As much as I would like to commute by bike, the distance of the commute has made it difficult to do. If I commute it would be 90 miles round trip by bike. By car it is 60 miles.

After seeing several bike commuters on my drive to work in the northern california bay area, I made up my mine to commute by bike as much as possible. So with the support of my co-workers, I can at least ride home part way 3x a week.

I drive to a park n ride area where my co worker picks me up and then I ride back from the office after work. The commute is 30 miles. On Fridays, I have another co worker pick me up at home. Then I can ride home with my commute being 45 miles.

The commutes to the park and ride are roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes and the friday ride home is usually 2 hours and 15 minutes.

The commuting/riding in general has help me tremenously in controling my diabetes and weight. So far the results by biking/commuting are my doctor has reduced my medication for my diabetes in half and I have lost 25 lbs.