Thanks for all the advice so far. Sounds like i'ts smarter to do the alternate day thing which isn't that big a deal as my wife works nearby and would have to drive anyway. The ride over to her is only five miles over back roads so that's ok even if I'm tired or it's wet.


The public transit here only allows folding bikes (except on weekends) so it's basically useless. If someone knows a way to get the MBTA to accept full-size bikes I'm all ears. I used to do the commute regularly (one way) when I worked a bit (22mi) closer and it wasn't bad. I wanted to get a gauge on whether, if I were in that shape again, a metric century was reasonable as a goal. Sounds like not...

I don't mind the time commitment since it's really only about 30min difference from driving each way. For those in the area, my route used to go down either 119 to Concord or 225 to Bedford for most of the way. Not ideal roads but OK. It's going to be warm tomorrow so I think I'll pencil in a ride home. Riding home I don't have clothes issues and I'm less tired.