It was a pretty smooth ride aside from all the traffic lights. Took me longer then I expected at just under 2 hours. Not sure how tonights return ride will do. Dreading my apartment on the third floor....

Will update post return ride with more since I am at work now.

Awesome, good luck. I started my 15mile one way commute about 2 months ago, so far it has only gotten better.

Where in Florida are you?

Very nice. 18.5 miles is a perfect commuting distance I think! Just long enough to get a decent workout, but not so long that it's tedious.

Glad you in the long distance bike commute. I go 20 miles each way. Once you are used to it, you will look forward to it.

That is exactly the same as my commute mine has a lot of hills and has made my legs very strong lol

Wtg!

Wow! First commute in the dead of July in FLA? you are one seriously brave soul!

Currently doing 30 mi RT in Central FLA and loving it!!! Long enough to be worth getting all sweaty, but not too loooonnng to seriously bite into my time.

Congrats and good luck

SF

Where in Central Florida? I'm in Oviedo.

Winter Park

I take it you are already in biking shape and just decided to extend to commuting. Anyway, a stalwart first commute... Good luck, keep it up!

Located in Fort Lauderdale, fl. I used to own an old school stem shifting road bike that I would do weekend 15-20 mile rides down @ Key Biscayne in Miami. It was a funny situation because I bought this Cannondale H400 off craigslist, put new tires, tubes, lights, etc on it. Didn't plan to start today however turns out my truck battery died. Took that as a sign to jump start commuting, finished off the day logging just under 36 miles. The weather was actually pretty nice, overcast not to sunny, humidity but with a breeze. Hoping my legs feel like new again tomorrow morning.

You'll get there.

Bravo! I'm anticipating an 18-to-20-mile commute to my workplace... Hopefully I'll get promoted to an overnight shift so I won't have to share the road with rush-hour drivers.

I just started commuting at the start of July, 13 miles round trip.
Though I'm glad it takes less than 30 minutes to get to work so I don't have to wake up too early, I find myself wanting a longer trip at the end of the day.

10-20 miles sounds perfect to me... I'll be searching for a scenic, roundabout way to get home soon to bring my miles up a bit closer to what you're putting in.