Greenfix, I too treasure my son enough not to subject to the horrors of traffic. The trailer handles very well loaded or un-loaded; however, when the little man starts wiggling around it can feel a little squirrly. I think that has a lot to do with the spring between the trailer and the hitch. Most streets that we travel on are residential or have a six foot shoulder. Alone, I'm a bit more daring... I'll ride any where (Practicaly)

mine gets the job done. it's heavy as hell, but it only makes things easier on my giant =)

Here's a pic of my ride. An early 90's Specialized Rockhopper that I added two (yep, two...cause I am pretty much blind at night) CatEye Opticube headlights to, a CatEye rear LED blinky, rack, and some cheap grocery panniers. Oh, and some slicks that help a bit with it being a mountain bike and all. ;) It gets me to work and back every day, so it will have to do for now!

Here's my commuter-1999 Raleigh R600. Nothing fancy, but it gets me to work and home. Looks a little different than when I was commuting in 2001-2003. I'll most likely be putting the headlights back on in another couple of weeks as the days get shorter.

52F & foggy at 6AM, I felt secure with the strobes of my home made light system throwing out a yellow circle front & rear & the headlight beam cutting through the fog.
It was still overcast & 58F during my lunch commute home. Still looking for that 75F & sunny part of the forecast, perhaps this afternoon?

Here is a picture of the bike I use to get to work
the grocerystore and most other places.

There are my bikes:

http://cheg01.home.comcast.net/bikes.html
They are pretty much all commuters.
My favorite:
http://home.comcast.net/~cheg01/int13ai.jpg

The best foul weather ride:
http://home.comcast.net/~cheg01/diamondback1.jpg

The "half commute" bike, when you need to get a ride one way:
http://home.comcast.net/~cheg01/20_light1.jpg

The "recovery ride" commuter:
http://home.comcast.net/~cheg01/la9a.jpg

Ya know perhaps the most interesting thing is a lot of commuting bikes here are "trucks." I gotta get a pic of mine up here... I was rather surprised to see that a lot of folks tend toward the heavier bikes and tires for commuting. Sure, there are some sport bikes, but for the most part folks "geared" their rides for the spotty environment that the day to day road really is.

The other observation is that there are few if none of the "campus" bikes that shops are selling as commuters... everytime I go into a bike shop thinking I really want to upgrade, I say the word "commute" and get lead to these things and I just wanna puke... no way you're gonna grind up a hill on one o' those.

You folks also gave me an idea for an upgrade... used frame... build it up!

http://www.velocia.ca/reviews/data/3...gton-large.jpg

well, This is my "fun" bike (Mikado Kensington 2003), that I use on weekends/evening for leisure, but I've been using it almost exclusively to commute to work for the past 3 weeks. My real commuter has been showing a lot of affection for the bike repair shops, and always requests attention from them. I guess the 8 years it spent with me are really getting to it.

I can get my My bike inside work, for the duration of the repairs so that's cool. So nice riding back home with a speedy bike.

Here's my baby.

'04 Specialized Allez Sport Triple

The latest incarnation of my commute/cyclocross bike. I don't have the freddy fenders on since it hasn't rained yet. I just switched from the Forte handlebars to Ritchey Pro ergo bars, and the reach and width is now perfect. The Ritchey 42s are slight wider with a shorter reach than the Forte 42s.

Frame: 2001 Bianchi Strada
Fork: Voodoo cromo cross fork
Headset: Cane Creek S2
Stem: Generic, -17, 90mm
Handlebar: Ritchey Pro Ergo, 42cm
Shifters/Brake Levers: Shimano Ultegra, 2002-3 model
Brakes: Shimano STX Cantilevers w/ Ritchey brake pads
Wheelset: Performance Titan wheelset
Tires: Bontrager Select Invert 700x38c
Front Derailer: Shimano 105, late 90's model
Rear Derailer: Shimano XT, 2002-3 model
Bottom Bracket: Shimano Dura-Ace square taper, 103mm/68mm
Crankset: Race Face Forged, 38/46
Pedals: Ascent SPD
Cassette: Shimano LX, 11-32
Chain: Shimano HG-93, Ultegra
Seatpost: Kalloy UNO Ultralight, 26.8mm, set back
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite Genuine Gel

I sure do love the look of that Bianchi. It just looks smooth.

Thanks. With those wide 700x38, the ride is smooth too, not quite balloon tires but close.

I've been checking that Bianchi out all weekend. I don't read the commuter threads too often, but with people riding in on bikes like that I will have to stop by more often. What do you think of the Performance wheelset? Did you remove the decals? Thanks for the great pic of a great bike.

Here's mine...

my new baby! Surly Cross check

I do more than just commute on this machine, but it serves me well when I do commute:

Thanks for the compliments :). I did take the decals off the wheels (the yellow didn't really color coordinate well). The wheelset is strong (for 130# me), fairly light (~1750gr), and a decent price (~$200 on sale). They are the same wheels as the Neuvation M-28 Aeros (confirmed by the owner of Neuvation himself).

Sweet Salsa ya' got there bac!

Finally, pictures of my ride. These are all before I put the deck on the rack, or re-attached my tail light assembly:

http://www.llantup.com/gizelle-front.jpg
http://www.llantup.com/gizelle-side.jpg
http://www.llantup.com/gizelle-rear.jpg

Interesting bike.

Is this a Wal Mart or bike shop Schwinn?

By the way, is the focus button on your camera stuck or something? :)

It was a bike shop bike; bought it in 2000 before Schwinn went kerfluie.

It's a cheap fixed-focus digital camera; it usually does good unless I move when it's reading the CCD.

ThanX, I'm really in luv with this bike - it really can do it all! Here's a pic before I straped on the rack. :)

http://www.bikegreenecounty.com/bac/Salsa.jpg

Bac, that's a cyclocross bike right? looks really nice. if you don't mind my asking, how much does something like that go for?

Just a quick pic of my Lemond. Will try to get a better version uploaded sometime. We just got a new computer and I am figuring out the pictures program.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...id=18437&stc=1