edit: sorry, I will definitely search. *doh, shoulda done that first!!!*

There are a bunch of threads just like this. Do a search for titles with long commute in it. Many pages.

What happend to the Very Long Commute Club?

Depends. What's the terrain like? Do you have many hills to deal with? If not, it's totally doable... As long as you have the time. And before deciding that it would take too long, be sure to subtract the time it would take to drive from the time it take to ride, then figue in the fitness benefits, as well as the satisfaction of sticking it to the oil companies. It really closes the gap.

My commute is 30 miles one way. And I have a couple decent climbs in the middle of it all. It takes me about 1.75 hrs. to get to work, and 2 to 2.25 to get home... 2.5 if the wind is kickin' my butt. There is substantially more gradual climbing, in addition to the big hills, on he way back home.

Usually, I'll put my bike on the rack and ride to work with my wife, since we both work for the same company. In the evening, she drives off to the gym and I pedal home. Lately though, she's gone off the deep end and is working out mornings and evenings on Monday and Friday, trying to loose the last 15 lbs. So I have been riding the round trip on those days. I do have the option of jumping on the train for a good portion of the trip. So that's a good option of I, and/or the bike, is feeling thrashed.

Have you done it on the weekend? Definitely try a test run on a non work day.

DanO

Damn, now the very long commute club is 25+ one way? I thought my 18.2-22.7 (depends on what office I'm going to) was a long way and now I find out I'm just a regular commuter! Haha! I wonder if the 1400-1500ft. elevation gain helps my cause?

More power to you guys that commute that much! I know that sometimes on my way home I'll take the 'longer' way' just to add some extra miles.

-Barry-

If I remember correctly... the VLCC didn't require a specific mileage. After all, one riders' Bataan death march is another riders' warm-up. Also; I might commute 60 miles round trip 2 or 3 times a week. But others ride 20, 30 or 40 mile round tips each and every day. So it's all relative.

DanO

I just read that about the VLCC (after I did the search as appropriately admonished) - the required distance is whatever you think is "very long". There were some on there doing 10 miles each way. Personally I do 18 - 24 miles just about every day as part of my training, so doing the additional 26 miles would be doubling my current daily mileage... so I think about 52 miles per day as "very long"