Originally Posted by
Easy Peasy
My ride to work is 4 miles one way. 80% is a bike/ped path, and half of the path has tree shade. The rest is on quiet residential streets. I cross one highway, but there's a light I can push to get a light. My route is mostly flat with the exception of 3 modest hills (two downhill and 1 uphill going to work). Right off the bike path is my PO, bank and pharmacy. 200 yards off the path is a grocery. I can't complain.
Was 12 miles one-way with 10 stop signs and 24 traffic lights (only one of which was a right turn). Flat or false flat except for one highway overpass I could spin over in 50x19 or 50x21. Nice for 2x10 threshold intervals on the way home at night with low traffic.
Mostly streets with moderate speed limits (35-40) and bike lanes, a couple of miles of "bike boulevard" which is wide residential streets with periodic barriers which only allow bikes and pedestrians through, and two miles in a residential area/business district. A very short stretch with limited shoulder and no bike lane.
Just moved closer (3 miles to, 1.5 miles from) though and will need to find some detours to keep riding my 100 weekday miles.