We haven't heard many details about the OP's commute.
I'd imagine he is merely cycling up to the observatory on Mauna Kea every day for a night-shift job.
The after work ride is less stressful.
https://www.strava.com/segments/10729084
Originally Posted by
rodtripoli
Can my Aura 22 Author road bike handle 100 km a day commute?
What you haven't done is give any details about your actual ride. Or perhaps finances. Nor is it clear whether it is 50km x 2 or 100km x 2, or the number of days a week you intend to ride.
As riders push their physical limits (and perhaps also mechanical limits of a bike), then they tend to start making a few changes (sometimes with opposites).
- Lightest bike one can afford
- Most rugged bike one can get
- The most Aero bike one finds comfortable.
- SAFETY
So, if I had the finances, I might choose to seek out a 15 pound bike (probably will end up being a little heavier as one adds self-rescue gear, and minimal cargo capacity).
I'd make choices like rather than carry a laptop back and forth to work, see if I could get the functionality I needed with carrying a flash drive, or even using a VPN or Cloud storage.
Full TT Aero? Clip-on Aero bars?
Choose rugged, but light and low resistance tires. I'm not sure what the choice would be, but it would also depend on the environment, and the number of flats you get. Also the budget for tire upgrades. Something like Gator Hardshells last long, and are reasonably flat resistant, but not known to have the lowest rolling resistance. On the other hand, Vittoria Corsa Speed tires have low rolling resistance, but less flat resistance and wear out faster. Tubeless + sealant might be a bonus though.
In the end, as one better defines the task, and gains experience, then one will begin to seek the answers that best fits one's own situation.