I've commuted a few times and intend to do more this school year - it's 17 miles each way. People at work think I am insane. It's actually nice to get a decent ride in before work.
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08-04-2007, 07:51 AM #1
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08-04-2007, 06:58 PM #2
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4 miles each way for me. Lots of lights, but a nice wide bike lane for most of it. Took me about 25 min before clipless pedals. Down to about 20 now, because I can ride fast enough to make it through 2 lights I used to end up stopping at before.
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08-04-2007, 08:03 PM #3
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I commute 6 miles each way in bad traffic. Ive been doing it for 3 months now.
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08-04-2007, 11:49 PM #4
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My commute is 2.5km (1.5km) each way, mostly downhill on the way there, and mostly uphill home. It takes around 8 minutes to ride to work, and about 25 to walk, so a lot of the time I walk as it seems to be better exercise, and I don't need the extra time to get changed. Parking is a nightmare, so I have yet to drive to work, but I did catch a ride with DH a lot when I was ill. I'm so happy to be well enough to walk or ride now! YAY!
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08-05-2007, 02:49 AM #5
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7.1 miles each way for me, with lots of lights and stop signs. It would cost me $12 a day to park, so driving is out, and biking is just as fast as the bus/metro/walk option, and much less annoying. I've been commuting by bike every day for about a year and a half, except for days when it's lower than 20F or there's snow or ice on the roads.
Occasionally on Fridays I take the long way home, 17 miles mostly on a bike path, but I wouldn't have the time to do that every day. As it is, I leave the house at 6:30 am and get home around 6:15pm. That's a long enough day for me.
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08-05-2007, 05:43 AM #6
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10 miles each way....
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08-05-2007, 08:24 AM #7
pedal pedAL PEDAL!!!
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15 miles each way here on a very, very hilly route!!! takes about 1 1/2 hour by bike...20 minutes by car. Makes for a long day but I am really trying to do it more often...I don't get to spend as much time with hubby on my bike commute days! On great days my hubby will ride into my work and we take the long route home on the Blue Ridge Parkway which makes for a really long day but a great training ride!
I am preparing for a century soon and don't have much other time to ride so planning on making it a habit for the next few weeks....I am a nobody; nobody is perfect, and therefore I am perfect.
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