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I live in the city and work in the city, so it's hard to avoid traffic. Since I started cycling while living and working here, it's just normal stuff for me. I don't like riding commercial streets in the suburbs though.

I can't say I really enjoyed city traffic until after I got my late-90s Schwinn Peloton. It's a crit racer, bred for high speed, city streets, maneuvering in the peloton, and bumping bars kind of racing. It's fast, jumps off the line, and is twitchy as a cat in a room full of rockers. Traffic is its natural environment. And boy howdy! Is it ever a hoot to ride in the daily slice-and-dice.