Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Berkeley, CA
Bikes: 72 Cilo Pacer, 72 Gitane GT, 72 Peugeot PX10, 73 Speedwell Ti,l, 75 Peugeot PR-10L, 80 Colnago Super, 81 Zinn, 85 ALAN Cross, 85 De Rosa Pro, 86 Look 753, 86 Look KG86, 89 Parkpre Team, 90 Parkpre Team MTB, 90 Merlin
I voted for the Lotus Unique. While it may be a nice bike and hard to replace, it's still a not so rare or high-end bike that it would be difficult to replace with a comparable bike if something unfortunate were to happen to it. The DX4000 is more of a race-oriented bike. No eyelets on the Panasonic, correct? I'm not a a Lotus expert, but I understand the Lotus Unique was around the middle of the line-up in their sport range, and has eyelets for racks (convenient for a commuter). Sounds like a great commuter option to me.