so, is the consensus that a weekly commute, knocks some of the enthusiasm out of folks, for weekend riding as well?
Not commuting enough means I don't enjoy weekend cycling enough as I'm too unfit and it's just a slog, so I end up doing less weekend cycling.
Commuting too much meant I was often too knackered for weekend cycling.
So there's definitely a large middle ground that's good for both.
Of course, this shifts over time. When I was regularly doing Audaxes (i.e. a 200 or more at least once a month) then the commuting miles were relatively meaningless (since they only ever added up to ~120km or so).
Now I don't really do Audaxes I'm tired at the weekend with anything more than 50km commuting during the week!