Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
I commuted 24 miles round trip for the first year at my current job.
It took zero time out of my schedule.
Although I spent 40-55 minutes each way on the road depending on the intersection of traffic/wind/rest days for ~100 minutes total I wasn't spending 40+ minutes driving and going for a separate 60 minute ride which would also total 100 minutes.
Heh, not being a Californian, I keep forgetting that there are circumstances in which it may take as long to drive as to bike to work.
(In my case, it's about 15 minutes by car, and 35-45 by bike each way.)
And that's a good point about "budgeting" the time for bike riding if you aren't commuting.