Originally Posted by
tony_merlino
This limits the practical bicycle commute distance to what you can comfortably ride in 45 minutes or so, including the time it takes to "make yourself presentable" at work, if applicable.
There's the stickler, especially if one works directly with the public sector.
This doesn't mean that a few people won't deliberately increase their commute to over an hour; only that most people won't. Which means that the ones who do will always be outliers.
I'd do an hour or more if my commute route was at a more relaxed pace, but not at the pace that my current commute routes/cycling infrastructure/urban traffic dictates.