You've mentioned this before and I'm intrigued. When I finally get the fleet* laying around me built up I think the next N+1 bike will be something with small wheels. My commute has a lot of stop and go over its 8 miles and I enjoy touring. I'm wondering if I can get the true feel of what it is like on a little bike on a fairly inexpensive one to start with. If I like it then I'd be willing to plunk down the dough for a tour capable one, especially something classy looking with a decent range of gears.

* Conversion of an old MTB for my girlfriends new commuter, repairs to her mountain steed, overhaul and winter conversion (snow and ice) for my mountain bike/foul weather commuter, complete my rebuild of my touring rig and the seemingly never-ending maintenance for my commuter. Other than her touring rig (which is thankfully complete now) all of those bikes are '88 to 2000 mountain bikes. Oh, and finish converting an MTB into a commuter for a friend of a friend, gift of a bike that was a little too small for me. I can't consider an N+1 bike right now!

Oh, and since it is a commuter bike pic thread, I'll post this:

Not the most flattering angle, I was trying to illustrate fender coverage for this shot. I need to take some more pictures, but have been holding off as there is just a little more tweaking I am going to do to this build, but it is basically complete.