> Some people are commuting eight to ten miles, some only one or two miles, but they jump on their bike and go. With a traditional bike, that would never have b

> Some people are commuting eight to ten miles, some only one or two miles, but they jump on their bike and go. With a traditional bike, that would never have been considered. Why not? I used to commute 13 km (almost exactly 8 miles) each way on a traditional bike. When the weather was nice, I often took one of the more scenic and much longer routes back home.