I know its off topic, but NICE.... My RIA is plain Jane.... I have the same Houge's on mine! :D

Never posted a picture yet. My dusty 2007 Safari ready for the 21 mile trip home down the Illinois Praire Path.

[Edit I will add equipment list here for simplicity]

This is setup as a touring/commuter. Have not had a chance to tour with it but have used it for commuting since April. Lot of the equipment came from my old MTB, which was set up similarly.

fenders- SKS-ChromoPlastic 26" by 50 mm (as narrow as I could get for 26") I think there is enough room to go to 1.75" tires under the fenders.

Rear Rack- Stock Safari came assemble with bike no modification

Front Rack- Tubus Tara

Trekking Bars - from Wallingford bike from off of my old bike - the stock Safari trekking bars were too narrow for the aero bars. Trekking bars are padded with pipe insulation, wrapped with tape, and sealed with Scotch guard.

Aerobars - Profile Design Century

Delta stem extender

Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires 26" x 1.35"

Crank Brother Mallet C pedals

Cateye TD1000 and EL 320

Ortlieb Backroller Classic panniers

Terry Tri Fly saddle

Nashbar saddle rail water bottle cage mounts - purely a touring thing as there is a third water bottle mount but not enough room with the fenders to put a water bottle in.

The front rack and rear fender needed no modification to install. The front fender is only attached with two of the three attachment points. The third attachment point can be added using a nylon P-clamp to the rack and sawing off the excess rod on the fender but have been too lazy to do that.

nice - please post the bicycles equipment spec's especially the fenders/mudguards and the racks. Please also let us know what, if anything, you had to do to make them fit around the disc brakes.

Edit - thanks :)

Been commuting for 3 years (only in the summer as I am a student in the winter and live across the street from campus, still 4 months/year though)

Up until two weeks ago, this was really my only ever bike as an adult:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...P/CIMG4878.jpg

I thought is was a decent bike; it got me wherever I wanted to go, and I was really fast on that thing(or so I thought).
I used to use it for mountain biking, but not anymore so i decided to get a road bike on CL:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...P/CIMG4877.jpg

For all the other people out there who are still kicking around on their old Canadian Tire/Wal-Mart expresses, take it from me - you won't regret getting a road bike! (mostly if you don't use your mtn bike anywhere but on the asphalt)

My 15K commute used to take me 40-50 minutes or thereabouts depending on the wind, but in only a week and a bit of commuting on my beautiful French baby I've already broken the 30 minute mark. (29 minutes - No kidding.)

To me it is soooooo light (especially the tiny aluminum wheels), although a richer cyclist at my work said it was pretty heavy for a road bike. Whatever man, to me it's a feather.

So yeah, if you're thinking of getting a road bike, I say do it.

I had the same experience, road bikes for the road, ATB's (MTBs) for off road.

Oh and nice pug.

That is what's great when one get used to an MTB first.....everything else is lighter. :)
I, too, started with my DiamondBack (a couple post above).

After seeing so many great bikes here, it's time to show you my commuter.

A not-so-old (2004 maybe?) Zenith Tibet MTB, you don't know this brand because I'm from argentina and it's a local builder. :)

Yesterday I installed the Tiagra triple crank. Now I'm starting to build a hybrid for my commute and keep this as my touring bike.

Here's a quick pic of my Surly Cross Check. I just upgraded to a Nexus 8 and a chainglider. I love the hub, and like the chainglider. I'll post a better pic later. This has been my dream ride for a while.

I made a special thread on this, but I guess I should put it in here too. :)


Original
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2622/pc241593ze4.jpg



Added reflective tape, fenders (and painted them)
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4381/p7070970fc7.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/2249/p7060967vs5.jpg



Added (and painted) mudflaps onto fenders
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5578/p7090978qp3.jpg



Added Brooks saddle
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/764/p7170985iv9.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/408/p7221007ql7.jpg





Still plan on adding trekking handlebars (and T-bar for accessory holding). I ordered these yesterday, they should be in next weekend or so.
http://media.rei.com/media/629508Prd.jpg

Those bars look way high, but I dig the bike. It looks very functional.

What kind of bags do you have on your rack?

tha's a cool chain guard

Lately I've begun commuting on my Raleigh Twenty.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/...1df27a7a68.jpg

Its one of these (Nashbar townie basket, just a fold-up grocery bag panier)

Introducing the "FogCatcher". Narrow, hi-speed road, dark, fog. Any questions?

http://www.doubleveil.net/share/bike.jpg

:( Great, thanks for point these out, and they are now on sale. I think I might order some to replace the ugly milk crate on the bike now.

HEY, I LIKE my ugly milkcrate! :p

I highly recommend them, especially for $10 each. they also include a neon-colored raincover hidden in a pocket on the bottom. They sag a bit with really heavy stuff (case of soda or gallon of milk), but they are quite useful. I keep one of them on the bike at all times.

Yeah...I'm not a hardcore ride in the drops kind of guy.....they were raised about as high as they could functionally go. Now I'm swapping them out altogether for trekking bars.

Some updated pix of my Xcheck with the new front basket and shellaced bars for the summer.

That's a cool setup. What kind of rack is that on the front, and how is it attached. I couldn't make it out from the picture.

That looks like the Nashbar front rack I have. It's a handy little booger, especially considering how little it costs!

Uh, they didn't look particularly high to me, they are not even at seat level. Roadies might think they are too low, but hey, it's your transportation to work, not the Tour de France. Nothing wrong with being able to enjoy the view on your commute/tour/whatever.

ralleigh twin
 

what a beut, lucky you.

canadiantire bikes
 

i have always rode supercycle [canadiantire brand] bikes and find them durrable, i ride all year round all 240 lbs , i much prefer winter tahn summer roding, i also own a ironhorse maverik comuter that i bought this june , its a great bike , but i mostly use my supercycle thrill and have had no problems[it's a heavy beast especially up hill , but i love it , it sure makes riding other bikes a breeze, again it seems to me that supercycle is durable bikes for those who can't afford the name brands.

I had some spare parts lying around, so I figured a road bike with 26" MTB tires would be a fun ride.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8089/roadatbtz5.jpg

Ok... I got this in an E-mail... I dont know who took it, made it, or if its even real... But DAMN!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Toiletbike.jpg

Apologies to anyone who's already posted this

Billy

Yep. $10.00 plux a $6.00 basket from target. Attaches the cantilever studs.

An old commuter bike i got from a neighbor. I have no choice but to sell it since it's way too small for me, and no one else in the house wants it.

http://www.2404.org/smull/sc1.jpg

http://www.2404.org/smull/sc2.jpg

http://www.2404.org/smull/sc3.jpg

While my cross bike is down...

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...srxcslicks.jpg

Observations:
Instead of kids calling me nerd or geek I get alot of "cool bike" comments from the non-biking crowd.
I can't catch roadies anymore and they all look at me like I'm totally ******** now.
Much to my surprise, my commute takes only 5-10 minutes longer than my cross bike over 13 miles. (10-30% longer)
It's kinda fun running right over every pothole and jumping onto and off every curb. :p