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Can't do it.

I live in a small town that's a few miles away from the nearest town with any services - a few miles of fast rural highway with narrow/no shoulders. I could bike the distance even considering my relatively unimpressive physical condition (except when it shoots past 95 degrees, 95% - forget that) but I'd likely get a Peterbilt enema along the way. Tennessee drivers aren't respectful of other road users if they don't have an engine.

Most early weekend mornings I walk to the little local grocery store and Post Office, so that's a couple of miles saved.

When I lived in DC I could bike everywhere and usually keep up with traffic, sometimes beat it, over the whole distance. I miss that.