Show us your commuter! Inspired by Andrea's thread...

[HillSlugger]

Is your tri bike going to be your commuter bike?

[TahoeDirtGirl]

OMG! I have a thermos just like that! There are no 'bucks here, and I just don't want to do Dunkin Green tea anyone?

Surgtech- you are probably very safe with a 2 door hard top. It's the dumb four door tops (Freedom top aka Freeflow top)that are leaking like a 1980's trans am T-top (Remember THOSE!).

Rescue green rocks! Hey if you are ever in Mass, we can take pics- momma Jeep and baby Jeep!

[frnz]

There are no 'bucks here

There's a place where Starbucks hasn't penetrated? Amazing.

[uforgot]

There isn't a Starbucks within 100 miles of here either. I just have the thermos!
I liked the leather cover on it It's really nice. However. there is a grocery store with Carnatiion's flavored creamers so I make my own.

[Beane]

OMG! I have a thermos just like that! There are no 'bucks here, and I just don't want to do Dunkin

are you crazy? i would kill for a DD in madison. our closest one is a good 45 mins away. having come from RI (most donut shops per capita in the world and a DD every 2 miles or so) it's really tough. everyone i talk to around here who has ever lived in new england totally feels the lack of DD pain.

[7rider]

are you crazy? i would kill for a DD in madison. our closest one is a good 45 mins away. having come from RI (most donut shops per capita in the world and a DD every 2 miles or so) it's really tough. everyone i talk to around here who has ever lived in new england totally feels the lack of DD pain.

Same here.
I was up in MA recently with a D.C. native friend of mine. We were driving from the Manchester (NH) airport to the North Shore (Gloucester) and she kept remarking on the DD's around. "There's another one!" "And another one!" "Oh wow! Another one there, too!"

[Blueberry]

We just got a DD near my house (there has been one near my office, but it's impossible to get in and out of). I LOVE their coffee. I shouldn't drink coffee - I always pay for it. But theirs is GOOD! The donuts are safe from me. Almost always (don't think I've had one in more than 2 years), but the coffee...

[Tri Girl]

Same here.
I was up in MA recently with a D.C. native friend of mine. We were driving from the Manchester (NH) airport to the North Shore (Gloucester) and she kept remarking on the DD's around. "There's another one!" "And another one!" "Oh wow! Another one there, too!"

That's funny, because when I went to Boston 2 years ago my DH and I were amazed at all the DD. We had to get a picture of us in front of one just for laughs. Man, those New Englanders eat a lot of donuts.

[kfergos]

That's funny, because when I went to Boston 2 years ago my DH and I were amazed at all the DD. We had to get a picture of us in front of one just for laughs. Man, those New Englanders eat a lot of donuts.

I'm from WA and now live in MA, and the DD phenomenon has puzzled me since I moved here: They call it Dunkin Donuts, but they sell like 100 cups of coffee for every donut they sell.

What is so great about DD coffee? Why do people think it's better than Starbucks? (I don't drink coffee at all, but this is a matter of curiosity, since Seattleites seem to think Starbucks is the epitome of the coffee experience.)

[Blueberry]

I don't drink coffee much (it doesn't agree with me). But...many people say that Starbucks effectively burns their beans, and that this makes their coffee bitter.

I see the DD coffee as good, relatively smooth, plain coffee.

CA

[hipersons]

I live in Boston, and it drives me nuts when people try to use DD as a landmark. 'you walk down Treamont and turn left at the dunkins' 'um, do you realize there's about 6 on that street?!?' Not helpful.

[hipersons]

And I almost forgot to post my commuter!
I just got her on friday.

[Blueberry]

Hey hipersons-

Is that a saddle bag under the front of your saddle? Does it hit you when you pedal?? I have a rack that interferes with my ability to carry a saddle bag, and that looks like a creative solution!

Sweet bike - what is she?? I can't quite read the top tube (I got the specialized part)

CA

[Ana]

And I almost forgot to post my commuter!
I just got her on friday.

What size is she? There's one on sale at my LBS I've been drooling over....I wish I had a bigger bike budget!

[GLC1968]

are you crazy? i would kill for a DD in madison. our closest one is a good 45 mins away. having come from RI (most donut shops per capita in the world and a DD every 2 miles or so) it's really tough. everyone i talk to around here who has ever lived in new england totally feels the lack of DD pain.

OMG, I would kill for a DD!!! I grew up in New England and the last 3.5 years of living in the birthplace of Krispy Kreme was pure torture (NC)!! I had NO DD's around and a KK on every corner. Then I move to the Portland area and the closest DD is 43 miles away!

Starbucks sucks. At least I've got a Peet's within biking distance.


hipersons - can you get a very small wedge to put under the seat in front of the rack? That's how I have a wedge on my classic and it works to hold emergency stuff that you don't need easy access to all the time (spare tube, tire levers, etc).

Edited to add: you can see it in the photo of my commuter on page one of this thread...