[MENTION=413096]caribou22[/MENTION], that's really nice. Is that cylinder on your rear rack a speaker?

Thanks! No, it's a food thermos that I bolted to the rack to hold a tube, tools and a small cargo net.

Well that's just nifty. Can we get better pics of the setup?

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so I’m about 80% finished on a re-think of the Karate Monkey

love it!!!

That is noice! I think gumwall tires look really cool. And that is a very chubby crankarm for such a small chainring. But the bashguard looks cool.

Used a short piece of angle aluminum, and drilled four holes in it (two for connecting to the rack, two for the thermos). Drilled and caulked the holes in thermos and bolted it all together with SS nuts and bolts. With the loop on the lid, I can run piece of aircraft cable to lock together the saddle and lid with a U-lock. The lid can't be rotated off (I had the contents of a seat bag emptied once). The heavy black wire is the pic is 1/4 inch irrigation tubing that I use as conduit for the rear light wire.
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[MENTION=413096]caribou22[/MENTION], that's cool! I wish I remembered where the hacks thread got to.

Here's my commuter. Also doubles up as my winter road bike and gravel bike (separate wheels).
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pretty pumped on my super pro! surly rack & bag - planet bike fenders, advent drivetrain, ks dropper, topeak bag, redshift bars, pdw cageshttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DK...-no?authuser=0https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6X...-no?authuser=0https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dK...-no?authuser=0

[MENTION=249656]WestMass[/MENTION], your pics aren't showing up.

hmmmmm I can see them. can others?

yup

Nope, just a gray circle with a line through it. Might be a work network protection thing. Where do you have them hosted?

It's weird, I often can't see posted pictures because of firewalls, but I specifically remember seeing WestMass's cool Surly and noting the username, but now I can't see the picture. (Maybe I saw it when I was at home without firewalls)

It’s a Rivendell Silver that chunky arm and it’s Q is why I pulled it off my Rock n Road, it’s pretty perfect here

Nice Ride

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Done except for some matching panniers which I’ll get next spring

Your setup looks great!

I may have missed a post earlier, but what bags and racks are those?

Those are the Robert Beckman panniers built for my Bruce Gordon they only sorta fit, the other bags are Berthoud so I'll pick up a set of Berthoud panniers to match. The racks are all Surly, since I just typed up the parts list: - 2021 Karate Monkey frame size L

- Bethoud Aubisque

- Redshift Kitchen Sink 52cm

- Brooks black bar tape

- Thompson Elite seatpost

- Nitto CT-5 100mm stem

- SRAM Rival 1 shifters

- Surly seat post clamp

- Rene Herse spacers

- Cinq5 Plug Plus

- White Industries headset

- TRP Spyre calipers w/ Magura performance rotors

- King Iris cages

- Surly Disc rack

- Surly 8 Pack rack

- Busch and Müller IQ-X front light

- Busch and Müller [my:] rear light

- SKS Bluemels 75U

- Rivendell Silver crank w/Wolftooth ring

- MKS US-S pedals

- Chris King bottom bracket

- SON 28 laced to a WTB i25 w/ DT comp spokes and brass nipples

- White Industries XMR laced to a WTB i25 w/ DT comp spokes and brass nipples

- SRAM Rival 1 derailleur

- SRAM 11-42 cassette in black

- 700x44 Rene Herse Fleecer Ridge tires

- Berthoud seat bag

- Berthoud handlebar bag

My commuter’s identity crisis
 

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Is the frame too small for you? Looks like an XL might suit you better.

Why did you go for the Karate Monkey as opposed to an Ogre or Bridge Club?

My Schwinn commuter
 

This is the bike I commute on about half the time (I have a foldie I really like). It's an old Schwinn something or other. I built the 700c wheels with Sturmey Archer hubs; the rear is anRXL-RD5 5 speed, the front is an X-FD. Both are drum brakes. 44 tooth Sturmey Archer chainring. I've added a Dymotec bottle generator which I'm really happy with. Double leg kickstand so it stands up like a boss. I have a frame lock on the rear that's super convenient for quick runs into a cafe or whatever.

Schwinn

Soma Buena Vista
 

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Soma Buena Vista frame, 1X9 setup Lauterwasser bars, VO saddle and an indispensable basket.

How long(or miles) do those wheels stay true? Just curious. I just built a bike with similar spoke count.

My ride at Tempe Town Lake
 

Upvoted 'cause K'zoo

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I switched to expensive chain lube after my last chain lasted just a bit over 1000 miles so I added a mud flap so I don’t wreck the new stuff (yes I know it’s silly, and yes I know if I had the flap before I sand blasted my chain with cow poop/sand/water it would have lasted longer but I need an excuse). I gave up on the 11-42 cassette I used ⅔ of in favor of an 11/32 that’s still missing some cogs I want. Anyway things are better now so I guess that justifies the 25$ a bottle chain lube and the $60 Ultegra cassette (let me live my fantasy).

Just finished building this one. Got the frame and fork new on sale. Everything else was bought used. Handsome Devil.
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Will have to wait for better weather to ride this bike though.