John, sounds like we've had similar circumstances this year. In Feb I moved from a condo .5 miles from work out of the city leaving me with a 7.5 mile commute by a mix of paved trail and city streets. It's taking me 35-45 min on average, I sometimes get a bit lower but usually find that a big effort on the trail side gets eaten up by red lights in the city.
When I moved I had only two bikes for myself, an in progress 650b conversion '82 Trek 715 and a mid-80's Univega Metroprix.... 7ish months later I've still got the (now fully converted) 650B Trek, Atlantis, MB-5, XO-3(winter project as yet unridden), a 26" Univega 'Sport' Tandem and most recently a sweet mid-90's Burley Bossa Nova Tandem. Of course my wife has a couple too which leaves the garage, and my project time quite full! I'd never heard of the Elephant bikes before, interesting looking design, is there a noticeable ride feel in that rear triangle setup? I have run the EL Hetre's on the Trek since about April and (knock on wood) no flats, I did have one slow leak that resulted in a new tube but it hasn't left me trailside yet. I'm running Nomad Resist's in 700Cx45ish on my Atlantis and don't love them, I'll probably try the Soma C-Line's sooner or later. I also echo your dyno hub thoughts, I didn't spring for the SON but I'm running Shimano hubs on both the Atlantis and Trek and love dyno lighting. If you are in the market for a new light check out the Lumotec 2014 series, I just got the Cyo Premium and I'm blown away by the even and broad light feild, definitely an upgrade from my (more expensive) Supernova E3 Pro. Wald baskets are sweet, I'm struggling right now w/ mounting one on my Atlantis b/c Peter White was so insistant that the Cyo Premium mounted anywhere but on the fork crown was a waste of time and money... I've got a Nitto M12 rack and basket waiting but I'll have to play with some alternate light placement at the same time. Great hearing your thoughts on gear and so forth after the year of commuting! Tony -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
