Ultimate longer-distance commuter bike?

[Supermau]

That’s a handsome bike.

[Slosurf]

My commute is 25 miles each way. Suburban roads, C&O canal towpath and downtown DC. I ride a Specialized CRUX and a Specialized AWOL. I love ’em both. Both great long distance commuters.

[gswim18]

I ride is a Fargo with Big Apples – approx 10.5 miles each way. New to bike commuting this year – really liked the Fargo during Freezing Saddles, still really liking it but it does get heavy on the ride up the CCT after work. Used to have a Kona Jake that got stolen, thinking about adding the new Kona Rove AL to the stable. GB, any idea how the Big Rove might compare to the AL version?

[Greenbelt]

@gswim18 94486 wrote:

I ride is a Fargo with Big Apples – approx 10.5 miles each way. New to bike commuting this year – really liked the Fargo during Freezing Saddles, still really liking it but it does get heavy on the ride up the CCT after work. Used to have a Kona Jake that got stolen, thinking about adding the new Kona Rove AL to the stable. GB, any idea how the Big Rove might compare to the AL version?

The AL looks like the same geometry as the steel Rove but I haven’t ridden it; the Big Rove appears to be more mountain bikey, although I found that it handled great on the roads too. Sort of like a Unit with gears, narrower bar etc.

[JorgeGortex]

I just picked up a Trek Crossrip LTD that I plan to commute and run errands on. My commute to work is just shy of 10 miles each way via FMR trail and Commonwealth Blvd to the King St. metro area. I got tired of lugging everything on my back since only my fat tire MTB had rack mounts. Now I’ll have rack mounts and panniers! Yippee! A report here soon after I get the bike fit to me and tuned. Cheers.

[Greenbelt]

Got my first look at the Jamis Nova Pro last night — there’s a demo that just happens to be my size, imagine that. This one might give the Big Rove a run on the “next commuter bike when the old one finally breaks” (which it probably never will, the old one’s a tank) but we can fantasize…
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