?? Your question was valid. I've seen people get tightly wound, because thei'r $2500 bike that they brought on the train got treated just like the $40 Walmart bikes by the conductors. I tell anyone who asks, commuting can be the crap out of your bike, especially so with multi-modal commuting.

I've always thought of my commuter as the VW Beetle of the bikes I own, dependable, but not flashy or loaded with creature comforts, like carbon fiber.