For many years I commuted 30-to-32 miles rt, often increasing the miles to 35 or 40, and most of this was done on a fixed gear on a route with some 7 miles of mostly gradual climbing inbound and inevitably a strong westerly homebound. Ages 42 to 53.
I remember asking Gary "only 9,000 miles -- it was a bad year" Blakely, formerly of this list, about this, fearing that I was biting off too much, and he replying that it really was no big deal and that I'd quickly get used to it. He was right. The only real problems were two: first, self imposed, riding too fast and hard (I'd routinely break an hour across town, clock running, beating the Route 66 bus) so that I simply was riding too hard and didn't recover, falling prey to continual colds and fatigue; and the second, having to get up 45 minutes earlier (by car my commute was 20 minutes; by bike anywhere from 54 to 70 depending on route and effort). Commuting temperatures ranged from the 20s on winter mornings to the 100s on summer evenings. And wind. Oh, the wind. If you allow enough time and ride at a "natural" pace, you should have no problem. On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Michael <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just curious. > > My commute may get longer soon. > I had been doing partial commutes of 5.6 miles from a park-n-ride, but > would like to work up to the full 16 mile one-way commute one day. > A change in my family's work schedule (3 of us with two cars) may > necessitate this sometimes. > > Any Riv-peeps' cold weather tips? Gets down into the 20's here in the > winter. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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/groups/opt_out.
