The toe clips on my bike are a fading memory. The cover over the seat's foam padding is gone; the foam padding itself is starting to erode. When it rains, as it did today, the brakes function poorly. When the road is wet, the rear wheel kicks up water, and my pants are inevitably soaked through by the time I arrive at my destination.

I have a great commute bike. And nobody with an ounce of sense would steal it from the rack where I lock it up.

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