Who's got a long commute?

[jobob]

My commute is about 15 miles each way and flat as a pancake - the only "climb" is the Dumbarton bridge. It works out to about 160 feet of climb, each way.

But it can get really windy sometimes. Often there's not much wind in the morning, but going home I get 1/3 tailwind, 1/3 crosswind heading across the bay, and 1/3 headwind. Good training opportunity I suppose.

In general, it's a pretty nice route along the bay, and about half of it is either on roads with very little car traffic, or paved off-road trails. I'm not a fan of multiuse paths in general, but this one has an excellent sightlines and it's mainly used by cyclists, so there are very few pedestrians to dodge.

Some people really dislike riding over the Dumbarton bridge - the ped/bike path over the bridge is separated from the highway traffic by a waist-high concrete barrier, and it can get very noisy with cars & trucks zooming within 10 feet at 70+ mph. That doesn't really bother me, I manage to tune it out. I do have some industrial sprawl to negociate as I approach my workplace but eh, nothing's perfect.

So far I've managed to ride to work 3 times this week (actually 2.5, I still have my ride home today) and I think I finally have a good routine in place, so hopefully I can manage 2-3 times per week.