i live in ajax ontario canada, just east of toronto. i work in scarborough which could be best described as northeast toronto without being in the core. my commute is 30.1kms door to door and i ride on some horrible roads with bad[very] traffic. it takes me about an hour each way. there are buses available for my route and there is a train however it heads too far south to be effective as an option.

i have thought about winter commuting but im not really a 'mtb guy'. i dunno if a road bike could handle our winters in the city or alternately, i could handle a road bike in the winter in the city.