Originally Posted by
Gresp15C
Maybe it's easier to turn bike commuting into a habit, because work commuting itself is already a routine. For most workers, the daily commute always involves the same schedule, miles, and terrain. Also, of all the things you could do with a car, work commuting is probably the most unpleasant, and the least amenable to improvement by changing your driving habits.
So, once you've got a few rides under your belt, to work out the details of your equipment and timing, then it's easy to keep it up.
That's what I think. For me the commute is easier than short errands - I just do it, no deciding or second-guessing. It's the default. I won't even get warmed up on a short errand, and I think that makes it harder for me to decide to hop on the bike sometimes.
And then further down the line, at some point some of us realize that we enjoy the activity for its own sake, and the driving commute is drudgery. Or at best neutral, wasted time. Then we're hooked.