Originally Posted by
5matt
Thanks again for the workable suggestions, I may try the kneehole hanger approach. Food I can plan for, I can bring in lunch the day before since I won't be commuting every day. I'm trying to get all my planning done ahead of time so I won't be caught out. I'm allowing myself 2 hours to make the trip, it's mostly flat with only one nasty hill-my bus trip now is 1 hour, plus 20 minute walk to the busstop so riding will not add a lot of time-leave house at 6 am, 15 minutes to shower and dress, ready to go by 8:15. My work schedule is somewhat flexible so a few minutes late (flat, mechanical) shouldn't make a difference.
How fast can you ride? How hilly is your commute?
I have between 400 and 600 feet of climbing in ~15 miles each way. 27 miles in 2 hours is an average of 13.5 MPH. I can do that and faster with a tail wind, but with a nasty headwind like yesterday I didn't even break 10 MPH average. I'm just generally a slow rider, something I haven't really been able to improve.