Not my bike, but I saw this very nice light decoration at the local butcher.
Couldn't help taking a picture of it:


Bike Lights by Dirk Desmet, on Flickr

Here's my current setup. Doing 40 miles or so a day out here in Hawaii.

Love the color. But you need to take a pic from the drive side and without the panniers. Can't say hot or not yet.

I'm going to guess that I'll get a ton of "nots", but I love my third-hand Huffy.

Darwin Australia Hot.. Fairbanks AK, right now, definitely Not.

I commute on my other bikes as well, but as my commute isn't very long, the one with a plushy ride and platform pedals and a good ability for carrying groceries and stuff can be very convenient. Even if not the fastest.

I need a closeup of the dinosaur on your bars and a drive side pic to determine hotness

Hot bike... some solid commuting there too!
Nice discs, looks like you're running 28s? If so, it's very similar to my setup, I have Tiagra front/rear/shifting.

well I washed it and took a picture for you. You'll have to imagine it without the rack. I only take it off if I have a climbing race the next day. Otherwise it's on there so I can get all my goodies around this rock.



Nice setup there! I'm actually running some 25mm Panaracer Tourkinists that I bought before I moved from Japan. They have about 1300 miles on them and still looking good. I will bump up to 28s next time though. Just trying to decide what to get. The Tourkinists are basically bullet proof. I hear good things about Gator skins but never tried them.

"Not"---my ass.....you have a perfect clean slate.

Start with smooth tires
and an eBarf Specialized MTB saddle. That will go a long ways.

Those Streamliner racks work wonders on road bikes. I have one on the K2, it's not enough of a weight concern to ever worry about removing it for one ride. And, being car-free, it lets the road bike get ridden a lot more since it can carry (a little) something once in awhile.

and with trailer...

I'm not a fan of baskets but i understand their utility for a lot of people.
I see headlights on the bars - so I have to know - what does the Dino do? Is it a horn? Either way I love it.
No fender in the back?

Either way, I'll give it a hot.

Great looking bike. hot.
Interesting seat stays with the bend in them?
Seat tilted forward? Comfort thing?

I have some cheap kenda 1.75 tires I'm gonna throw on it after winter, they came on a full size cheap @$$ folder I got a couple years back. I've been debating tossing my old trekking bar on but that would make it difficult to attach my basket. As for the seat, It's comfy and Isn't original to the bike (it's a selle royal freeway gel).

Hahaha I love it. Is it loud enough?

I might as well jump on the proverbial band wagon an post mine.... Set up for function, not for looks. And yes, I can't be bothered to remove the seatpost light. The air horn is to TRY to get the attention of motorists, as well as the ferry operator on a ride I haven't done in ages because the restaurant at the far end of the ride burned down. This bike has been my daily rider for 13 years and aprox 6 months. Bought it for a whopping $5.25 (in 2002 CDN Dollars).

Or about $2 in 2016 USD.

Not for motorized traffic.

I'm finally just about happy with the commuter. New Longboards, VO Postino bars, and new cantis without the horrible post style brake pads that make adjusting a pain in my ass. Gotta play with the bar angle, right now the backsweep is pointing up and back at me a bit, I think level or even dropped a degree or two will be best. Also I had to take a hacksaw to the shifter display to get them to fit on the curved bars, and fabricated up the rack mounts on the panniers so that they drop down low and clear the rack top.


Pardon the finger in the shot...


Hot. In an ideal world I'd say find an equally patina'd rack, though.

Thanks.. I think the seat looks tilted forward because the back wheel is closer to the camera than the front wheel. The bent seat stays is just part of the BMC Gran FOndo look. It catches the eye for sure. I still don't know why I decided on this particular frame but I have been riding the hell out of it. I'll never go back to standard brakes if I can say anything about it!

The only thing that is hard for me to get used to is the gearing. it is 50-34 in front and goes up to 32T in the back. this is great except that I find myself getting lazy on climbs and using the easier gearing when I don't have to. It slows me down! On my other bike the easiest gear is 36 in front and 5 out back. I still go up the same hills just fine, but I go faster. Gotta break the habit of taking the 'easy road'.

[MENTION=359043]AlTheKiller[/MENTION], Nice KHS.

I hear you regarding the rack on my Cilo. It's a proprietary rack which is needed to latch onto my daughter's Piccolo trailer. I've thought of stripping the black & polishing the rack, but that seems like too much work.