dynodonn 

I commute to work by bicycle every day, and I have several bicycles to choose from depending on weather and load capacity. Out of all those bikes, I have two that I use regularly, one for fair weather and the other for foul.

The foul weather bike has the most load carrying capacity, and that's the bike that I use the most when out shopping, and the remaining bikes that I have are either setup to serve as backups for the first two main bikes or can be used as guest bikes.

kenkayak

i think I would need a deffinition of commute IF you mean to a job that I get paid every week I dont./Kenneth

stapfam

I live 30 miles from work so just a bit too far for commuting. If it was 20- I'd do it.

Driving seems to be my job now- too many cut backs and if it is a busy day- I have to get out and sort customer orders as no-one else to do it. Then sort the order and probably deliver it so When I get home- eventually- I do not want to drive.

Car gets parked up Friday night and does not go out till monday morning. Any shopping and it is on the bike to do it. Even to Brighton- 25 miles away. I just make certain that it will fit in the Couriers bag that I have. Or get it delivered.

Only problem is that I am buying timber at present- lots of it. Went to a stock holder and ordered about 3/4 ton of the stuff- on the bike of course - and they asked if I wanted to take it now

Road Fan

I do light groceries on our Breezer Liberty, and out to dinner, a beer, choir rehearsal, or to work with a laptop at a coffee shop, on my steel Trek or on the Woodrup. Anything where Mrs Road Fan and I have to be presentable together, we take the car or walk.

"Commute" usually means go back and forth to a daily workplace via bicycle.

bobbycorno

I've got one bike that I use for everything (commuting, errands, training, randonneuring, JRA). Since the accessory requirements for a commuter and a rando bike are so similar (fenders, lights and rack, ATMO), it's pretty well set up expressly for both. And since the roads around here are pretty clean, I can get away with running "fast" wheels and tires all the time.

SP
Bend, OR

rnorris

I multimode commute on most work days, putting the bike on the bus in the morning and riding the 23 miles home. I have 2 commuter bikes; one's a beater that I can leave at the bus stop all day and not worry about, the other's a Marin Point Reyes with discs. I also own 2 recumbent bikes that I mainly ride on weekends. usually don't drive my car during the week.

RoMad

I try to drive / commute two days a week. I drive in on Monday and then park at a friends business and ride home a nice scenic 20 miles. The next morning I go a shorter route of 15 miles to my truck and drive the rest of the way. We have a nice locker room with showers and it works nicely. Because of other things going on I am not always able to make the commute but I am pretty steady. I bought a Lemond Poprad especially for the commute and I am really enjoying it. I have to go down a pretty rough gravel road for about a mile and a couple of miles of rough sidewalk and the Poprad smoothes out the bumps pretty well. I am still experimenting with tires. Currently I have 700 x 28 Panaracer Pasela's on it.

qmsdc15

Hi, I'm a car-less freight biker. I commute from Md to DC.





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SlimAgainSoon

Impressive!

Booger1

When did bikes get all of these different names,I missed something somewhere.....

My ride for the last 32 years:

kenkayak

Now thats my commute stile Kudos to yaqmsdc////Kenneth

TromboneAl

On my utility run to the grocery yesterday, I met up with a cycling tourist on a road bike (a Bianchi) which had no accommodations for panniers. He only had big panniers on the front, and a heavy-duty seatpost rack on the back holding a pretty big tent bag. He had replaced his front forks with some that had holes for pannier connection.

bay area biker

My commute bike and fun bike is comparable to the Kettler or the Raleigh shown above. A Cro-moly moutain-ish confirguration with no suspension, etc., brooks B17 saddle.
My utility bike (and sometime commute bike) in an Ezee Sprint 7 electric assist. This makes it possible to carry very heavy loads up the steep hills around here, and to pass young riders, even with both shopping panniers loaded with grocery bags!

JanMM

I ride to work once or twice a week. Usually keep a rear fender on the V-Rex and put on the front fender when rain possible. Small panniers on the rear rack.
Not much 'utility riding' lately. SWB 'bent is great for suburban/urban commuting.

JBHoren

1995 Cannondale M500 for errands and such, and my 1985 Trek 600 for "pain 'n pleasure".