Originally posted by FOG
Does anyone do a long commute? yahoo maps tells me I am 36.2 miles from work, and that is using an expressway that goes fairly straight, and which is not open to bikes. I figure a bike commute would be 40-45 miles. I am not sure I could handle 80-90 miles a day. Any thoughts on how to work into this?
Be creative.
Perhaps parking would be cheaper 10 miles away from work, rather than where you work. If so, maybe you could tote your bike on your car, park the car and ride the bike 10 miles to work.
Or even 5 miles, or whatever suits your fancy.
(Oops, looks like this idea has been mentioned already!)