i ride an urban mountain bike most places just cause i'm a pretty big guy and i like the stability and security of it and on a road bike i always feel like i'm going to bend a rim or something (not to say that i'm "against" road bikes at all)

back before mountain bikes were commonly available, we used to ride our racing bikes on dirt and gravel roads all the time. I remember one time having my bike sink into the mud up to the bottom bracket. That being said, I'm riding my mountain bike because it's the most durable. And also when I rode my vintage touring bike in last time, someone left a note on it wanting to buy the components. I figure other people might skip the note and just use an allen wrench instead.

I commute on this nearly everyday. I am starting to race a MTB (different from my commuter), so the commute helps my training. I ride 50-90 miles a week not including the weekends. I also have a herniated disc that is healing, so bending over a lot is not an option (i.e. drops are pointless for me to use). I can jump curbs, ride down and up dirt mounds, etc. I never see people doing those things on a road bike here. I put some steeper gearing on it, it has an 8-speed 12-25 in the rear and a 52-42-30 triple in the front, this helps a lot with speed. I run some 1.5" skinnies pumped up to 80-90 PSI. I can beat most roadies unless there is a serious headwind, (though I got beat by a girl on a fixed gear a few weeks ago, hehe).

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I love my stumpjumper with its big fatties and wouldn't commute around Dallas on anything but a mountain bike. I think it's necessary for survival to be able to hop curbs and go off road at a moment's notice. I also like the freedom to go explore trails, railroad tracks, etc. as I come across them. I don't mind working a little harder for the fun.

Ha. Nothing to do with your post directly, but I'm dying to know--I watched your video on riding in P'cola, and I just can't figure out what road that was you turned off of onto 9-Mile Road! Things look vastly different from when I lived and rode there! (BTW, my bank is right near the tracks there on 9mi--Regions. Haven't been there in 3 years, but they take good care of me here) ;-)

And yes, it was a bit shocking to see someone from P'cola posting!

-Jon

I can't do stoppies on my cyclocross bike, so I ride my mountain bike. Doesn't everyone do stoppies on their commute?

Hey Jon,
I turned off of Jernigan onto 9 mile. It comes out between Scenic Hills Vet. Clinic and a Tom Thumb.
My new commute is nuttier than ever. Instead of turning right at the beginning, I now turn left and head toward Davis Hwy. Turn left on Davis toward Hwy 90 (9 mile Rd.) and head to Pace! They are tearing up the road on the land bridge over to the Pace area and the vibrations I get from the ground up pavement kills my speed! It is a 6 mile one way trip and I do it almost every work day. I need a new video, but I'm afraid the road will take my camera like it did my headlight!

this post convinced me, I'm riding my touring bike in tomorrow.

Oh, Jernigan! Man things have changed! It didn't used to look like that when you came out of Jernigan! (at least when I delivered pizzas for the Hut back in the 80s) But then again, that whole part of 9-Mile has changed drastically.

Well, enough hijacking the thread. ;-) BTW, having ridden all of Pensacola on 25mm tires on a touring bike, I can certainly understand why someone would want to ride a mountain bike there (although, I would still prefer the skinny tires--got a flat once, crossing Three Mile Bridge--and that was before they removed the "sidewalk" giving a place for bikes to ride). ;-) (there, back on topic)

-Jon

If I had a MTB, I'd definitely commute on it at least once a week. Why? It's a big boy's BMX bike, and I love urban shredding. Stairs, planters, old ladies; nothing would stand in my way.

Swap the drop bars for flat and you have...a hybrid! I had no idea I was on a CX bike. In fact, I recently cut down the handlebar width too, so I'm even technically legal for events (about 19.5 inch max width).

I wasn't a big fan of the hybrid when it was sold to me some 15 years ago, but I've gotta admit it does a great job for commuting for the same reasons that the CX bikes are so popular, it seems.