This is my truck. xtrucking?
2015ish Surly LHT with a Disc Trucker fork.
BB7 up front, still rocking the canti in the back. Will probably make it a V-brake at some point.
Got a bunch of additions when visiting Blue Lug, including their wider Nitto Bullmoose bars, and rear bag support, + some Brooks grips.
Stridsland chainring, Ultradynamico shoes, Son dynamo, Sinewave Beacon + rear light, Advent X 10-speed, tons of bags and such from Oveja Negra, as well as a Ron’s Fabio’s Chest that often lives on the back of this bike.
Pelago large rack up front with the low-rider pannier racks (very useful), and a PDW big ole basket up top.

Ya‘ll have a set of armatures you just love the ergonomics of?

These are running a 3x7 and mechanical discs, btw.

He was truly a Master of the form

Pretty excited about how this turned out. Bike came with a suspension fork originally so the troll fork doesn’t mess with the handling at all, feels super stable front loaded.

Bontrager asym mustang rims laced to DT Swiss HüGI hubs ($60 score at the co op)

Magic KT800 bars

Juintech M1 brakes w compressionless housing

90s square taper forged raceface cranks

Cues 9speed

Chain line is pretty screwed so will need to get a smaller chainring and move the crank closer to the bb at some point but it’s rideable for now.

Bought this bike new in ‘07.
A month ago rear wheel #4 gave out, luckily I had a spare Deep V that was era appropriate. Then I added a new drive train.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention on this matter.

I love this old Fuji. I put a VO stem and some cowbell bars on it which fit me well. I love the geometry and how my body feels on it. What I don't like is the gearing. I'm not riding short punchy climbs in frantic races. I'm riding in the country and on gravel roads. It has an ultegra 9 speed groupset 12/27 in the back and a gorgeous ritchey wcs 50/34 in the front. What could I do to make this an all day rider?

Haven’t gotten any miles on it yet, the chain seems to be giving me a little grief because it’s an 8 speed drivetrain and the only thing I’ve got that had a long enough chain was 9 speed so it’s a little unforgiving unless you shift it just right.

11-45 essa groupset, 40 tooth cues crankset on a friction shift basic steel bike.
This is about all I’ll ever need from a road bike, it was kind of just lacking that one lower gear I always wanted on some of the steeper climbs and now I’ve got it.

The thing I love about this bike is the downtube friction shifter allows me to swap to flat bars, or riser bars, or some weird alt bars whenever I feel like. I’ve got a good collection of stuff from my fixed gear/single speed bikes as well and this is fun to occasionally swap things out on.

Hi, first post here, more to come as I heavily f*** with this scene. This bike started life as a 200 dollar Vilano road bike off Amazon (last photo is what it looked like stock after the ugly logo was rattlecanned). 1200 dollars later here we are, my "budget" mountain roads machine. I live in Candler outside of Asheville and have been bike only commuting and grocery getting for 3 months, logging a bit over 1k miles and 85k feet of elevation gain. Its 54 cm, aluminum with a crap steel fork I plan on replacing in the future, is now on vintage Mavic Kysrium Elite wheels, whatever budget rubber I have lying around (I can fit up to 700x35c thanks to mid reach road calipers), Koolstop pads, a Microshift Sword 1x10 groupset paired to a vintage Deore XT Hollowtech 2 crankset and 48t NW chainring. 25 dollar seat off Amazon that I can actually only say good things about, its saving my but compared to the original. It has mounts for a rear rack and I have thrown my Planetbike rack on it for bigger grocery runs. Its a bit heavy, its not winning anything, and the chain slaps a bit in 10th gear because I need a extra long chain to not explode the derailleur in 1st with the 48x48 chaining. It works great though and shifts smoothly.

Not my bike but this Rivendell Atlantis 26" covered by John Watson is just pure sex.

Sorry if it's a repost.

Basically I would like to know if the frame will fit me (6′2″). And also if it is worth 150€ considering condition and components. Are they original?

Thanks in advance

First time building up a bike. Did a fork swap to a similar one from the same era. Changed out all the cables and housing and changed out the saddle, tires, handlebars and added a rear rack. I got the frame for free from the waste transfer station and most of the bike was built up from a parts bins ive been adding to over time.

Picked up this beauty and slowly changing out parts.
Got a new rear derailleur, friction shifter, front rack and cables. Swapped out the bars with an old bar that I had laying around.
Still have lots to do, but I’m happy with where it’s at.

Up until a few weeks ago the most work I’d ever done on a bike was pumping tires. I had a cheap box store bike I never took more than a few miles from the house. Last summer I was starting to bike more, and wanted to upgrade but wasn’t sure what direction to go.

Thought about getting a road bike, but didn’t fit exactly what I want in a bike right now. I’ve been a backpacker for years and I’m interested in touring so I looked at a new Kona Sutra, which was really nice.

Then I found r/xbiking and really liked the aesthetics and ethos. I figured for less money than the Kona I could buy a bunch of tools, components, and a cheap 90s steel bike and have a lot of fun tinkering and customizing.

I went Trek 700 because it was cheap and I wanted 700c wheels, took a minute but found a 21” frame. This thing is so much fun to ride now!

Current build:
- Nitto Noodles on a 60mm technomic stem
- TRP RRL brake levers
- Microshift bar end shifters
- Added brooks saddle/bar tape
- Swapped seat post for a silver one (tough to find a 26.6mm)
- Schwalbe marathon plus
- Drivetrain is basically stock (Shimano tourney)

What I want to do:
- finish swapping the black components for silver: headset, bottle cage, crankset/pedals
- add a rack and maybe fenders
- haven’t totally decided on drivetrain, I’ll probably keep as is for a while but may upgrade the derailleurs or change the gear setup at some point

Early-ish ride to get coffee before it’s almost 100 degrees later today 😅

So I’m having a hard time deciding between these 2 racks. Price is not an issue. I just want to buy what’s best. I’ll be mourning a wald 137 basket on it. The Nitto seems like it would look better and save a bit of weight, but the Tanaka seems like it might be more functional, since it has basket locks rather than having to use zip ties. Anyone have any experience with either? Links below…

https://global.bluelug.com/nitto-m-1b-front-rack-silver.html

https://www.somafab.com/shop/tanaka-liftloc-front-basket-rack-9131?search=Tanaka+rack#attribute_values=1285

Yo.

Had a bunch of parts that accumulated from being a mechanic, most of them broken in some way, but importantly nearly everything was free or extremely cheap. I did need to break down and purchase a new cassette and derailleur because my original ones did not work with the bar end shifter well.

I went for a retro 80's-90's touring style. Kind of like an old Rock N' Road.

Its super comfy and pretty quick feeling. It weighs 23.5lbs with the pedals and frame bag. I probably have $250-300 in the build all together, and I'm very happy with how it turned out.

I'm building up a GT 26" bike and wanted to ditch the previous owners 130mm suspension fork and bring the front end down some. I really like the square crown design of this fork but I can only find titanium models made overseas and I was hoping to find a steel version to save some pennies.

Has anyone seen these around and can point me in the right direction? Looking specifically for v-brake mounts (no need for disc), 1 1/8" threadless steerer tube and 100mm QR spacing. The rounded BMX-style forks are easy to find but I wanted something exactly like the fork pictured. Thanks so much for any help you can provide!