I've been using my Bianchi Axis 2004 with fenders as my commuter, but I think I'll switch to my new Madone SL 5.2 until it starts raining again. The weather's been so perfect lately. I'm just dreading the beginning of school in a few weeks when a lot of streets on my route become clogged with parents ferrying their students. Hardly any kids were driven to school by their parents when I grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in the 70s and 80s. What's up with the lack of school buses out here?