When I was at REI yesterday I heard the guys in the bike repair area discussing my bike as they installed the bike computer. They thought it was cool, and that it would be the perfect commuter bike.

I can see that if I wanted to do serious road work I might feel the need to get a road bike, but for what I'm doing, with occasional long rides (or that's the plan) I love this bike!

Of course, I was looking at townies, anyway, so in that case it's pretty similar to what I would have bought if it hadn't been a shaft drive.