CURRENTLY [October 2004] I am mostly riding my Fixed Gear Panasonic, Fixed Gear Centurion. My geared bikes as of now are the Trek x01 or my Specialized Sirrus Roadie. For around town use I've got a "club bike" built out of a 3-spd Schwinn which also does duty as a ride to the train station during the workweek, although my Dahon 6spd folder I just got will no doubt serve commuting purposes better, as I can take it with me!
DAHON Boardwalk 6-speed folder: 
[above pic is shamelessly lifted from a bike store site, will post mine as soon as they are developed and scanned!] Mine is pretty much stock except it came with fenders and a rack. I have a bag on the rack, a small pouch on the handlebar, and removeable front and rear lights. Other than that the only other mod I did is remove the headbadge [looked dorky!] and add bar ends.
FUJI SAGRES FIXED GEAR: This was my first fixed gear with cantilever brake! Sadly, I had to restore it to a geared bike for use by a family member. More about this bike in its fixed state here.
PANASONIC 40x16:
[picture above taken early June 04].
Current: 
Specs: Was 40x18 but I had a 16t cog put on. 43x16 gearing, Seat off my Trek 1000, New 26.0mm seatpost [stock one was too short], in pic above it's got original front diacompe sidepull. Profile grip tape; original bars, stem and cranks as well as 40t chainring. Vittoria kevlar sport front tire; Continental ultra skin "flatproof" rear. 700c rims; matrix junk find front w/ quick release, mavic open pro fixed rear. Old school bottle cage although I since installed a newer one... Pic above was taken when it ran 40x18. On August 1, I added a new bar stem with bolt-on face [for easy handlebar removal] and the cowhorn bars that had been on my Centurion when it ran fixed 48x18. The front brake is still original but I threw on a Shimano 105 earo lever [left side of handlebars] and all it needed was grip tape. The cowhorns are not only great for climbing, they are fast -- I've noticed they give you the same sort of muscle use as you get riding in the drops of standard road bars, without being as bent over.
More on this bike here.
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Centurion 39x16:
This sweet ride is built off a late 1970's Centurion Le Manns [original cranks were dated '76]. Sports 170mm Road VX cranks and spd pedals off my Bianchi, which has been retired, a 39t chainring and 16t rear cog. Shares wheelset w/ Panny until I can afford a 2nd fixed gear rear wheel but when I do specs will be the same. 700x23 tires, with continental punture resistant 'skin rear. Front brake only. This bike is great for around town or long relaxing rides. the low gear is a hillkiller.
The improvised pannier on the right side of the back rack is a junk day find which was originally intended to zip onto a larger unit. Secured by two wayward toe clip straps that needed a home, it has two pockets and can hold a bottle of water, a minipump, my removable headlight and tailight, a swiss army knife or pocket tool, even a movie from Blockbuster -- or several if we are talking DVDs! This bike is a great ride and I'm pretty sure it will stay in this incarnation for some time, maybew indefinately. Although I might swap out the seat as the Coda is somewhat minimalistic.
More ont his bike here.
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TREK X01: 
It's blue with red and white decals. Cantilever brakes, 700c rims, I've got Mavic radial spoked rims with Coda expert hubs and smooth road tires on it now, but the cyclocross [stock] rims will go back on come winter as will 700x35c tires. This bike is more or less stock except I've painted all the exposed bolt heads to prevent rusting. Handmade aluminum frame right here in USA is a beautiful thing -- for alumunim.
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SPECIALIZED SIRRUS: 1980's road machine. Downtube indexed shifting. Shimano 105 is awesome, except for the biopace rings. This one is a 12 speed. Beautfiul lugs and tubes with the specialized "S" cut ino the seat cluster and for crown. Even has a pump peg! I touched up the read paint, but it's all stock except for pedals, new grip tape, and seat.
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Club bike:
This was built on an old Schwinn Collegiate. Essentially it is a drop bar three speed. Unlike real club bikes from the 1940's, it has Japanese components, but then what do you expect for practically nothing? More on this bike here.
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Older stuff below...
... [as of 11/22/03] bikes: Centurion fixed gear, Trek 1000.
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Below is info about bikes I have, used to have, etc.
TREK 800![this one added to the page 5/31/03, and sold to an acquaintance of mine 6/7/03]: I just picked this up in the rubbish behind the local bike shop, someone gave up one it. A Trek 800 mtb from the 1980's by the look of it, has thumb shifters not grip shift. White with blue lettering. Has riser bars and a cool Arraya front rim. Just needed some white touch up paint for lots of small scratches. Interesting thing: it has a Simano Biopace chainring on it. I can't imagine that funny oval thing is original equipment! This bike hasn't seen the grass, dirt or woods yet, i had to replace one shifter and am waiting on a cable, the five i had in my parts box didn't fit, but hey, it cost nothing! This is a cool rigid frame [no fork] and has that whole "retro" look to it. I wish i didn't have to let it go but I told this dude I'd build up a mtb for him to buy and I needed to made room for the Raleigh Technium I just found!
TREK 820: my first real mtb! GOT THIS LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, 1996. just fixed it up after some years of disuse. COMPONENTS: Shimano Altus stuff, grip shifters, orig front wheel rear one replaced after had a run-in with a subaru on the way to a local trail. Stem taken offa road bike [orig one was too slanty, like flatter riding position], Rock Shox Indy C front suspension fork installed several years after purchase when i bent the rigid orig fork.AUGUST 16: SCHWINN FRONTIER -- Found two Schwinn mountainbikes in the rubbish. The blue one i fixed up; its a Schwinn Frontier, an old rigid mountainbike. Drilled for two water bottle mounts, racks, and with rapid fire type shifters [no grip shift!]. All it needed was a rear derailiuer and wheel truing (but i just threw on a new rear wheel i had to save time and sweat...). Rides good ... would make a good mountainbike to ride by the river when the trail dries a little more...
CANNONDALE f700: Currently my singlespeed mtb. I love this thing! Sadly it is gone...COMPONENTS: Shimano a10 cranks with 36t middle ring on outside; bolts from bmx bike. The new chainring is black and the bolt heads I painted white so it's a cool contrast. Cannondale frame with red white and blue paint has front water bottle mount set up on downtube. Grip shifters and derailieurs have been removed. Brakes are Shimano cantilevers; stem is inverted cannondale Headshock handlebar stem with lockout. Rims are sunrims cr17, fork is headshock dd60, CODA brake levers and Scott carbon fiber handlebar. Grips are Schwinn bmx style. I still have the multispeed cog on the rear wheel but i'm running the chain set on the second gear in from the outside [second smallest diameter gear]
DECATHLON mtb: This was a cool orange 24-incher i found in the trash; a little small for me since i'm 5'8", but it was a good frame and i couldn't bear to let it go into the landfill. So i set it up for my size and found that the smaller frame actually rides alright esp. on a trail through dense woods where a bmx bike would be better than a full-size mtb... Setup as a commuter/ long mountain bike trip bike, tall seatpost and rack. COMPONENTS: It's got qr Rigida rim on the front but no-name nutted one on the rear [until i get to changing the back axle for quick release]. Dual water bottle mounts, only use front one, grip shift and sturdy bar ends. CRUISERZ: I have one of these, a big old no name bike with a black cantelever frame and single speed coaster brake. It had Bass Ale decals on it when i got it but now its just plain black with chrome handlebars. No fenders, but a chain guard. Fun bike, $10 at a yard sale but i have a suspicion it was made in like tiawan. Nothing fancy, but it's in good shape, and fun to ride! Cruisers inhabit an odd niche because to me they are like the original mountainbikes. Mostly they are good for riding around town, you know, local stuff no more than like 5 miles. When I was a kid i rode such a bike much farther, in fact even during my first year of college I rode Schwinn sting-rays and big old cruiser single speed bikes as far as 20 miles. Now i usually use my fixed gear or a road bike for anything longer than like 5 miles, but the curiser is still fun. Have it outfitted with knobby tires but the back one has the original whitewall on it and is only semi-knobby. FiXed GeAr: I got one a these. Currently it's my Panny and Centurion, but first it was my 1960's era Bianchi road frame with 42 tooth bmx chainring up front and fixed gear in the back. 700c rims, inverted cruiser bars ride like "moustache" road bars and it's gota front brake. SPD pedals complete the deal. click for pics of my fixedGear! Modified road ride? Big wheeled mountain bike? Hybrid?! TECHNIUM! This is a wierd one. I just got a Raleigh Technium "Olympian". The frame is bonded Aluminum for the main tubes and steel for the rear triangle. It's got 700c rims and road gearing but cantilever brakes and a flat handlebar like a mountainbike... Dual water bottle mounts, click thumb shifters. Would make a good cyclecross bike if I could get a set of drop bars on it. It's white with black and aqua lettering. Right now it's my fav foul weather road bike. Great in the rain. Cool thing: internally routed rear brake cable goes thru the top tube, and it's got those triple "biopace" chainrings on the front. I never liked triples muhc, I prefer the racier, retro feel of the old 52-42 doubles [most new doubles are 53-39], but I gotta admit the triple [or maybe the biopace, or both] makes climbing some of the steepest hills in the area easy. There's this one hill that's like a 45 degree angle and I have a hard time getting up it in my car, so the small ring on the triple will get it's share of use... Currently has the original junk peddles with toe clips but After my TREK 1000 it's the neatest bike I got so I might spring for putting psd clipless on it... P.S. - for those who don't know what I'm talking about, biopace chainrings are oval so you pull more chain on the downstroke. I usually don't like them any more than I usually like triples, but one this bike it's cool... Installed Cateye Mity3 cyclocomputer the other day... [6/8/03 -- modified Technium by installing road pars and stem.] Aero brake levers (shimano 105) and Shimano Ultegra bar end shifters (back indexed but can be converted to friction by turning a tiny swivel). It's now a road bike with cantilever brakes, sort of a touring bike or cyclecross bike, or what have you. I'm taking it for it's inuagural test ride in a few moments... ROAD BIKES: TREK 1000, 1984-85 Schwinn LeTour [this was sold in the summer of '04] click for pics and info on LeTour! , Nishiki, Kibuki d-12, and several others. 6/21/03 - Picked up a Centurion Le Mans 10 speed road "touring" style bike in a smaller frame size. 27" wheels with schraeder valves, 1 1/4 inch rim width. Over the past few years I've become a presta valve snob but let's face it the Schraeder valves and wider tires can take the bumps out of a ride while still giving decent speed. Nice curly lugs, black bike w/ gold trim near the lugs. Originaly running a rear rack, 1/4 short shiny stainless fenders and black Dura-ace downtube shift levers. Centerpull brakes. This bike rides awesome considering it inhabits a low-end niche in the Centurion line, but then Centurion made nice bikes for the dollar and they don't come like this no more! Eventually converted to and currently running as a fixed gear bike!
Another cool bike I have: an old 1950's Rudge! [pics below] 
Other bikes: many odds and ends and frames.
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