City Commuter

[Crankin]

Tulip, the Coda is heavy compared to my road bike, which weighs 14.6 pounds! It's about 30 with my pannier on it. I am in OK shape now. Not perfect (it IS February), but I have done some intensive nordic skiing and I was fine there, and I have been riding indoors or doing other winter sports about 5 times a week. My husband felt the same way on his Coda, too. My commute is during the week and is suburban, almost country. When I said 56-59 minutes, that's riding time, not total time. When I leave it's very early AM (5:45), not much traffic. There are 2 stop lights, one without a sensor I have to wait for. The way home is about half a mile longer and I have to go up 2 good hills; it adds about 1-2 minutes, depending on how hot it is. There's a couple of spots where there is some traffic in the PM, but this is not city riding by any means.

Right now I have 28's on it. I could change them to 25s when the weather improves.