Flat (maximum grade: +/-.3% with about 85 feet up hill in either direction) except for one highway overpass along good streets but with 23 traffic lights (10 were red on the day I decided to count) across the direction of travel and 10 stop signs.

1996 Litespeed Natchez titanium road frame with a carbon fork, Campagnolo brifters upgraded to 9-speed, 50-34 x 13-14-15-16-17-18-19-21-23, Selle Italia Turbomatic saddle (with vibration damping inserts on the rails - it's great), Bebop clipless pedals on Shimano mountain bike shoes (more walkable than road pedals, but not like SPDs - they might go when they wear out), 700x25 folding Gatorskins at 100 psi rear/95 front.

Just replaced my old Niterider head light which was getting flaky with a Magic Shine that's actually bright enough to see (and perhaps avoid) minor pavement irregularities.

Rear rack (currently held on with P-clamps which slip, but I'm going to get a local frame builder to add eyelets after I settle on a more attractive rack) with an Arkel Commuter pannier (laptop, clothes for the day, rain pants/jacket/pannier cover, lock, extra cliff bars, extra extra tubes, surprisingly adds up to 15 pounds).

11.75 miles each way, 45-50 minutes of wall clock time (shorter times are usually after 9pm), generally 15-16 MPH with only a few seconds of each stop counted with a bike computer best of 17.4.

16-18 MPH up the false flats and 18-20 down are typical if I'm just cruising along.

I work too much to get many other quality miles so I ride like I would for fun.

3 months for this route since starting a new job farther away than the last one (only 9.5 miles).

For the rainy season I'm going to add some light weight fenders so I stop getting as doused when riding in the rain.

Before warm weather gets here again I'll put a second water bottle cage on, because when it's sunny and 60+ I can drink 20 Oz in one direction and still end up loosing water weight.