Built this custom titanium mini velo this past summer. Primary job is as a travel bike, but given it's got rack mounts it does a great job as a good weather commuter as well. 😊

Personally, with a 15km trip each way and a full clothes change at the office I wear as little as possible. Typically in a Dutch summer I wear my cycling pants and an Under Armour singlet, that’s it.
If everything is soaked on the way to the office , usually all clothes have dried over the day apart from my cycling shoes.

Hello, I just got a bike and started biking around my neighborhood to start. I'm still not very comfortable on a bike, but can move and speed up and come to a stop when I want. My struggles are mainly that I can't remove a hand to signal for example, or turn to check behind me yet, as well as difficulty making a u-turn as it feels too sharp. But my biggest fear are intersections when I'm turnin left or going straight while cars can go right on me. Is there a way for a beginner to deal with this safely? Do I just stop and wait for things to clear somewhat? But what if bikes are behind me? Also I saw people recommended a two part left turn when you cross the street twice, but having to cross straight and then turn and go backwards with your bike to reposition for next cross seems like a lot of work and hard to manoeuvre for a beginner. Any thoughts?

I'm a commuter in the PNW with 5+years experience on a 13 mile round trip commute. I've sort of invented a dock for my pannier at my desk to keep the area more tidy because my cubicle workspace is a little tight. I taught myself how to weld and bend stainless steel for this project and am pretty happy with it. I made a few more with the extra material I ordered and put them on etsy to see if anyone else has a similar desire to organize their work area. (I would make no money at this point with the tools and materials I've already put into this project) FYI.

Since this thing doesn't really exist in the world I'm just reaching out to see if I'm alone in finding this thing useful as well as asking for permission to share a 15 second demo video I made if there are others like me out there.

If I'm crossing the line here between promotion and discussion, I'm happy to take a hike. I'm a crafter not a salesperson.

So I recently found a great deal on a commuter bike, priority continuum onyx for $75 with panniers. This brings my total number of bikes to three, an urban arrow, Brompton c line, and the priority. I have vaguely started trying to classify my trips into three categories: am I hauling kids or a lot of stuff (UA), am I traveling locally and not carrying much (priority), and do i plan on using public transit (Brompton). I feel like I have kinda over complicated my trips by getting another bike. I know it's a HUGE first world problem but I gotta ask for people with multiple bikes how do you decide what to ride

I’ve been thinking about how small setup checks can make night rides a lot less stressful.

For me, the obvious ones are checking the front and rear lights, making sure they’re charged, and checking that the mounts haven’t shifted.

What’s the one thing you always check before riding home after dark?

I just bought a 2026 Cannondale Quick 3 step thru bike and it’s my first commuter bike! I want to get a cargo rack on the back but I am not sure how to find one that will fit. Any suggestions?

I just want to bungee cord a backpack on it initially (I am currently job hunting and don’t want to invest yet since I am not truly commuting until I get a job lol)