Tuesday was my first bike commute of the year, to a new job at REI in Niles IL. It was about 15-20 degrees with a decent tailwind for my 14 mile trip. It took 55 minutes and my average (while moving) was 16.1mph. When I got off work there was a couple of inches of new snow on the ground and the wind was blowing pretty hard, so I took the bus home. Last year I commuted 10 miles each way to downtown Chicago. I'm looking forward to the extra 8 miles per day as well as not having to ride through some pretty nasty neighborhoods on the west side of Chicago. We are due to 6+ inches here tonight, so it might be a while before I'm riding all the way to work again, but I do plan to take the bike on the bus which involves pretty short rides on either end, and having to switch buses, but at least I won't be stuck in my cage (car).