+1 on the roads vs towpaths, Have a look on google maps and use smaller/quieter off roads if wanting to get use to it , It is also a good excuse and safer way to practice hand signals and balance with or without traffic.
how far do you commute?
- Thread starter alecstilleyedye
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+1 on the roads vs towpaths, Have a look on google maps and use smaller/quieter off roads if wanting to get use to it , It is also a good excuse and safer way to practice hand signals and balance with or without traffic.
RichardB
Slightly retro
- Location
- West Wales
My commute is 13.5 miles each way, and properly hilly. At the moment I am doing it on an electric bike, and it takes me about 55 minutes each way. I work 4 nights a week and use the bike for two of the nights, so I count it as four rides on separate days. I'm aiming towards doing it on my road bike, but there isn't enough in my legs for that just yet. I'm a little concerned about the time it will take, too. I am moving to 12-hour shifts for three of the nights, and I'm wondering if I will get time to sleep! I'm on a losing weight/getting fit kick at the moment, and cycling to work is brilliant because a) you don't need to take time out of your schedule to visit gyms etc, and b) there's no excuse for missing a day - if you want to eat, you have to get to work, rain, cold, whatever.
rdfcyclist
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Norwich
Mine is just over 6 miles one way, but I'm trying to extend that where I can. Means that I do about 60 miles per week which is a nice thought to have while eating in excess at the weekend.
CoffeeKev
New Member
- Location
- Lancashire
I would like to return to doing my full 16 mile commute either side of a 12 hour night shift but just can't get the motivation since the arrival of my son
Thinking driving most the way and building back up to it but it's a killer either side of a 12 hour night shift
...insert motivation here... coffee only goes so far
Thinking driving most the way and building back up to it but it's a killer either side of a 12 hour night shift
...insert motivation here... coffee only goes so far
RichardB
Slightly retro
- Location
- West Wales
I work 12-hour shifts for three of my four in a week, but I only cycle in on one of them. (The fourth shift I cycle, but that's only 7 hours.) My commute takes the best part of an hour, and when you add up the working time, the travel time, a bite to eat and some sleep, there isn't a lot left. My children are grown up, so there is just the two of us, and we fit things round it, but I can understand how difficult it is if you have young family. In another job, I used to drive half way and bike the rest, but you still have all the hassle of changing etc, and there is the added headaches of secure parking, roof racks, carriers etc. There's no easy answer.
MattWServices
Regular
- Location
- Sheffield
6 miles each way, but once I'm back into the flow of things, I'm going to flesh it out a bit on the way back home.
woodland81
Regular
just started last week, two commutes to work and back. 9miles each way
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
A few weeks in, and I already have a backup commuter to my Schwinn Impact, a Univega Via Carisma(1991)
Custom24
Über Member
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Is the vote supposed to be your daily each way mileage, or return?as the thread title says really…
vote now
Origamist
Legendary Member
Each way, i.e one leg of the journey.
Custom24
Über Member
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I gave you a like for your avatar apart from anything else
OP
OP
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
total mileage…
Origamist
Legendary Member
It's only taken me three years, but I've learnt something new today. Thanks
