Originally Posted by marburg99

Welcome 6bikes,

When i first started commuting a couple of years ago, it was only a 5 mile roundtrip. I weighed close to 300 pounds so that distance was plenty. I moved away and my commute turned into a 26 mile roundtrip...I did the 1/2 drive 1/2 bike thing...until i could do the whole thing. I was offered a job that would have made my commute 36 mile roundtrip, so i declined it. Its ironic that now i work at a job that has my roundtrip commute at 48 miles. My coworkers still think i'm crazy, but after about 3 weeks, i've gotten used to it. I'm averaging about 3-4 days a week. I'm still looking for that elusive 5 day straight.

I also have a 1000ft elevation gain each way...makes me think twice about eating junk.