I thought I'd never see a phrase like that.. lol

I've said earlier that people will commute on anything, and that it also doesn't exactly mean that every bike is a commuter bike. Similarly, drivers might commute in cars like Hondas, Porsches, and Hummers, but only the Honda gets labeled as a "commuter car".

Even after that, it kinda depends on the type of commute -- is it over 15-20 miles of back roads, or across 15-20 blocks downtown, or multi-modal (going by bus or rail partway)? I can think of an ideally-equipped bike for each of those three versions of commuting. Unfortunately, that's a limiting view, too.