Will this commute be too exhausting?

[tulip]

I don't get the thing with Yin and motorpacing. You've brought it up in at least one other post. I figure it's a joke, but it keeps coming up. If you clarify that part of your question, the situation will be clearer.

[Tri Girl]

I ride often, and am cycling fit, but I couldn't do it. My commute was 26 miles each way- so 52 total. I did it about 4 times total (once a month). It was just very time consuming. Because of stoplights/traffic, it took me 2.5 hours each way (3 if I had a bad headwind). I didn't have the option for a hybrid commute (no public transportation and driving partway wasn't really an option). 5 hours at a time on my bike was too much time. I was exhausted at the end of the day (refreshed when I got to work, but tired by the time I got home).

I know people do it, but I couldn't. Just not in me.
You'll never know until you do it. Try it and see how it works for you. It might be great, it might be not so great. Give it a shot and see.


I just changed jobs and got one 2.5 miles from home. I WILL do that commute every day I'm able.

[GLC1968]

I have a similiar commute - 20 miles each way (give or take depending on route). Half my commute is rural country roads (where I live) and half is more urban/suburban. I had grand expectations that when we moved out here, I'd do this commute all the time and eventually work up to doing every day.

Turns out, I don't. It's not really the miles (which one can absolutely adapt to), it's the time. I just can't spare 3+ hours on the bike EVERY DAY.

In addition to the ideas that Indigoiis suggested, I also do a half/half commute. I drive to work with my bike, ride home, ride back the next day and then drive home. This way, I'm only on the bike 1.5 hours per day which is much more manageable.

[Blueberry]

I think she's certainly right that you would likely not be able to keep up - unless she is willing to drive much more slowly than the speed limit (which can cause a host of other problems).

Odd set of posts....

CA

[Selkie]

Where's the "troll patrol" when you need them?

What happened to Mad Kate's avatar?

[Biciclista]

Mad Kate if you can't do the commute on your own power, I would not suggest that you motorpace because besides being reckless and dangerous, it's against the law.
I know lots of people who do commutes like that on their own power that is, but they usually don't do it every day.
Thanks Sadie Kate for the link. I never knew what that was called before.

[shootingstar]

Where's the "troll patrol" when you need them?

What happened to Mad Kate's avatar?

While we wait for Mad Kate to respond to all of us, I just wanted to add here that the 3+ hr. multi-modal transportation daily work commute that I did for 3 years that was crystallized into a real full bike ride, was described here:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...hlight=bridges

I've done other 100+ kms. in other trips other places, but this ride for myself personally, was laden with abit of emotion.

[SadieKate]

I don't get the thing with Yin and motorpacing. You've brought it up in at least one other post. I figure it's a joke, but it keeps coming up. If you clarify that part of your question, the situation will be clearer.

Yeah.

http://www.velonews.com/article/11478

I know you aren't in the US, but . . .

[shootingstar]

I don't get the thing with Yin and motorpacing. You've brought it up in at least one other post. I figure it's a joke, but it keeps coming up. If you clarify that part of your question, the situation will be clearer.

Like tulip & others: maybe you're a new mini Jeannie Longo or Lance Armstrong. Show us a pic of yourself and bike.

Motorpacing? Unless there are congested car traffic jams along the way and bikes can get on ahead while car drivers sit around? I guess you enjoy concentrating on a car and 'beating' it?

I already cycle 42 kms. daily. It's a route I do daily with a few 4-10% hills...and I'm looking for work..though not on the bike. On weekends I do longer distances, that's when I allow myself to play more.

That's enough cycling for me daily during the weekdays. And I'm willing to bet my route is more beautiful than yours, because of the mountains and ocean views I get along the way...since I'm not focusing on a car ..for motorpacing.

In the past, I spent over 3 hrs. daily with real work commuting time-- a blend of cycling, light rapid transit train, bus and then walking 15 min. So I can speak with (pained) feeling of what it means to spend so much time commuting like this for...3 consecutive yrs. I justified it because it was a contract job..to earn money. Looking back, I probably sacrificed abit of my mental health at the time. 2 weekends ago, we cycled this same work-commuting route completely by bike on a Sunday when the traffic wasn't so frantic. Guess what the real round trip distance between home and my old workplace if I had biked it: 102 kms. Yup. Since bike commuting trip must avoid some illegal highway areas for bikes, etc.

Set your life priorities properly...and remember your longevity on the road to ride/commute happily and safely daily.