Commuting - Uber Commuter

Normally I ride my commuter 3 miles to a pickup point and ride a vanpool the 30 miles each way to work. Last week, and again this week, I took a day to ride the full 60 mile round trip. What a blast! Up at 5 AM and on the prepacked bike by 5:15. I make it to the fitness center at work by 7:15, grab a shower, change into work clothes, and I'm still at my desk 30 minutes early. I can lock my bike up at a light pole on the front row of parking in the guarded parking lot (like I NEED front row parking!) and at the end of the day, change back into SprocketMan and away I go home.

I don't know that I could do this every day, but I'm hoping my work schedule will slow down just a bit so I can ride at least two days per week.

A metric century (almost) and a full days work. It's almost like getting paid to ride.

You da man, SC!!! I have a similar deal, usually ride for 7 miles then drive the company truck the rest of the way (another 20 miles), but it's a great day when I can ride the whole trip!!! Problem is, it is usually just about impossible to co-ordinate truck location, weather and evening events (road ride one night, mtb ride one night, ball hockey one night) to allow the whole trip to happen. Then I have to make sure I can ride the whole trip back in the next morning (have to leave at about 5:30 am!)

Normally I ride my commuter 3 miles to a pickup point and ride a vanpool the 30 miles each way to work. Last week, and again this week, I took a day to ride the full 60 mile round trip. What a blast! Up at 5 AM and on the prepacked bike by 5:15. I make it to the fitness center at work by 7:15, grab a shower, change into work clothes, and I'm still at my desk 30 minutes early. I can lock my bike up at a light pole on the front row of parking in the guarded parking lot (like I NEED front row parking!) and at the end of the day, change back into SprocketMan and away I go home.

I don't know that I could do this every day, but I'm hoping my work schedule will slow down just a bit so I can ride at least two days per week.

A metric century (almost) and a full days work. It's almost like getting paid to ride.

Wow! A recent move has extended my commute from 11 to 30 miles. Thank God my wife and a friend both work at the same office. This way I can ride in the morning and get a ride home in the evening - or leave my bike at the office and ride it home the next day. What I really wonder is do you watch TV and pay your bills as you ride? Even if I wanted to do the round trip, that would mean like four hours a day on the bike. I can't commit that much time to riding.

DanO

Wow! A recent move has extended my commute from 11 to 30 miles. Thank God my wife and a friend both work at the same office. This way I can ride in the morning and get a ride home in the evening - or leave my bike at the office and ride it home the next day. What I really wonder is do you watch TV and pay your bills as you ride? Even if I wanted to do the round trip, that would mean like four hours a day on the bike. I can't commit that much time to riding.

DanO

Well, I don't think that I could this five days a week. The twice I've done it have left me pretty beat when I get home. Besides, when would I have time to read bikeforums?? But, I think I could manage twice a week without too much difficulty - weather permitting.