She didn't have a problem with it when we lived in CC. But, with a 4 mile commute that is a lot of crank revs. Plus she has 24 x 1.75 tires on there which have a significantly higher resistance than do 700 x 23. But, her friend is lending her a moutain bike which should allow her a better selection of gear ratios.

I did notice that by 6:30 pm the traffic has pretty much cleared out. I don't know if more and more people are leaving earlier to "beat the traffic". If that is the case, productivity in a lot of businesses must be suffering.