I commute twenty miles round trip and it's one of my highlights of the day since I don't get much riding in besides that. I work to late to hit up all of the group rides put on by the bike shops around town. I've also got decent arsenal of bikes to ride so it never gets old. I try to change up my routes also. But I could ride the same route every day and still be happy. We were a two car family up until two months ago and sold our minivan to pay off some credit cards before I head back to school soon. Also I don't like leaving my wife and children home alone without a car so that also pushes me to commute. Also commuting stops me from going out for lunch which racks up pretty quick since there's McD's, BK and subway within driving distance. It just give me more money for spending on bikes is how I look at it. No gas money, lunch money, etc. It probably saves me easily $100 a month and now more with gas going up. I'm trying to get to that thirty minute mark to or from work which I should hit in a month or two. I'm at about thirty five minute mark now and that's with a 12spd 73 Raleigh Competition with tubulars. Yeah that's right...I commute on tubulars.