I'm fairly new to commuting myself, having just started my second year of riding my bike to and from work. I live in Okeechobee, FL, where is is 'pool table' flat and make a daily round trip commute of 15.7 miles. It takes me right at 30 minutes each way, and I wear cycling clothes to ride, which I hang up in my office during the day to dry and put on my uniform, which mostly lives in the office through the week. I towel off, spray my pits, and then get dressed and go to the adjacent bathroom to comb my hair and make sure I'm presentable before my work day begins at 8am. The cooler winter days are easy, but the high summer is tougher, with temps as high as 80 with 90% humidity some mornings on the way into work.

At first it seems like a chore to get rigged and out of the house on time, carrying clothes, and lunch and spares and tools and the like, but after a while it becomes common place, and you begin to look forward to the ride twice a day.

Welcome to the world of cycle commuting. It gets in your blood after a while and you can't get away from it...

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL