Banzai, 81 inches? Wow. Monster legs brutha! I doubt I could turn the pedals from Kent all the way to 35th Ave on Cambie Street with that gearing. I gotta buy you a milkshake or ice cream for that one. I've tried the bike routes on Ontario and Heather but the grading on those are steeper than Cambie Street. Go figure.
chi-james, I've timed the commute enough times to know that 3min + is outside the normal standard deviation for my times.