Originally Posted by
Daniel4
I also ride in the suburbs. As I had indicated a 20 minute drive over time became longer due to the natural growth of traffic congestion. And that was only for 4km.
As for cycling, half my ride is through the park trail and the other half is through car traffic. Congestion or auto collisions don't affect my ride. The only thing that does affect my ride is how deep the snow is in the trails.
That makes sense, and is my point. A 15 mile plus ride is nearly impossible in a reasonable amount of time with traffic and many other variables mentioned by some in this thread.
The only thing that stops me from riding in the winter is snow, black ice, and bitter cold which we don't get a lot of in the mid Atlantic.
I may not ride in the summer for a few weeks the heat and humidity is just to intense.
The brief time I did commute by bike made perfect sense.
I only drove a couple times this week. And most likely will not drive at all this weekend. Unless I find a great large score. Doubtful.