Feel free to be skeptical, and even do a real world test on your own bike. I'm not invested in what people believe or don't, and only gave fair warning based on a general concern for protecting someone from the consequences of the unknown unknowns.

However, you've discovered the difference between theorists and technicians. The former use analysis to discover what should or could happen, and the latter make decisions based on the cumulative experience of what did happen in the past.

In any case, consider the issue as applied to a threaded tube. As the tube is flexed all the elongation is concentrated at the root of the thread. Consider how far it must elongate before a noticeable bend in the tube occurs. This is exactly why threaded axles break at the first thread beyond the cone, which is a more common event because bike makers know better that to design forks prone to snapping at a thread.

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This is my commuter, a 2012 Jamis Aurora. So far I've added Soma Sparrow bars and a Brooks Cambium C17 saddle. Next up: upgrade the pedals and swap that crate for baskets.

Wow, that looks great like that! I really like the aurora, but I've never seen it with upright bars on. The crate looks pretty cool too.

Thanks! :beer: They're only sort of upright bars--I have them flipped down, so they're a bit lower than the hoods on the drop bars that came with the bike (my grip is a bit lower than seat height). But they bring my grip a lot closer in. Fits my weird proportions great!

Here's my new bike.

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It took me a while to get it set up, but I'm very happy with it now.

I like the red accents. I also have taken the red accent route with my LHT. SomaFab has nice red fenders.

Thanks!

I got my inspiration from the handlebar bag (which is actually a purse I found at REI). I liked the red stripe on it so when I came to add reflective tape, a seat bag, etc. I got them in red. The red B17 was good luck, I didn't even know they existed until about a month ago.

I don't know if I'll put fenders on this bike or not. I almost never ride in the rain anymore. If I do, I take a look into the ones from SomaFab.

That is one slick looking bike. Awesome.

Got the new wheels for my Breezer built and it's back out on the road with it:

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Does that bike have different wheel sizes, or am I imagining that?

The front wheel was turned slightly. They're both 26".

This is one of my favorite BF threads... commuter bikes are really where you can let your personality and creativity show through.

This is my patchwork commuter. Got a free comfort hybrid bike from friend, who hadn't used it in over 10 years.
Replaced riser bars with bullhorns with MTB dimensions, jury-rigged grip shifters to work on the bar-ends. Swapped our 38s for 28s, and replaced chainring and cassette to get 52t x 11t vs the stock 48t by 14t

It's ugly, but I like it!
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I'd like to post a pic of my commuter but it's a SE Lager with several additions and I know how you guys hate on them. But I love mine and am happy when I ride it.

Mine too. Form and function gather together!

Ugly is great. This is called a sleeper bike. Looks like crap, rides like glory. (Right?) I like how you managed to put flat bar shifters on a bar that is more like a drop bar. I happen to like bars that jut forward like that.

I once had a commuter bike that rode like a dream and looked dorky. Once a teenager had the nerve to yell out at me, "Cheap bike!" I was so proud to have fooled him.

Post it! No bike hate here.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=409393gets me there and back....

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like there's something funky going on with the spokes in your front wheel.

Here's my winter beater. I just put a disc fork/wheel/brake on the front so it will stop in poor conditions. I need to stop at the bike shop and pickup a couple of spacers for the top of the fork.

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Is that a ring lock I spy on the back there? I purchased one of those for my current build, but haven't had a chance to try it. How do you like it?

Nice looking bike!

haha...they do look funny in the pic. Must be an opital delusion because they are just normal black spokes arranged in the normal way.....I think.

+1!

Sure looks like some kind of weird lacing error to me.

Love my new Muirwoods.

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That is sweet! blacked out with some honey leather... love it.