Originally Posted by
alloo
As a new cyclist who has a similar commute distance, how long did your commute take when you first started (time) and how long does it take now (time)? Just curious. Congratulations, don't give up biking for joy in your retirement.
It took an hour when I first started, and it takes an hour now. It isn't the riding speed, I'm a much faster, longer endurance rider now than ever but you just can't beat the NYC traffic lights. The things I've improved on is that I can now go from 14th St to 23rd without getting stuck at 20th by riding faster, and I'm much faster up the bridge's incline of about 4%. That adds up to about 2 minutes total and I get stuck somewhere else instead.
Retirement sucks when you have no money.
I have enough to last quite a while. I'm going to find some other things to do, but not for a little while so I can enjoy myself.