Greetings from Athens, Greece!
This is my first post here, and I'm very glad for that.
I commute for the last 2 years in a daily basis. I totally forgot the car.
My main commuter bike is a customized mountain bike (Merida matts 20-MD) with cromoly rigid fork from Surly (surly instigator), 26 x 1.3 slik kenda tires, rack, fenders and bag (for u-lock, spare tube, some tools, mini pump, etc).
My second commuter is a Giant Rapid 3 2011 model. I use vittoria zafiro 700 x 25 tires here and it rolls great. Looking to buy fenders , any thoughts? (maybe SKS Bluemels or chromoplastics with 35mm width should be ok).
At last i use occasionally my third bike, a Charge Tap 2012 model. A Tange prestige double butted cromoly frame and fork with Smimano nexus 8-speed inner hub. A Great bike for easy riding. Love it!
Keep riding!