Originally Posted by
irclean
Good job, Dad!
Today was "commute with my son to Tim Horton's for some Timbits and chocolate milk day," so we took out the old steel steed. It's nice when your kids are into biking.
For the less fortunate of you out there (i.e. those who live outside of Canada) Tim Horton's is our big coffee/donut chain and Timbits are their donut holes. Timmy's is practically a religion up here.
And your religion has spread beyond your borders! Yesterday my son and I stopped by our local Tim's (Orchard Park, NY) for a donut and a muffin on our 10 mile ride around the village.
It is REALLY awesome to go tooling around with my son in the trailer. He will be three in a few weeks, so we spend the ride hollering back and forth to each other and making necessary stops at playground equipment and for any animal sightings.
To the OP, I think any old MTB makes a great commuter. I ride an '88 Cannondale rigid aluminum MTB on my 17 mile roundtrip commute. It is comfortable, durable, and keeps on ticking with very minimal maintenance. I've learned a lot from that old MTB in the three years that I've been riding it. For me it has been great to have a backup MTB for riding trails as well. When my younger brother wanted to ride with me on vacation, I threw some knobbies on it and rode the trails.