If much of your riding is commuting, then I think that you should use a good bike to the extent this is practical, and practicality basically means "secure from theft." If theft is not a problem, then by all means use your Homer. Perhaps a bike cover might help with the elements? But I recall at least once, perhaps more than once, a remark in the Reader about leaving uncovered tubing outside, admittedly in No Cal weather, without much harm.
When I found myself doing 80% of my miles on beaters while a custom Riv hung in the garage, I had a local builder adapt it for commuting, and I never had any regrets -- although I managed to score inside office parking for my ride. My own approach to internal parking is simply to bring the bike into my office as if it were the normal thing to do, and if questioned, stare at my respondent with a mix of amazement and contempt, as if to suggest otherwise were not only very very strange, but not at all well bred. (Just kidding, but I'm serious about the "bring it inside as norm" practice.) On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Call Me Jay <callmehamt...@mac.com> wrote: > I'm starting a new job tomorrow at an employer with an outdoor bike rack. > I'm neurotic and spoiled---my last employer had a bike rack in the parking > garage. The 20 mile roundtrip ride will be much more enjoyable on my Homer > but I'm concerned leaving it out in the elements. Getting an old Peugeot > or Bridgestone as a bad weather bike is an option but I've done the beater > commuter bike thing before and would rather be on my Homer. Any > suggestions? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
