DataJunkie

I have never met a commuter riding a folder in Denver. So, no.
I suppose it should be added to the list but I was not trying to make it comprehensive.

CigTech

A bike is a bike is a bike. they come with 1, 2 , 3 and 4 wheels, Craksets, handlebars, seat, chain, ect...ect...ect...

But if you show up to a road race on a BMX or MTB. Well lets just say that the laughing will not hurt as bad as the defete.

What some people forget is that you need to get what works for you. A lot of people don't want a 53/39 crankset with 11/24 10 speed cassettes. I mean most people don't want to be at work so why race there. So a 48/38/28 or a 44/36/28 Crankset with 14/28 cassette works for most commuters. Also why not sit up right and injoy the view on the way to work. And way do we have to pay high dollar for a road bike to go to work when a $100.00 to $150.00 bike will do the samething. All I see around here is X-Mart bikes going back and forth every day. So where are all the high dollar bikes? I tell you where... in the grage because their owns drove to work.

For me it's a road bike with 48/38/30 crankset with a 14/28 cassette and drop bars. Break/shifter levers with Standard rim breaks, No finders, Headlight/tail light, rear rack and bag, no helmit. That's it. I ride about 12 miles to 114 miles every day. It a x-mart GMC Denali

robmcl

I don't know why people always rip LBSs as not being commuter friendly. I seem to find the opposite to be true in many places. Many people who work at LBSs also tend to be commuters. Just because a shop caries high end road bikes and equipment does not mean they can not cator to commuters too. Case in point, I live close to the internet shop Licktons (www.lickbike.com) and if you look at their site they have a lot of very expensive high end stuff for racing. They also have some pratical reasonable priced stuff for commuters too like lights, bags, racks, and jackets. Saturday I stopped in for some water bottle cages and granted much of what they have is intended to be put on a carbon frame but they also have some $5 Blackburn cages that are sturdy for water bottle batteries for lights. They even say this on their site.

CB HI

I, and probably many others here, read it as a compliment. Too bad your outlook is such that you read it as a put down.

vrkelley

Agreeing with Cigtech and others. Who cares which bike...as long as you get to work safely without endangering others, self, or loose your job over it.

thdave

I think you are in a pretty rare spot there, with such a unique store near buy (btw--they have the best trunk bag for sale that I've seen--they use buckles instead of velcro). None of the local bike shops near me stock commuter bikes and lack some gear. The two biggest shops nearby, Century Cycle and Eddy's, are lucky to have one or two models with stock fenders. When I talked to the salesman at Eddy's about utility style bikes, as I was interested in the Specialized Globe (which they could order for me--but I had to buy it first under a no return policy), he told me there were too many potholes around here to do that. What an idiot.

Regarding commuting gear to add on to a bike, they tend to have most of the gear you need but not all of it. You have to order or buy on-line your special stud or puncture proof tires and things like reflective gear, rain caps for helmet, and rain capes.

mathilda

I'm that person. I'm sorry your feelings were so hurt by your own bizarre reading of my motives that you've been nursing a grudge about it this long. And I'm sorry that enough people have treated you like a lowlife that you've obviously internalized the critique and now see it everywhere. That must make you very unhappy.

I could explain _again_ why I asked the question on this forum, but it seems like you are committed to this view of yourself. I think you made that thread ugly enough to guarantee that I wouldn't receive much bby way of response-- so we won't know whether it might have gone another way.

I-Like-To-Bike

Too bad ollo-ollo didn't reply and set us straight, eh?

CliftonGK1

Bummer to hear that about Eddy's. I used to love that shop, back about 17 years ago when I lived up that way. I bought my current bike (Stumpjumper hardtail) and my (stolen and long gone, now) Trek 2100 racing bike there. Nick and the rest of the gang there were a great bunch of guys.

Brian Sorrell

For my money, a "purist" is someone who rides every day no matter what. See, no mention of the kind of bike there. It's about the riding, not the bike.

thdave

Well said!

fender1

A bike is a bike. Where its ridden or how is up to the rider. Next topic please!

AGGRO

I ride in the dark, no skinny tires for me