Originally Posted by
spectastic
is it a good idea to get a beater for big city commuting? I never leave them out at night. Im trying to figure out whether I should keep my beater, or ride my cross bike around for errands.
If you already HAVE a beater, which your post implies, I would certainly use it.
I wouldn't get a beater just for that purpose if I didn't already have one, though.
I would get a beater if I didn't already have one and needed to leave it parked outside for long periods of time, like outside a stadium at a game.
Fortunately my city now has a bike share program, so in addition to supporting that concept, I don't have to worry about my own bikes when I need to get somewhere by bike and stay there out of sight of that bike for a while, like at a Mariners or Seahawks game, as long as the bikeshare program has a station near enough to where I am going.