My commute is 5.2 miles each way. Head wind on the way to work in the evening, tail wind or no wind on the way home in the early morning. Mostly smooth country road, one stop sign. The ride to work is sometimes very hard with 15-20 mph wind, worst so far was 27. I still love it. The ride home is nice with little or no traffic and its been cool in the 50-60's at 2:00am.