Does having doctor or dentist appt consider an excuse to not commute? There's some doctor office that are out of the way in which case I cannot commute those day by bike. Otherwise, yes I do commute 5 days a week even through the pouring rain. BTW, this winter season here in the Bay Area has been one of the best rain season we had, now that I know I got through this one, hopefully everything else will be a "Walk in the Park".