Originally Posted by
toddvc
I am intrigued by the ongoing discussion and appreciate the comments! Just to re-contribute: I very much agree that any bike can make a great commuter, as I said on
my (apparently controversial!) 2008 commuting bikes page.
I also said on the page that the type of bike I wanted years ago (fairly upright riding position; fenders, lights, rack, other conveniences as part of package) was not widely available in the U.S. Now, it is! -- a whole market segment has sprung up offering this type of bike.
I think this is great, and interesting, and I think it's safe to call this segment "commuting bikes." (Or at least -- I
thought it was.) I freely admit that I made some fairly arbitrary distinctions in order to keep the page manageable, so I guess I grant that the choice of bikes was my own. No offense intended, "piss-poor thread title" notwithstanding!
It is always healthy to reiterate that someone doesn't need a fancy bike to commute on, in that sense I wholeheartedly endorse what markhr is saying.
Fair enough - apologies for going off the deep end. Glad it's cleared up and thanks for coming back to your thread.
If I drank I'd do the kiss and make up, let's go out for a beer, drink loads of beer, have an argument, have a brawl, have some more beer, express our undying love for each other, have more beer, pass out, wake up, wonder if the blacksmith in my head and dog turd on my tongue have anything to do with the missing front teeth and black eyes I seem to have
As I don't I'll just have to say ride safely and feel free to blow holes in any of the, potentially many, piss poor threads I create
