Originally Posted by
wasie_mi
Fast forward to my early 60's, about 50 lbs. heavier, and I got this dumb idea in my head to try and bike commute again. I knew that there were a couple of rail trails that linked up and went more or less near both my house and my office, which is about a 26 mile drive in the iron cage. But when I studied the map in detail, I realized that i could ride about 21 miles of suburban rail trail out of a total 25.4 mile bike trip. Just to add a little sugar on top, the trail can be accessed on either end of my commute by some pretty nice local bike paths. So, I threw my bike rack on my wife's car and loaded my old trusty commuter bike onto it and had my wife drive me to work this morning so I could try out the ride home.
Let's just saying I'm feeling it, and not in a good way!
I think that would be a good one-way daily commute. So if your wife has a car, and presumably you have a car, have you considered driving your car to work with the bike on Monday, riding the bike home, then riding in to work Tuesday and drive the car home (with or without the bike, depending on parking security)? You could get two round trip commutes in every week, and a recovery day on Wednesday.