Evo Crank.

Well, in a pinch you could just use the fork as a truing stand. I was contemplating this afternoon seeing if I could re-true a wheel and in the end decided to take it up to the shop to be done professionally, since they have the tools.

However, flipping the bike up-side-down and sitting the wheel in the drop-outs was sufficient to be able to assess just how bad the wobble was and whether it needed professional attention. (~5mm, enough for me to worry)

By the sounds of things though, the frame is a good example of a "bicycle shaped object". ;-)

Here's my new setup... Just a little >240 miles on her... needs fenders and rack and clipless til complete. Newbie to commuting and need one for college, started this summer @ 290 lbs and want to commute to tighten up. Going ~15 miles RT fall semester, then ~30 miles RT in Spring '16. Hopefully by then I'll be slim enough for a road bike transition.

In order to set my brakes they way I like them, I need the wheels to be way more true that that - ideally less than 1 mm of wobble. I did try to true them on the bike with the brakes as reference points but it's not possible to achieve a reasonable precision this way.

Something's gone wrong on my last ride, the front brake stopped braking as "well" as it did before and had trouble stopping the bike (cca. 85 kg bike + me + my backpack). I stole a pair of brakes from my scooter, will see what that can do tomorrow. But it won't be much, as I saw the brake pivots visibly bend while braking, which is not quite what I aimed for...

Yes, it is indeed a BSO, that's the reason I got it for free :-) It's not as bad as many other BSOs, though.

I found a guy who's selling a set of 5 rigid forks for a good price so I'm soon going to buy them, get a better frame, and build a real, reliable commuter.

This is my do-it-all bike. Finished the build yesterday. Running SS for now. I'm not new to SS. I rode a 29 lb. 29er for 5 years.

I don't see why not. Just use the fine tuners, and possibly clamps or rubber-bands on the brake levers, to move the pads to the appropriate closeness to the rim, and true wherever the rim touches the pads.

All commuter-ized now after 3 wks of working w/o a net (only one flat in that time)

That is a cool looking bike. thanks for sharing

Sometimes when I'm running late in morning; I would take my bike on the train/bus
to save some time. Cutting my commute time in half from 1.5 hours to 45 minutes.
Is that cheating?

NY-NJ Pathtrain by 1nterceptor, on Flickr

I guess it all depends on what rulebook you are submitting to! In my rulebook, that's called "multi-modal"

Sometimes the attempts of the conseres bromptonis to camouflage itself are not always effective.

The train just pulled in and I was the first one on. Five minutes later;
the Brompton was nicely hidden in between the masses.

Very nice setup! What bag is that?

That would be a Maxpedition Noatak sling bag.

My new commuter. And travel bike. Grocery getter. Trailer hauler. All around bike.

Very nice. Love the Norwid bikes. Custom steel, S&S couplers, Rohloff gearing. What's not to like?

That Norwid bike is very well thought out indeed.

i wonder, does anyone make a 650c or a 20" minivelo travel bike? It seems to me that the slightly-smaller road wheel size would mean it could use a smaller travel box, maybe make things more convenient.

My current commuter, it's a 1957 Higgins Ultralite and it's a flyer. Single free 39x20.

My commute is 20 Km round trip.

My company pay us 20 cents € per km tax free. That's €4 a day 20 days a month = €80 :-) Anytime I buy buy cycle gear I can totally justify the expense :-)

I'm one of the 100% cycle commuters at work. No matter the conditions I always cycle to work. Having a trike means road ice is not a big problem.

Thanks for reading. JD.

Neat trike!

Wow, 1957! That trike looks really cool. I can't figure out from the pic what's happening for a rear brake? Also, for the front it looks like a canti, were there posts fitting a modern standard already there, or did you replace the fork?

And 4euro/day to ride that to work, I'm jealous!

Two brakes on the front, canti and hub. As a fellow trike rider would say "If the front wheel stops the back will too"

Here's what Mr Trykit does for rear braking.

Just built up my new Surly Straggler for commuting. Used the old wheelset, which has Nexus 8 IGH at rear and Shimano Dynohub at front, from my old Norco CityGlide. The wheels also use Shimano rollerbrakes, which I upgraded from the original set. Between the IGH and the rollerbrakes, the drivetrain is totally all-weather - including winter riding in snow - and virtually maintenance free. Since pic's I've also swapped handlebar for a Trekking bar which I'm going to try out.

my nashbar TR1

Nice ride! What type of rear rack is that, and has it been modified?

Thanks! The rear rack is an Axiom Streamliner Disc DLX. I removed the feet extensions since I don't currently have disc brakes so didn't need the clearance. Only other mod I made was to drill a couple extra holes in the reflector plate to attach my B&M Toplight View. Front rack, for anyone interested, is Velo-Orange's porteur rack. Very useful for carrying a case of beer!