Originally Posted by
mcours2006
At 60 miles per day you're looking at a minimum time of 3.5 hours, maybe closer to 4.0. That's just a lot of miles, and I wouldn't want to do it on a daily basis.
Train part of the way home is a good idea, if you can take your bike on it.
Mine is pretty idea. It's just under 20 km one way, and most days it takes 45-55 minutes.
Mine's similar; 21.8 km one-way is the shortest distance along bike paths (can be ~20km if I take major roads, which I don't). Those bike paths are some of the heaviest used in Vancouver though, so I take a detour putting me at 25km each way along quieter routes, with a nice rewarding 100m of pure descent for the last few km of my commute.
There are variations that take me ~27-30km along the seawall or river or something without adding much more time.
Sometimes (once a week?) will go for a 20-30km ride after work with buddies then ride home after that. That's the only time I'd approach 60 miles in a day though (and even then, I'm probably not there).