Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
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.
no problem
Exactly my point - it seems incredibly fatuous for the OP to even claim his choice of ~5 bikes are an overview of commuter bikes for 2008. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood but even I never represent the 700c/drop bar/disc brake bikes I like as anything other than bikes I like.
Arrogance or ignorance on the OPs part? Who knows, anyway I'd better stop as this is starting to look personal and, apart from my feelings on the piss poor thread title, isn't meant to be.