I commute about 50-60 miles a week through the summer and about 30 miles a week during the school year on my Fixie, I bought it specifically for commuting to work I have yet to throw fenders on it but I know those days are coming, I can bring my bike inside so although I have a cable, lock and Ulock I don't use them much. I dropped about 45lbs of post surgical cripple weight from my commute which is another big plus. As was said pick your gearing carefully I would suggest lower by a couple of inches than you think because you will be pushing in all kinds of conditions, for example this morning left at 4:50 as usual and because it was cold and I had both a tailwind and a hill helping me I maintained a average cadence of 120 rpms from my door to work, of course my trip home was into the wind and uphill which left me struggling to maintain 60 rpms for a bulk of the ride, I push 71 inches