View Poll Results: What type of bike do you commute on?
Road
69
33.99%
Mountain
22
10.84%
Hybrid (or urban, comfort)
69
33.99%
Recumbent
5
2.46%
Other
38
18.72%
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What type of bike do you commute on?
04-14-13, 08:40 PM
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I picked Road. I actually have 6 road bikes that I do or might commute on, and no other types. They all happen to be vintage.
04-14-13, 08:41 PM
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All of the above? I usually use a touring bike and a weird drop bar MTB build.
04-14-13, 09:29 PM
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I picked hybrid.
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How about , "any bike I feel the urge to throw my leg over" I have 6 to choose from. They all get used depending on the weather, or my attitude.
04-14-13, 09:31 PM
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singlespeed cyclocross. 42:18 drivetrain. three hill pulls on the way to work is a nice workout before the tedium.
singlespeed cyclocross. 42:18 drivetrain. three hill pulls on the way to work is a nice workout before the tedium.
04-14-13, 09:35 PM
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04-14-13, 10:19 PM
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I have a Raleigh Sports built up as a single-speed with a coaster brake. I also have a Univega NuovoTech 450 (road bike) with Origin8 Classique Tour bars and 14 speeds.
04-14-13, 10:23 PM
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Other: Cross. If I'm covering anything more than a few miles one way, for me, a cross bike is the way to go.
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04-14-13, 10:47 PM
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Most of the time, a 2009 Fuji Newest 1.0 roadbike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d0X7NxhSdQ
Sometimes, a 2012 Brompton folding bike(recently upgraded to 2013 Ti):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jea4lv48bDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d0X7NxhSdQ
Sometimes, a 2012 Brompton folding bike(recently upgraded to 2013 Ti):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jea4lv48bDQ
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04-14-13, 11:32 PM
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hybridized mountain bike - i.e.: rack & panniers, fenders and slicks 
04-14-13, 11:47 PM
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Rigid MTB converted to single speed with 1.5" slicks, and a pretty aggressive riding position. Urban sounds like a good word for that, so hybrid.
04-15-13, 01:08 AM
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Urban assault commuter - rigid mountain bike turned fixed gear, with upright Nitto All-Rounder bars, fenders, rack, shopping pannier, Dynamo lights and 1.75" tires. Firmly classified as "other"
04-15-13, 02:21 AM
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I ride a 96 Gary Fisher marlin converted singlespeed, with bullhorn bars and a rack. So I had to say other.
04-15-13, 02:32 AM
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Other. If it's summer, I get to choose between a hybrid and a CX bike. In winter, upright city bike with IGH and dynohub.
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04-15-13, 05:59 AM
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Both of my bikes are ostensibly hybrids, but one of them is closer to a road bike, with bullhorn bars for a lower riding posture, road gearing, a double rather than a triple up front, and brifters. The other is a more traditional hybrid, though leaning more toward a road hybrid, with narrow (700x28C, but narrow for the size) tires, road wheels, and road-ish gearing (i.e. no granny gears)
04-15-13, 06:36 AM
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Trek 520.
04-15-13, 07:15 AM
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Key things for me: light enough to carry up the stairs from the basement, and panniered enough to carry Stuff.
So it's a Cyclocross with a rear rack. I ticked "road."
So it's a Cyclocross with a rear rack. I ticked "road."
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04-15-13, 07:19 AM
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Road bike, it's older than I am and technically two sizes too big (I just barely fit on it but it's still comfortable) but it's just too fun not to ride.