Anyone into bicycles and bicycle racing?

What do you guys think would be a reasonable distance to commute by bike?

My commute would be about 25 miles each way, but about 18 of those miles would be on a nice trail, which would make it a little easier.

I'm trying to engineer away, where I bring my bike into work in the car on one day, and then ride it home that day or the next day. The only missing piece of the puzzle is getting a ride into work the morning I ride my bike home in the afternoon.

I suppose I could ride my bike in the next morning to get the car, but I think back to back rides could be tough until I increase my conditioning. I do have a locker room at work though, which helps.

You live pretty close to me Scott. Do you ever ride the Prairie Path/ Fox River trail system? It's a good ride. They have been improving it over the past 10 years or so.

You guys are pretty avid cyclists! I wish I could get it back. I will try hard this summer. After watching a lot of the videos I am not surprised there are some cyclists in the group. There are a lot of great athletes on the water lurking here. I am not one.

I ride a fair amount. Last year I put in around 75 to 125 miles a week during the spring through fall. This year I plan on riding my first century in October. I'll check out the site also.

I'll check it out. I've been very actively cruising craigslist for a good used bicycle. I figured they'd be a dime a dozen, but it seems like prices on good, name brand, ones have spiked a bit, or at least held value.

The fact that I'm looking for 60cm or above makes it a little more challenging as those sizes are rarer.

I'm thinking it might theoretically be possible to make my commute once in a while by bike. It's pretty long, but there is a ready made bike trail that would cover most of it. It's just getting to the start of the trail, and leaving from the end of the trail that could be a bit treacherous.

and stress, Wilbur and Oliver were bicycle makers, some steal the thunder and on their license plates say "first in flight" both boys from Dayton Ohio, so actually Ohio invented flight   lol