How far do you commute?

[mountainchick]

I've been wanting to ride to work ever since I got my bike, but its about 40-45km one way for me.

I was just curious as to how far y'all ride! I couldn't find a thread about it in the forum, so I thought I'd ask.

Thanks!

[crazycanuck]

Weeel..I don't think of my commute as a commute..i see it as training. Sorry for the long post...

My morning commute is 20km and take the short route to work.On the way home, i increase the km's-min is 30..max is 50km. I normally bike to work 3 days a week as the other two i'm off swimming & need the car..

This week's been blech though..Long mtn bike event last sunday, holiday in WA on monday/drove back to Perth. My legs were still sore on Tuesday plus it was going to be 42c & had pilates after work so took the train in. Wed am biked in but again 42c so didn't bike home. YAYAAYYAYAY..today I swam & biked home!!! Tomorrow bike in but going to the Hurricanes vs the Force(rugby) match..

Next week i'll be back to my normal 200km week..

c

[7rider]

Wow. 40-45 km is a haul. But not impossible. I know a guy who did it 4 x's a week for years (well, okay, it was closer to 35). It just takes dedication, an early start, and good lights!

My own commute - when I get my butt in gear and start again for the season - is about 12 km each way.

[makbike]

My commute, when the weather is nice, is a short, quick 2 miles to work. Once the school day has ended I depart the building on my bike and ride the back roads of my community until it is time to return to school to pick up my belongs and make the two mile commute home. I'm looking forward to commuting again just have to let the temperatures increase a bit in the morning. It is simply too chilly for this weather wimp.

[DeniseGoldberg]

I only commute in the summer when the days are long enough to support my ride in daylight in both directions. (Yup, I'm a chicken. The traffic around here scares me enough that I don't even want to attempt riding around the edges of daylight...)

I commute by bike 2 to 3 days a week during the long days and good weather season. My morning ride is usually 16 to 18 miles (25 to 29 kilometers), and my commute home is 18 to 22 miles (29 to 35 kilometers).

--- Denise

[Trek420]

I only commute in the summer when the days are long enough to support my ride in daylight in both directions. (Yup, I'm a chicken. The traffic around here scares me enough that I don't even want to attempt riding around the edges of daylight...)

It's actually 20-25 miles to work, but I take the train. It's roughly 2 miles to the station.

Between traffic and one lonely ped/bike bridge I do this spring/summer. As soon as we Spring Forward I'll ride 1-3 days a week.

Sometimes I get off a stop or two early on the way back which adds a few miles. I don't have a computer on the commuter so not exactly sure of the difference.

[GLC1968]

Let me preface this by saying that I haven't been commuting lately. I don't mind dark and I don't mind cold...I just don't like the combination of cold and dark!

I commute a couple of days a week during the summer and it's 22km each way.

[Triskeliongirl]

My commute is 16 miles round trip, which is just right. Long enough that its worth it, short enough that its doable regularly. Today I had a great commute in, as the weather is dramatically improving. Its supposed to be 78 for my ride home! I am also glad the days are longer and we are getting ready to spring forward so I can ride both ways (if its dark I take a ride home with my DH).

[Toni]

I have a 20 mile round trip commute. I ride 3 times a week, and I love it!!

I have lost 65 pounds and I am POSITIVE that the commute is keeping it off!! That, and my daily "Eating for Life" regimen!

[mountainchick]

Thanks for the replies. I know its going to get me in great shape, and I reeeaaally want to do it. I just have to get myself past that inital ride.


Hey Regina....what kind of helmet is that? It looks like the one I have, and I haven't seen any like it anywhere. Giro (Pink) Encore?

[anakiwa]

11 miles- Uphill both ways.

(Okay it's actually up and down both ways ).

I won't start for at least another month or so (and with various evening activities and sometimes needing a car for work I struggle to average once/week).

Good luck with the longer commute (is there a back-up plan?- I have several co-workers who can give me a ride home if I'm feeling tired and want to take the easy way home)!

[7rider]

Hey Regina....what kind of helmet is that? It looks like the one I have, and I haven't seen any like it anywhere. Giro (Pink) Encore?

Me??
In my avatar??
It's a ski helmet, not a bike helmet - a Giro S4 - but I thought one could barely see it for the big red goggle strap coving it (Anon. goggles).

[CorsairMac]

avg 6.5 miles each way (10k) It's an most Awesome downhill descent in the mornings and the most grinding uphill climb on the way home: 20 mins to get to work, 30-45 mins to get home. I usually ride all year but Albuquerque got slammed with some really bad weather (hey.....we even made national news once they figured out we were really In the US! ) and then it got bitterly cold and then I got sick blah blah blah. I'm back to commuting again and have missed it - greatly!

[HappyAnika]

Mine is about 40 miles (64 km) round trip. I did this about 1x a week last summer, hoping to bump that up to 2x/week this summer. There is a thread below that is similar from last fall:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=10857

I'm excited with next week's time change I can start doing "half commutes", that is, ride home in the afternoon and take the bus in the next morning. (Still way too dark and cold to ride in in the am). I haven't commuted since August or Sept. . . .

[withm]

About 13 miles for me one way. Mornings are almost always upwind, and if I'm lucky it won't shift during the day and I can get a fast ride home. I'll start riding next week with the time change - going to try to ride 1-2x/week.

Often I need the car during the day so it does require some advance planning, and this year I'm going to start keeping more clothes in the office. Don't need any more surprises like the day when I went to my backpack and find no underwear.

In a couple months our office is moving, and it will be a little farther but haven't measured it yet.

Just bought a new seat post so I can use a seat post rack to carry my stuff. New toys! Cool!