Today was my first bike commute in a while. I rode in on a vintage-y Raleigh road bike that I bought yesterday. My typical commuter is a converted Gary Fisher. Today's ride was a lot different than I'm used to... riding the GF, I'm a very fast and aggressive rider. I work up a sweat and am always going at full tilt. But on the Raleigh, I was a different rider altogether. Maybe I'm just not used to the friction shifting, but the desire to push myself just wasn't there. And I *think* I enjoyed the commute more because of it.