Water bottles on forks seem like a good idea if you're going to check frequently that they're mounted in a stable way and you don't reach for the bottle while the bike is in motion. Otherwise, don't do it. You could use one of those Minoura adapter thingies to mount bottles to a fork with no bosses.

I have grabbed a bottle plenty of times while it is mounted to the fork, its far easier than grabbing a bottle from the triangle. Plus they are mounted in a stable way with bottle cage bosses, the only way I would not mount on a fork is a p-clamp system as over time it would slide down. I have also seen people mount to to the mid-blade mount then p-clamp the other.


Here is a common option.

My new commuter....Bianchi Volpe with Jack Browns. Very excited about monday.
Soon to be Fredified...ach....maybe I'll just backpack it for a few weeks.

Nice Volpe! Identical to mine, including the lack B17.

I also commute on a Volpe, also with a B17. It's heavy, but it gets the job done admirably.

Hello i am the new one here and i love to see all those great bicycles. Now it is time to post my 10 years old hercules nepal commuter, too.











And the next one is my new sunny days commuter.

This was before I needed to install my lights, now I've a niterider lumina 750 up front

New Pass and Stow rack:

Wait a second, that Enabler fork has 135mm spacing?? So you use a rear hub for that? How does that work, do you just throw a rear wheel with a freehub in there or something? Or are there 135mm hubs specifically made for the front?

Please don't trespass on railroad tracks. Way too many people have been killed in recent years doing that. Hopefully those are no longer in active use.

That's correct any rear hub will do. I specifically use a Paul Word Disc hub I've had for years, real simple hub real light. But any rear hub will do the trick, this allows me to swap my front and rear wheel very easily. Actually I just did since I snapped a pawl on my IGH and waiting for the parts to get here.

There are 135mm front hubs also, which can be confusing so if this is something you want to do read before you buy. Jeff Jones bikes and White Brothers are spaced for this.

I'd heard of this, where for touring you can actually have two rear wheels, so if something goes wrong with one cassette, you just swap wheels.

Yeah I see that now. For fat tire bikes like those from Surly, you also have to use an offset front fork which spaces the tire about an inch off-center. The rear frame triangle is made this way to prevent drivetrain interference, but if you want to be able to swap wheels the front fork also has to be off-center, or something like that.

these tracks are used for a very slow tourist ( I ride faster than it moves ) train to see the water front of where I am. They are also maybe 5 feet from the path I was biking on but they were perfect to propping my bike up to grab the pic.

Time for snow tyres here...

Only the Pugsley has swappable wheels and the offset front fork, other Surly models have symmetrical forks and the front wheel has no cassette driver.

Changed out the stem to an adjustable one... my neck doesn't get as tired now. My wife told me why don't you just get a new bike? All I could think of was having to buy a new rack, new fenders.. etc etc. I'll just ride what I have for now. My neighbor thinks I'm insane.. his wife won't let him buy a new one!

Rollin' on fatties!

I was just on their website and they sell an offset Moonlander fork for the purpose of swapping wheels.

Not mine,but a local guy that commutes with this every day. It has a radio, two fans, and a child seat in the rear.

Interesting...to say the least.

I was going to say, very narrow gauge!

BTW. I should have first said, Nice bike! I like your choice of gear, especially the bar tape and I mean that sincerely. It just works.

Who would have guessed that was in Florida?

My DW took the picture driving by him. I wish I had some close ups because he really has put some time and effort into the bike. Really nice guy too, working at the local grocery store. I've seen him ride it on windy days and it has got to be a struggle.

my new and improved beater after a fresh rebuild