Just recently got into recumbents. Here is one of mine which I am currently riding. Office clothes, office shoes and laptop bag are in the small suitcase in the trailer. Lunch box on top. Not an optimal solution but it works for now. I need to find a more sturdy rack solution to carry panniers instead of a trailer.

let me know if you do. I live in the phoenix area too, maybe we can ride to pleasant or something

Love the storage chuckfox! I sure could use that.

Would this be okay to commute on: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ber...4AAOSwEotZ1sjX

I'd feel kinda guilty riding that in the winter.

I might use this to commute occasionally, but I think my Diverge "manbearpig" is my mainstay commuter/ Roubaix Expert DI2 "redtail":

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-.../i-KfWqdmg.jpg

Got the winter bike out as of last week. Not sure if La Niña makes it more or less likely that fixed gear wheel and studded tires will make an appearance.

Traveler's Check, that's pretty boss.

I have only flown with it once but it was great. Most often I just break it in half to stuff into the trunk of somebody's car.

For flight, I would ditch the rack and fenders and probably switch it to single speed.

My brother and his wife moved back to Minneapolis this summer after 10 years abroad, and I built them these commuters as a house-warming gift.
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He was never much a biker before, but he went full bike commuter mode this fall; he only drove to work once! So now with the Minnesota winter on the way, he asked me if I'd get a winter bike ready for him. So this is my old '90s Schwinn police bike, set up with fenders and Schwalbe Marathon Winter tires. I always like 1x setups, but ESPECIALLY in the winter, because it makes it so much easier to keep the chain clean.
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I think that's the most stem spacers I've ever seen - 70mm? no worries?

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Gotta have enough stripes on the stem to resonate with the circus-tent bar wrap

I run an uncut fork steer tube, spacers, stem riser, spacers, and finally the stem on top. The bars are super tall but it feels great when riding.

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[MENTION=238407]PennyTheDog[/MENTION] what handlebar is that?? I've been looking for one in that style, with enough flat bar width near the center for all my stuff, plus rise that would let me reduce some of those spacers seen in the pic I just posted above.

It's the Nitto Bosco, designed (I think) by Rivendell. It comes WAY up high, and WAY back. And like you said, it has a lot of room for accessories. Even with two headlights, I use that flat part as a hand position in strong wind or to ride fast. You can sometimes find them cheaper on eBay, but they're always for sale at Rivendell.

Ruberad, your comments are always good!

Yes, it's a lot! My sister in law's old bike was a comfort bike, so I wanted to keep the bars really high. With a steel steerer I'm not worried about safety, but it does look a little funny; maybe I should cut the tube a little and use a steeply angles stem.

Awesome, thanks bud that looks perfect! Only now I would have to also get a 25.4 1-1/8" threadless stem. The only ones I have are a piece of crap asjustable Nashbar stem, and a super long 130mm 7° old style threadless stem that clamps to the steer tube with a wedge instead of with clamp bolts.

No problem! Also, either Soma or Velo Orange sell a lot of handlebar shims if you have 26.0 or 31.? stems.

lol thx!

Here's back when I had circus-tent striping (spacers all carbon tho -- gotta shed those grams!)

https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...hmentid=332698

(and 3 different shades of 'neon green' -- which became 4 when I replaced the housing)

Oh yeah, you totally understand! Is that your cross check? Are you still the world's biggest fan of retroshifters?

Yes and Probably. I like the name Retroshifter better than their new name Gevenalle. Since I got mine before the rebranding, I guess you'd call them retro-retroshifters.

The cursed bike now with fenders. Has 38's think I'm going to go down to 32's.

Why is it "Cursed"? I think it looks fine with those 38s. No reason to go skinny on a bike like that, it could start to look top-heavy.

Seems like always making repairs to it, similar to our Focus! Anything that touches it seems to break. So far had to replace the seat three times, the seat bolt broke once, had to replace the rear wheel since the freehub wouldn't come off, on the new wheel took months to get the spokes right and then one broke, cargo rack broke.. probably forgot a few things. On the other Specialized only had replace the seat outside maintenance items and I've had it twice as long and more miles :lol: Would like to have a little more leeway between the tires and fenders although I have a stash of 38's. I'll look at it more in the spring.

Yuba Mundo Classic
 

Why is your basket attached to the fork and brake mount? Could you not run Yuba's bread basket? The one that attaches to the bosses on the top tube and down tube?

I bought it used this way and I am torn between getting another bag for the other side or the bread basket. My wife expects me to get them both.

I see you've trained her well...

My winter bike: a 1990 Schwinn Impact I got for $75! I changed a few things, and set it up 1x7. It has Schwalbe Marathon Winter studded tires, and a Rivendell Sackville small saddle bag.
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nice! 90% of the cost in that picture is saddle and bag