I actually saw the bungee cargo netting on Amazon and was going to pick some up. The first couple of days were rough, but not that bad. I wanted to ride home first, before I tried riding in so I had my wife drop me off at lunch and rode back. Of course that day there was a stronger than normal head wind.

I'm a programmer and I've had to work a lot of side jobs to keep my family afloat so my activity level the past 5 years or so has been 0. So I'm looking forward to getting in shape again, but going from 0 activity to a 12 mile round trip commute is a little of a rough start. But of the 3 times I've done it I've really enjoyed it.