Originally Posted by
Isaiahc72
Do any of you full-time commuters just have one bike for commuting? Or do you usually have one bad weather commuter and one nice bike for commuting? I'm trying to decide if I want to take my Trek 7.1fx as a full time commuter or If it would be a bad idea for rainy and cold days. Any help would be useful
One bike is enough. Put fenders on it and that's it. For all days.
HOWEVER, in case of snow, it is much more convenient to have a bike with snow (studded) tyres already mounted. Even more convenient than switching whole wheels. So I use an old MTB as a snow commuting bike.
Then, I have a road bike for joyrides, group rides (lighter, quicker than regular commuter), so that's a third one - fair weather commuter (no fenders).
If I had limited space, I'd keep just the one commuting bike, but this way - 3 is also nice.
One more thing - like others have said, having a backup is cool.