I became a victim of "Synergies" after my company was bought out in January. I made my last commute in mid February.

I started commuting 11 years ago at age 46, to help maintain my weight after losing 80 pounds. I became a year round commuter for the first 7 years when it was a 10 mile round trip to the plant I worked at. The economy caught up to the plant and it closed down in 2010. I was able to transfer to our R&D center, but it became a 30 mile round trip. Winter commutes became weather dependent. That first year was very mild and I actually made 35 commutes in January and February. The last couple of years were not so kind and I only got one commute in by the end of February when my job was eliminated along with 2/3 of the R&D staff.

Final tallies:

1360 10 mile commutes
360 30 mile commutes
24,400 miles!

I plan to continue to ride for pleasure and the occasional errand. For the rest of you keep on commuting!

Very impressive numbers! I'm sorry to hear about your job, but glad that you will keep on rolling.

congrats on your riding accomplishments and sorry to hear of it ending the way it did. hope you find something soon!

you still have a lot to contribute here

Thanks, I now have more time to follow the forums. As my bike list shows I enjoy refurbishing older road bikes, but like all kinds of bikes and biking. I summarized my experience because it shows it is never too late to start commuting and that it became a significant part of my life.

Well done, sir. I hope to hear about your future riding as well.