Originally Posted by
chipcom
Experience? Dozens?
I hate to break it to you, but MOST commuters at least started out with nothing but a bike and a need to get to and from work...and some still don't use much more. I've been commuting since the 70s....and I couldn't afford any of the fancy crap I have now until this century. Don't confuse nice-to-haves with essentials, and don't mistake people's excuses for quitting for empirical evidence.
You young whippersnappers don't realize how easy things are now compared to when some of us started out riding our bikes to school because that's how we got everywhere back then. Some of that "fancy crap" you have now wasn't even around then (except for on black and white tv), but it sure does make things easier now. Now get off my lawn!