When I'm in Girona next month, riding everywhere I can, I'll be paying attention to all the practical, commuter, working bikes. We're learning much from building Bettie, our sport-utility bike project and seeing groups like Shimano's Alfine raises my hope that we'd actually see commuters riding bikes like that in the States. They do in Canada with all sorts of electric-assist bikes. Not only that, but they set amazing records for human-powered vehicles -- dude rode 650.5 miles in 24 hours.