Thanks for all the helpful info, great resource this website is! you can get help and great tips from the elitists to the hipster fixie dude to the suburban weekend warrior.

the reason i had the 5 minute benchmark thing, is thats around the difference in time from driving to what it takes my to bike. I know crazy only 5-7 minutes diff, chalk that up to urban commuting.

There is a route that i would be able to time the lights, but its the least safest so that is way out of the question.

i guess from all the wonderful answers i should just roll with what i got mash the pedals harder and enjoy the view, which is actually a awesome view and i get to work smiling my azz off.


P.S. you guys made the wife happy as she is complaining that "you just bought a bike and now you want a new one for fathers day?" now i will just get a tie