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THIS. I’ve been commuting by bike in Chicago forEVER — 7 or 8 miles into the Loop and back pretty much every day May to November — and I ride it in natty gym clothes. It’s only a 45 minute ride, afterall. When I’m riding a Century on the weekend ... different story ... because when you’re spending 6 - 8 hours in the…

I’ve been a more-than-casual roadie for 20+ years, since (the first time) I blew my ACL. I am the first person to acknowledge that having proper equipment makes any length of ride much more enjoyable, but it’s a world of quickly diminishing returns. Nobody would enjoy hammering out a Century on a $100 CCM from…