+1. I commuted 30 m rt 3-4 times a week for many years, often extending it to 35 or 40 miles, and I did this mostly on fixed gears with hills and winds and loads. My two pieces of advice would be: first, take it easy. I always pushed myself too hard which got tiresome in more ways than one as I got older. Second, don't start out rushed in the morning. Easier said than done, for me, but an extra 15 minutes to spare is a wonderful thing in the morning.
In the last couple of years I'd ride the 15-16 miles in and then ride 7 miles back to the University express bus stop and catch a ride the rest of the way, being dropped off a block or two from home. There were also inbound bike+bus options. On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:30 PM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > On Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:19:34 AM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: >> >> I'm covered on the bike front and oh so wish I could realistically bike >> commute but 40 miles RT is just too much. >>> >>> >>> Hugh, I'm 58 years old and RT commute 35 miles a day, 5 days a week, on > my Sam Hillborne; year round. Sometimes, when I'm lucky, I get to > incorporate a side trip downtown which brings my total upwards of 60 smiles > :>) These are great days because I get a whole different experience. > > I don't mean to steer this thread off topic. I only intend to offer > encouragement to Hugh and anyone else who may be in the same situation. > Instead of looking at bicycle commuting as all or nothing deal ... maybe > you could incorporate a commute just 1, 2 or 3 times a week. Believe me, > you won't be disappointed !!! > > Matt > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis ************************************* * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
