Originally Posted by
no1mad
Even if the OP could afford the Surly/Salsa offerings, I'd be leery of locking up on campus.
The consensus in the Commuting forum whenever someone asks about what bike for commuting to classes is two bikes- a beater for the commute and a nicer one for the weekend/joyrides. Seems that universities attract their fair share of bike thieves
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A new Giant will attract thieves just as readily. Maybe OP should consider the ugliest functional bike he can find.