Originally Posted by
mgw4jc
Funny. That's kind of what I did though. We were already down to one car which my stay-at-home-wife/mom needs more than I do. I changed jobs and moved at the same time. If I hadn't moved, I would have been 2 miles from work. But as it is, I am 12 miles. We moved from an apartment to a house, so had to go further away.
Here's are ideas that might help with the transition.
1- have the wife drive you in part way in the AM, and ride home taking as much time as necessary.
2- join a car pool that goes someplace close to where you work. Buy a car rack and get the drivers permission to put it on the car. Car pool in, and ride the rest of the way. At night ride back to the car pool meeting place, or ride home according to weather and how you feel. IMO one way car pooling with a nice ride home beats a 2 way commute in many ways.
3- if there's mass transit, find someplace part way in to work where you can leave or stage the bike and mix mass transit with biking to keep the riding distance within range.
I'm sure that if you give yourself a moment to consider all options, you'll find a way to mix biking and alternatives while working up to the riding range.
Bike commuting isn't digital ie. yes or no. There's all sorts of ways to mix things up and make it work for you.