I have a 4.5 mile commute in Morristown, NJ. 1/2 on suburban roads and 1/2/ through hiking/biking paths going through the woods which is paved (badly rippled) as well as gravel paths. The leaves are getting thicker which make the ride more dangerous.

It usually takes me 20 minutes with a very steep hill that leads to my office's parking lot at the end. I always walk the bike up the hill. Call me a "wus", but I'm still new to biking and the proliferation of sweat it takes to make it up the hill is not worth it just before I walk into work. Pushing the bike up the hill is tough enough.

Today was a beautiful morning, as have been the last 60 in my neck of the woods, and my commute was delightful as usual. I started commuting in July and haven't had a bad day yet. I'm very lucky in my commute in that I have no lights, I go through the woods and deal with very few cars. If I didn't have the hill it would be perfect.

Winter is coming and I'm looking forward to see how I deal with it.