Originally posted by naisme
At what point does the commute keep you off the bike? I am looking at commuting 50 miles a day 5 days a week and while I love biking this seems excessive, and may take the fun out of my extracirricular riding.
Is there too much of a good thing?
Everyone is different, of course. I have friends who can ride that everyday with no problems, I have other friends who top out at less than 1/3 that amount.
Just try it out and see what works for you. I find that I really don't like to spend more than about 80-90 minutes a day commuting by bike. More than that and it cuts into time that I use doing other things I like to do. But that's just me.