Originally Posted by N_C
I posted this because it seemed like there may be the thinking that if you commute you should do so on a commuter bike. I wonder how many of us here have actual commuter specific bikes?
There are somewhat 'ideal' commuter rigs, sure, but most of us commute on what is available. For some of us that's the $5000 nice bike. For others, it may be the x-mart bike, or the Costa Rican singlespeed, the BMX, or the yard-sale beater. I even knew a guy once who commuted fives miles on his unicycle a couple of times a week.
My commuter rig is a low-end Trek 1000 equipped with racks and trunk, lights and fenders. For variety, though, I'll sometimes switch off to my garage-sale mountain bike, my old steel fixed gear, or my shiny new road bike. They all get me to work just fine.
RFM