A long commute isn't always a bad thing...
 

Well as some may or may not know, I lost my job about a month and a half ago. I recently started a new job up in Morganton, NC (at a much MUCH better company! Old place was a major s**thole). Only thing is with the new job is that it also comes with a hefty commute.... 120 miles/day if I take the backroads, 160 miles if I take the highway. But who would want to take the boring ass highway all that ways anyways?? Backroads everyday for me!

Here's the route on google maps...

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I usually leave my house around 6:35 am. I make my way out through all the apple orchards on some local backroads over to Rt. 64 and head east for a ways

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Then head northeast on NC 9

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Then continue NE on Old Fort Rd. I live in a valley, and my work is also in a valley, but there's a ginormous mountain in between the two. Old Fort Rd takes you up up up and to the top of the mountain, then down the other side of it

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It's a fun road with some beautiful scenery

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Gotta watch out for this stuff though.... it's all over on Old Fort Rd. Once you go through a few times though you know most of the spots where it's at, and just know to be extra mindful of it and take it real easy. It's still a fun road though even going slow

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Lots of these, especially when you get up towards the top of the mountain

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Definitely out in the sticks the whole way there.... sure wouldn't want to have a wreck or breakdown out here, especially since I have no cell phone signal most of the way

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A few hairpins... those are always fun

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Make it to work right at 8 am.... and being that my new boss is cool as all hell and also into sportbikes, I get the VIP parking spot right in my stall where I can keep a close eye on her all day long

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Then repeat in the opposite direction at 5 pm


So yea... pretty rough commute I've got there, hahahah. I don't really think of it as a commute, but more like 3 FREE hours of mandatory playtime in the twisties.... every day!! I love it here... really hope I never have to move

Just dont drop an F150 on her and you should be fine

Nice commute. I think you'll end up winning the mileage contest...if you've entered.

You are nuts for driving that long every day. I realize it is a great commute with the roads, but it would get old to me being in the car or on the bike that long every day. I love riding, but I do have other things I like to do.

Very cool route man. I'll trade you.




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Car + push broom.

i cant believe it but I actualy agree. I have a prety long commute as it is and no where near as fun as that one looks. Some days it just sucks if i am tired or had a long day and just want to go home and i have an hr plus commute ahead of me. I can slab mos tof it on the highway at least so the fifty something miles takes me about an hr to make it home.

Biggest probs with a long commute for me are 1. I'm in ND, so you can only bike 6-7 months of the year, so the cost is very prohibitive
2. I like to have that time to myself to do other things that need to be done.

Looks like you enjoy it and have a beautiful ride, so I'm happy for ya!

Bike is lookin' good man. How many miles now?

Commute looks like fun (I used to have a similar one that was 70 miles each direction) but that looks like deer country so watch your ass, dude.

Awesome. I'd do it. love to ride, so if I could enjoy it and get better work I would at least if it looked like that route.

I have a 4 mi commute right now in town. I used to have a 14 mile one way on a really abondoned and curvy 2 lane. It was my personal race track till multiple tunr in calls to the AR St Troopers...

Because agreeing with me is such a terrible thing :lol: (yes, I think I know why you really agree)