I worked for 40 years, 5 months and 26 days for the same company and of those years, the last 35 I was cycling to work and back. I did it summer, winter, autumn and spring, mornings and afternoon. Up here we luckily do not have rain often in the mornings, but afternoon showers were common. If I got wet in the afternoon, I just got out of the wet clothes when I got home and took a warm shower. It was a bit more of a challenge if I was caught out by rain in the mornings.
Over all of those years I probably saved thousands in fuel, but more important, wear and tear. Also, not having my car stand in a parking area for ± 9 hours a day and being exposed to the harsh weather conditions, such as the blazing sun, hail and extreme cold in the winter.
I did more kilometers on my bicycle than what I drove my car. My wife then had use of the car during the day to go and do shopping, so there was no real need for us to have a second car. Our 2019 car currently only has about 80 000km on the odometer. That's about 1000 km per month, just over 1 tank of fuel per month.
In the last 25 years, I had three different MTBs for my commuting. A Blue Giant Sedona, then a white Cannondale and since 2018 a green Cannondale. I had my fair share of extreme temperatures cycling to work and back. The coldest was about -6°C and the hottest was 42°C.
