> You expect regular people to ride 1-2 hours to work each day? I did pretty close to that for quite a while when I lived in NYC and I'm very, very far from be

> You expect regular people to ride 1-2 hours to work each day? I did pretty close to that for quite a while when I lived in NYC and I'm very, very far from being a fitness nut. I biked from Brooklyn up to Morningside Heights and back every day. 12 miles according to Google Maps and took me about 45 minutes each way. Taking the subway would normally be slightly faster, but not by a lot. And despite the crappy weather, physical exhaustion (really just going over the Williamsburg Bridge,the rest of the ride was pretty flat), hassle of locking up and maintaining a bike, and the distinct feeling that cabbies and truck drivers were actually trying to kill me on a daily basis, it was still much, much more pleasant than cramming myself onto a crowded subway train during rush hour.