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08-20-10 | 04:28 PM

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gna

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From: St. Paul, MN

Bikes: Raleigh Sports, Raleigh Twenty, Raleigh Wyoming, Raleigh DL1, Schwinn Winter Bike

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Originally Posted by flammenwurfer

Thanks phillyskyline!

noglider: You are right. I don't know that I would want to commute an farther than 2-3 miles on a stock Raleigh Sports or similar bike. They are more for relaxed cruising or short commutes. I plan to start commuting on mine, but I'm on a mission to lighten the thing up first.

I thought my commute was short. I commute just over 6 miles on mine, and it can be 10 miles if I drop off and pick up my daughter off at daycare.

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