Quote Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama View Post
Regina- Can you use a slightly wider tire? I am concerned about the amount of road debris.

I should have mentioned earlier I will only be riding about 2 miles of city and of that 1 mile is just a HUGE shoulder but there is a hairy intersection. Otherwise it is a huge shoulder I frequently ride on the weekends. I also work 7-4 and would be in moderate traffic. I will be at the office before traffic really picks up and the afternoon I will mostly be ahead of the traffic again. I have never commuted by bike so I am not sure what I want. I am liking the options so far!
My Felt can't really handle more than a 28 and that's my "winter" tire. It works fine for my needs. During the summer, I run 25's.
My DH has the Big Buzz....that bike is pretty slick. We're about to put some cyclocross tires on it...it has plenty of clearance. We'll put, likely, 32's on it. We also have a seatpost mounted rack for it and the disc brakes are da bomb! MDHillSlug has a Coda for her commuter. I think she also runs 32's on it, but can also put 28s (or maybe even 25's) on it.