The question I have isn't whether to buy the bike or not, no, the bike is all but bought already. No, the question I have is "does it make a good commuter?"

See, when I went to one to put my bike in one of the local shops the other day for a tune up they bluntly told me that it was going to cost nearly as much to do the job as it would to purchase a new one. After thinking long and hard I decided on getting a new one, so, I went and started comparing bikes at different shops that were in my price range. And I settled for the giant escape 3 hybrid. The only real down side I see are the tiny 700x32c tires over crappy roads.

So that left me wondering, how does it really fare as a commuter?