I think the LeMond would be more like the "rest of us" non typical commuters.
BTW, I saw my Klein Attitude Race Twin in the back of the first picture (blue bike). That is a great bike for commuting. I have about 4 bikes I commute on, but the Steel race bike is my goto bike - Fast, smooth, and durable.
Originally Posted by
Andy_K
As for who exactly represents "the rest of us" I suppose that's a relatively philosophical discussion, but when I got to work this morning I noticed something that seemed relevant. I parked where I normally parked, with a rack all to myself. The adjacent rack happened to be loaded with the variety of bikes that I think are representative of the majority of bike commuters (though perhaps not the type who participate in this forum). The juxtaposition of these images strikes me as being fairly symbolic.
So yeah, I feel like I'm fairly different from the majority of my fellow commuters. Even
my regular commuter with its rack and panniers is more like my LeMond than it is like the other bikes above.
FWIW, just behind where I was standing to take these pictures, on my side of the aisle, was a recumbent with a full wind screen. There was an e-bike just out of frame on the more heavily used side.