Not for me. I never joyride on the same kind of roads I commute on.

My commute is in a suburban area with lots of traffic. It's a healthy way to get to work, but I wouldn't call it relaxing. When I want a relaxing ride I just go to rail trails and such, and then if I want to ride on pavement a 4 mile ride on the rail trail gets me out of the populated area and to empty roads where I can safely ride all day long and see a minimum number of cars on a Sunday morning.