I just got done with a 16.4 mile commute. It was my longest commute to date and I feel amazing!! I had periods of struggling up hills and then I had periods of cruising down hill pretty fast. I would love to post Endomondo stats but I made the dumb move of forgetting to unpause it after my very first break and I never realized it until my third or fourth break. One of the most amazing things about the trip was that it was done on an old Huffy that I picked up for $20.

....now I feel like I need a nap lol.

Awesome job! I am glad you loved it!

The feeling of being tired will go away at some point. I remember getting to work the first time I commuter and all I wanted to to was lay down and take a nap.

Well luckily this was just a trip to an exgirlfriend and not a serious commute.

Better be careful. She might chase you up those hills!

Lol well after I got what I needed from her she replied with "turn around and go, bye" so I don't think she had any interest in following

I thought perhaps you biked over there to break up with her. Lol.

Ha Ha no she broke up with me a few days before. I already had that route planned since before the breakup and I already had to get a tshirt from her so it was a pretty good idea to go.

So what else did you leave there? You need to do at least once more to call it a commute!? Congrats!

I don't understand, could you clarify?

how accurate were my time estimates?

i need to stroke my ego.

com·mute
/kəˈmyo͞ot/


Verb
Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.


Noun
A regular journey of some distance to and from one's place of work.

Synonyms
exchange - change - switch


Keywords are "regular" and "work". See the title of this forum.

^^Every forum has one (or more).

To the OP - congrats!!

Nashville.

It was a joke... apparently not a good one. Keep riding!

I guess I didn't get the joke. I wasn't trying to nit-pick. I'm not sitting here correcting everyone's "there", "their" and "they're", cause there are plenty of those to point out(or the way that people spell their own usernames). I was simply trying to help someone's (potential) fundamental misunderstanding of a concept. Maybe you guys think a topic about a single trip qualifies as a "commute", but that's not the way I understand things. I don't go and post on the road forum because I do, in fact, travel on the road.

Sorry if I missed the joke.

Sounds like a good time for all of us to get out and ride! That helps to clarify a lot and put things into perspective. Isn't that great!

I do. Ride on the road, ride a road bike = you're a roadie!

He already had it planned, rode 16 miles for a t-shirt, so let's cut him some slack.

Germans eliminated that problem by calling what's known in English as a "road bike" as a Rennrad (Race bike). Sometimes, lack of precision drives me nuts.

That's less precise, not more, since race bikes are a subset of road bikes

Actually, my favorite distinction is between "trekking" and "expedition" bikes.

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Sorry about leaving you guys hanging. I checked it two days ago I believe and it seemed the thread died and then tonight it was filled with replies. I am afraid I didn't get the joke at the time lol. As for the time estimate, it took me about 60-65 minutes each way but there were a few steep hills, horrible road conditions and half way on the return trip I was dead on my feet lol. As far as traffic goes, it was a perfect route almost but as far as other things go, I wish I had another route available. The only thing I resent from that trip was the darn dogs. I had two huge dogs bark and chase me. Scared the heck outta me.

Impressive, and good job, it gets easier the more you do it, I love my commutes as I love the results of getting better shape.I do about 14 one way and people cant believe I do it.Keep it up the reward will be great.

Curious as to what area of the country (world?) you are riding in...

He's given us clues that he's in the US. See if you can find the clues. But I can't figure out which part he's in.

South East US. In particular, Central GA