it's a fine line between feeling cool and feeling dorky/weird/crazy, ime. the deciding factor seems to be how easy or not-easy you're finding it. which is ironic because when it's hardest is probably when you deserve the most credit for doing it. if you hang in and get more accustomed to the distance you might find your inner needle starting to creep over from 'misfit' to 'superhero'.

i dunno; just extrapolating from me. for me the hardest part of commuting by bike was the first part, when not only was i doing something 'weird', i also didn't feel like i was doing it well. zero cred from both sides, basically. hang in, and maybe it would help to mix up your rest days more evenly with the commutes throughout the week.