Originally Posted by
chephy
I feel the X-mart bike commuters are cheating themselves out of a lot of commuting fun. If it works for them - great. But if the bike is a pain in the butt, it might get them turned off bike commuting, and I'd like our ranks to keep growing. However, I can't say commuters on x-mart bikes "bother" me. Not by virtue of being on the x-mart bike anyway.
I am one of those
I have a Schwinn (Pacific) 2.6FS MTB. I have upgraded the tires to 1.5" slicks, added a cheap MTB rack, a couple of lights. I bet it weighs 40lbs but it has done the job for about a year and a half now. I want to buy a nicer bike at some point but every time we have a little extra money, my wife seems to be pregnant again.