question for daily commuters bike/car

[timwilky]

I spent a year doing a 280 mile commute. I ended up in hospital, my blood pressure had gone seriously through the roof and I was vomiting blood.

2 weeks later I finally got out. Stopped commuting and changed my job. Even bought a bike for the first time in 25 years.

you may think yourself young and invincible. But commuting is a killer. I wasn't seeing my family, leaving home at 5 in the morning and not getting home until after 9. Grabbing a takeaway, shower/bed and start again.

[embee]

Just repeating what everyone has said.

I've recently finished a 5-6 month contract, close to 40mls each way every day. A very easy route, but the time added to the day and the tedium of it really grinds you down. Because it was a limited time and the pay was good I put up with it, but wouldn't do it full time.

60mls each way will make for very very long days, then take off the costs from your net pay and you'll find your effective hourly rate will be pretty mean.

I'd choose to work for a lower hourly rate still, if it meant not doing the long days. I do appreciate that jobs don't grow on trees these days, but think hard, and if you really have to do it then a car is way less demanding than by bike I reckon.

I'm currently commuting 50miles each day and its taking a sizeable amount out of my wage, around 20% and thats just petrol and not counting in insurance and maintence.

I agree with the others on here that a long commute will after a while really get to you and frustrate you