Originally Posted by
marburg99
Welcome 6bikes,
When i first started commuting a couple of years ago, it was only a 5 mile roundtrip. I weighed close to 300 pounds so that distance was plenty. I moved away and my commute turned into a 26 mile roundtrip...I did the 1/2 drive 1/2 bike thing...until i could do the whole thing. I was offered a job that would have made my commute 36 mile roundtrip, so i declined it. Its ironic that now i work at a job that has my roundtrip commute at 48 miles. My coworkers still think i'm crazy, but after about 3 weeks, i've gotten used to it. I'm averaging about 3-4 days a week. I'm still looking for that elusive 5 day straight.
I also have a 1000ft elevation gain each way...makes me think twice about eating junk.
Wow, I am FULLY impressed ! All that in two years? That's amazing! I totally empathise with the daunting climb, mine is 2100 ft elevation, but only 10 miles ( I swear, it seems the last 3mi must have over 1000) .... then the 1/2 mile steep, rugged dirt road , at the end of the ride... is the "coup de grace".
A little thing I didn't mention in the first post, I use to bike commute from a previous cabin, only a stones throw away (minus the dirt road part,is about it) >> about 10 years ago<< but it was never more than 2 days a week, and really, for only intervals of a month or so, with dry, car-driving spells of double that. So, you see, I *never* really was all the way. I hope to now just once a week even, integrate
PartWay commuting, where I can park a few miles down the mtn, and shave off 1000 ft of the climb, and half the time.