I finally bought a bike specifically for commuting this year. During the good weather I would ride my Trek 5200 Triathlon bike into work, and ride my mountain bike in the bad weather. I had put studs on the mountain bike, (Cannondale Rush) but the snow and road salt was killing it.
I bought a Surly 1X1 on Craig's list for $300, and have to admit it has become my favorite bike to ride into work. There are very few moving parts, so even with the snow and road salt there is very little maintence. I think that even when the weather turns for the better I am still going to use this bike for my year round cummuter.

http://homepage.mac.com/horrij/FileSharing6.html

I love the peugeot. I also have one that I have converted to a single speed. It remains one of my favorite bikes. What are those brake calipers? Are they better than the old center pull originals? Looks like there is some significant clearance on those? I would love to hear more about them as both myself and my father are looking to replace our old weinmann center pulls on our peogeots but need a long reach caliper.

I also love the open pros with black spokes. I just received a pair of black spoked open pro/ultegras for christmas!!! :)

Very nice. Sometimes I wish I had a folder, just so it took up less room in the house.

Here's mine. I know, no fenders. Doesn't rain here much and I drive to work when it does. Only two days since September. Early 80's Fuji, resurrected with 8sp drive train, bar end shifters, 700c wheels and new long reach brakes.

You commute on drums? Me too!

http://www.330studios.co.uk/images/Marcus1big.jpg

after months on the board i finally took pics of my bike


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...i/IMG_7299.jpg
overall bike pic

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horn and headlight

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front of bike and headlight on

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side marker, theres another on the other side

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battery in the trunk 7ah, 12v

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front headlight plug

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taillight 21 watt, 1157 bulb, makes me look like a motorcylce

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back and mounting of headlight, drilled hole in swamp light from harbor freight.

any questions?? suggestions, welcome.

My new winter ride: SOMA Double Cross 1x9 (42thfront w/11-34 in the rear) w/ Schmidt hub & Supernova 3w LED headlight. Planet bike Super flash in the back. I am really liking the Powergrips. I put the studded tires on 2 weeks ago and as you can see by the green grass in the pics, winter has not really shown itself in southeastern PA yet.:p

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That's a beauty. How do you like the double cross frame?

Thanks! I really like the Double Cross frame. It has all of the needed eyelets & braze ons, plenty of clearance for large tires and I was able to get the handlle bars to the right height without a bunch of spacers. SOMA makes the head tube a bit longer for this reason. I find it very comfortable and would reccomend it to anyone looking at building a commuter/do-everything bike. I find it stiff enough when climbing with very little flex. I am a bigger rider 6'1'' 185lbs.

I got this 2007 double cross as a complete build from ebay and made changes to suit my needs. The previous owner had it set up w/ full Ultegra. It had brifters, deep v's etc. I had all of the current parts on hand as I was gathering parts to build a new winter bike. I flipped a couple of old Trek touring bikes (not my size) I got locally from craigslist on ebay and had the money for this bike. I paid $600 including shipping for the whole thing as the auction was mislisted and had no other bidders. Now I have all of the Ultegra stuff so I think I need to make another bike for myself!:D

Sans panniers, front light and 2nd rear light.

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My Trek 7100 commuter - with some mods :D.

@conurejade Nice bike. Is the handlebar pouch for bird feed!

My commuter in the desert.

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Very nice. How do you like it?

Nah....I use if for my cell phone, ID, anything I need to get to really quickly without getting off the bike. The birds get enough food as it is :p

Nice looking bike. How do you like that headlight setup?

I like it very much. The 3w LED replaced 2 E6 halogen lights. I like having the light attached to the fork crown more so that being attached to the fork blades. The LED is very bright and has more "spill" where as the E6 were very focused and the beam a bit more narrow. The only thing that I don't like is that the headlight does not have a standlight, although the newer version does.

Here it is...
 

New bike
 

Just finished building up my commuter bike, was looking at this forum for some brake squeal advice and rand across this thread. Decided to post a photo:

http://www.mattcostello.net/gallery/pics/new_bike.jpg

Its a leader cyclocross frame I got on ebay, all painted flat black, 9 spd rear, 48T front, 700c wheels, v-brakes.

Good looking ride capitolm94. What tires are those? I'm diggin the red stripe being the only hint of color on the bike. (check that, I see the red logo on the handlebars).

They are some michelin training tires, it has the wheels/tires from my road bike on it currently. I have yet to get a suitable set of wheels for the long term.

Thanks though, this bike has shaved ~5 minutes off my 15 minute daily commute, its great! The last one I was riding was a tiny trek mountain bike I had from when I was a little kid, not ideal, but not worth stealing either.

Got new bars(2" rise), grips, bar ends, and am looking for a non-suspension front fork. Does me well as a commuter, only 3 miles from College and 4 from work. Unfortunately, they are in opposite directions from the house.

probably a good thing since I am a Clyde at 230 and wanting to lose some more weight. :D

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Nice looking bike! What frame is that?

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I commute all year round on a Trek XO1.

Thanks Donkey Hodie, I wish I had more info. for you... It is a cheapass "Ocean Pacific" cruiser bike blue and white metalic with ugly yellow stickers. I scored it off of Craig's List for $40. It was brand new, but an off brand, Great candidate for a utilitarian/rat makeover! Added the seat, paint, cranks, bottom bracket, fenders, basket, etc... Cheers,

Here's mine- I can run it 42/17 freewheel or 42/18 fixie :)
http://rsdmag.com/danstuff/surly-commuter.jpg
Surly Cross Check
http://rsdmag.com/danstuff/surly-cockpit.jpg
Cockpit view
http://rsdmag.com/danstuff/surly-front.jpg
http://rsdmag.com/danstuff/surly-rear.jpg
Hope they can see me

Some cell phone pics of mine:

http://www.2404.org/smull/bi1.jpg

http://www.2404.org/smull/bi2.jpg

http://www.2404.org/smull/bi3.jpg

Very nice. I just might have to do this with my cross bike.

Rob

Thanks, it has been great so far. I had a hard time getting the v-brakes setup, but I had no experience with them before this.

Also had alot of difficulty putting in the headset cups. Total cost ~$500, so its hard to argue im saving money with this, but I am happy.

I need to get a pic of my bike up soon.