It always depended on the distance for me.
2,5 miles to work for many years, I would always cycle 4 days a week, barring extreme weather, id usually sprint it, often extend it to add in a few miles.
Then I changed work, 14 miles away, quite commutable but then time becomes the issue, around an hour each way, not ideal in a tiring job, so I used to try to cycle once, maybe twice a week in the summer.
Now I drive to work (arthritis makes any distance on a bike impossible) the roads (motorway) are busy, I just set my speed at a pace that suits me, 60 - 65 and treat it as my relaxing time before I get to work. Its how you mentally treat the traffic, I do my thing, everyone else can do theirs, doesn't bother me particually to see idiots every day.
Typical example comes to mind almost immediately...someone tells me they were stuck behind two lorries for several miles
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My thought when they tell me that ?..., so you got held up for 5 minutes, so what ?
Its all how you approach it.
But I long for the old days when I cycle commuted
