Modified Soma Tradesman Cycletruck

Quick-release bag solution: Not the most elegant solution, but we'll see how it holds up.

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Three cable ties on each connection? I think you’ll be fine

This is so good 🔥

Mega bling this

Thanks all.

I think someone in another thread asked me about my mud-flaps... here what that looks like.

Tomorrow I'm going to use the remnants of this rubber to remedy the rattly basket and modify the kickstand. After that it's pretty much waiting until after the new year for my lights to come in. Thanks for following so far.

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Very nice!

Are you going to be touring on this?

This is well nice!

Lovely. Looks like a great workshop you've got there as well!

This keeps getting better and better! May I suggest a second flap on the rear? IME it'll help keeping the kickstand's function smooth.

Are you going to be touring on this?

Nah, this is more of a commuter/grocery getter. My Pass Hunter will become my weekender/camper/tourer once this is rolling.

@essdi Thanks! I'm fortunate enough to work for an awesome shop that I have access to before/after hours.

@Lolo Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it.

Not-terribly-exciting-basket-rattling-solution: Gluing rubber remnants from my mudflaps to the bottom of my basket. It worked great!

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Incredible build.

A very satisfying improvement to the original design.

Superb! Well done.

Lovely stuff. This is right up there for LFGSS build of the year 2018 in my opinion.

Thanks all for the lovely praise. This has been a fun project thus far!

Beautiful bike. Chapeau.

Everytime I see those VO fenders I realise I need to get on board with some.

May I ask the significance of "STRONK" on the bagman QR?

May I ask the significance of "STRONK" on the bagman QR?

Inside joke with a former mechanic. It just means "Strong."

Sorry I never got around to posting the dynamo setup, but chin up! I'll be redoing the wiring shortly anyway.

Unrelated photo from grocery run earlier today.

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Magnificent! Such a good looking build.

Can you tell us how you changed the radius on the front mudguard? I'd like to try it for my own 20'' front wheel.

Can you tell us how you changed the radius on the front mudguard? I'd like to try it for my own 20'' front wheel.

There's photo documentation on the 3rd page. You decrease the radius of an alloy fender by pulling the rolled edges on either side away from each other. It's an inch-by-inch process that takes time and strong hands, but it's worth it.

Here's a post on VO's blog about it: https://velo-orange.com/pages/re-radiusing-fenders

Not updating the title of this just yet, but I've been in talks with a local frame builder to have the frame modified this winter. It's taken nearly a year to get around to it, but I'm glad I waited as my needs and tastes have changed in that time.

The agreed upon checklist is as follows:

• Replacing the BB shell with an oversized one to run an eccentric BB for chain/belt tensioning
  
• Braising a torque stud onto the NDS dropout for a Rohloff OEM2 torque arm.
  
• Adding guides for dynamo wiring
  
• Adding guides & stops for Rohloff routing
  
• Adding a break in the DS seatstay for Belt Drive
  
  

I already have the money set aside for the frame mods, but the shop doesn't work on outside frames until winter time. After that the hope is that the following spring I'll be able to secure a Rohloff for this bike with my tax return.