Very nice. How much was the total cost of the build?

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This is my cheap schwinn with its new bars.

Well its a hair more than too much at this point but I love it so who cares. I'd say like $1300 soup to nuts now that I added my birthday present, a shimano ZEE shifter+derailleur and a sram pg1070 11-32 cassette. Now I can call it "My ten speed".
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new addition to my commuter for my birthday. garmin edge 200 gps/comp.
i love the size, and it provides the perfect amount of functionality i wanted. it lets me upload to mapmyride without a hitch.
used it today on a ride, but very excited to use it monday on my commute!
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Here's my two bikes. The "before" picture of the blue Schwinn is exactly how it looked when i bought it. The before pic of the red mongoose is after i had added the rack, mirror, kickstand. I have about $400 in each of them.

Wait, I've been admiring pics of this lil' beast, and 65ers Moulton, but I just realized, this doesn't fold! (or at least I can't see any articulation points). Is it really that much smaller than a full-sized road bike this way that it makes a difference?

pauschl, I assume you posted your "before" pics after your "after" pics, and your "after" pics before your "before" pics?

Tell me about the shifters/placement on the drop bars on the schwinn. The red dials look like these, am I right? How does it work for you to put the right shifter inside the top of the drops like that? Does it range both above and below the bar? Do you work it thumb-only, or do your fingers get involved from underneath as well?

Yes, correct assumption. Oops...


Correct again. Sunrace shifters. $18 yeehaw!
I works pretty well. Actually I love it. i tried the left one like that too but it didn't work as well. I like it near the stem.

I switched the shifters, left shifter on the right side of the bar, and vice versa. So when I push down/forward on the right shifter it is shifting up to a harder gear. I've found that to down shift it works best to use the thumb to pull the shifter up. But you can also use the fingers from underneath. When I get to the lowest gear, the shifter is just barely higher than the hood.

Shifting in the drops works even better than on the hoods. I used to have shallower drops and the shifter got in the way sometimes. With these bars it's easy to reach with the thumb but out of the way for moving my hands forward in the drops.

Wow, 100% personally-customized ergonomics! I've heard of swapping brake levers before (SB liked that, I think I'm too far along to switch at this point), but never shifters. So when you have the lever horizontal/forward like pictured, is that your small ring or your middle ring? (assuming you have a triple -- will I be correct again for a hat trick?!)

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1992('93?) Trek Antelope 800
Just transferred the parts from my Diamondback frame yesterday and got it fine tuned this morning. Great fit for me and I can't wait to go on tour with it. It is also my commuter and I have commuted just over 200 miles with it. With this frame I have gone about 10 miles.

I am thinking about converting to friction shifters. Will friction shifters work with a 3x7 drivetrain?
Josh

Friction shifters with almost certainly with with almost anything, and definitely certainly work with yer average 3x7, unless there's some bizarre funky thing going on (which I would not expect for a drivetrain coming off a Diamondback). One of the shifter sets you should consider is the thumbshifters linked above, on pauschl's bikes. Another possibility (compromise) is Shimano Tourney frictionx7, like this.

nope, no fold. this bike has a 1" longer wheel base than my road bike with 700c wheels and it is a foot shorter not to mention the wheels are 7" lower to the tops. I find it a ton easier to carry in confined spaces and a whole lot better to ride the subway with, but at the end of the day I just plain like it, I like that it is odd and I like the way it rides. I have a folding bike too that I occasionally ride to work, a Dahon Silvertip.

Thanks, I will probably put the frictions shifters on tomorrow.
And the drivetrain on the Diamondback was not the original. A nasty crash bent the drive side crankarm and I had to replace it. I didn't like the gearing on it so I replaced the crankset with a 24-34-46 front and 14-34 MegaRange freewheel for touring. I want to get friction shifters because they are easier maintenance for touring and I can have more room on the handlebars for a bag.

My beater had been running with a rear coaster hub and after loaning it out last fall it returned with that hub not working and as I have a spare I will overhaul it and get that wheel running again and save that wheelset for some future build.

Had been thinking that the beater would be nice if I swapped to a fixed drive which would lighten up the bike and always like having a bike that I am less worried about locking up, one that is set up for bad weather, but is still a rock solid ride. To that end I built up new wheels and fitted much lighter tyres than the Marathons it was running and it makes quite a difference in the rollout... the gearing remains the same as the thread on driver from the old coaster hub just went on the new hubs.

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The Moulton is not a folder either... although many people mistake it for one. It fits me just like my other bikes as the reach and position on the bike is pretty much identical to my touring bicycles.

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Here's my folding commuter with blinkers on!

Gasp, that beautiful old Peugeot is your beater?

So I normally commute on my trike, which was posted earlier in this thread, but I decided to do something different today.

Therefore, I guess I get to post my folder in here:

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2-speed kickback hub? How does that work?