My ride:

Current setup of my CX bike

Here's a shot this morning of a fellow commuter here at work (or rather, their faithful steed):



Which reminds me of this:



Except worse by about an order of magnitude in terms of impact to others.

Now, this type of thing is never justified, but at least with a Ferrari, a Cervelo, etc., I understand the motivation. This is just confusing.

Put some new "clothes" on my crosscheck. Before, with 4 distinct shades of "lime" green:



Now with 1 (or 2, depending on your eye) shades of red:







This time I routed the shift cables through the opposite-side cable stops to remove one housing crossing in front. Now they cross under the downtube, and it's fine -- the rear cable just barely grazes the downtube, no added friction, and I'm not worried about wearing away paint.

My trusty daily commuter, soon to have its ownership transferred to my oldest son.

Thats the weirdest shifter ive ever seen, is that a homebrew friction "brifter"

I have a vintage bike that id love to convert to something like that

Thanks for asking! It's from Retroshift, which changed their name to Gevenalle (dutch for I think "give it all"). It was designed for cyclocross, it's lighter, cheaper, and more durable/realiable than dura-ace brifters. It should work great with a vintage bike. Here's my review

My commuter build, '91 Stumpjumper with Soma sparrow bars, is awaiting a new headset. Pressing my tourer into duty for a while. 1986 Miyata Six Ten.

Inflamed/irritated knee; Doc said no bike commuting for a month

What's up Doc by 1nterceptor, on Flickr

That stinks!

So how did you get home from the doctor's office?

Damage is not too serious; doc didn't even order a Xray/MRI.
Pain comes on and off. Took the bike on the train as a shortcut.

Dang, what would one do if the bike were his only means of commuting?

Today was my baker's dozen-th commute, really enjoying this setup. 850ish miles on this bike total this year

Nice bike! I just got a tcx and like it quite a bit. For me, the high bottom bracket is ideal, as i run long (200mm) cranks. I am surprised at the tire clearance though, I run 28c tires, and they just look wrong on the tcx frame, way too skinny. The 650b conversion should be fun... monster-cross. ;p

Damn. those are long cranks. And yeah, the bike makes perfect sense for an actual CX racing bike, or someone in your shoes. And to be honest, it's pretty damn good as is with my ~35mm, and lightweight, slicks. My boss has confirmed he would kill me if I picked up some 650b wheels, though. haha. I really can't see a negative besides tube/tire availability since I'd probably want to run 38-42mm street tires. And something like 50mm trail tires.

Not in commuter mode, as I was picking up veggies from the farm, but you get the gist. No trailer for most commutes.

That motorized attachment on the left side looks like it would be very helpful for large hills or large loads, but does it impede steering at all?

Steering sucks with it

I got a new bike today, pictured here in front of the garage I now can't afford to finish:

Wow. Gorgeous bike.

nice looking bike but is that the taillight in the second picture? it looks really small what is it?

Oh hey, I see, you got your name decaled onto the frame, that's cool.

It's a beautiful bike, my only criticism is that the power cable for the taillight is sagging. maybe a couple pieces of clear packing tape low and high to keep that taut against the seat tube, and you're there.

I assume that's an IGH, what hub is it? And brifters? Is it electronic?

It's a Supernova tail light on the seat post and a Supernova headlight up front, both of which run off the front hub -- always-on.

Yes, I have to address the slack cord. This picture was taken right after I got the bike and rode it home. Thanks for the clear tape suggestion -- good idea.

I also have to come up with either an alternative placement for the tail light, or ditch the bag, which blocks the light.

It is an ALFINE Di2 11 speed internal hub. And yes, brifters and electronic shifting.