how far do you commute?

[DCLane]

0 miles at the moment.

Until mid-March it was 12 miles each way, 4 days a week.

 

[jowwy]

These days around 18ft.......

 

[rockyroller]

22 miles. I'm only a fair weather commuter right now. I have done it year round at a different job, that was 17 miles, then 13 miles after the office moved. in my opinion 13 is the perfect distance. long enough for a work out & to justify the prep & resources at the office. 22 miles is a bit much, but it's OK in my industry's off-season, when the work load is light, the boss man vacations more & I have flexibility w/ my hours. had to skip the summer of covid ;-(

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[Rikolet]

Up to 15, straight to work and back, three times a week. If the weather permits I extend the way back home as possible, to 20 or even more.

I used to cycle after work (or on weekends) to the climbing wall and then back home.

Hope soon will be doing the same again!

 

[Harril]

O since this time last year! usually anything between10-17 miles per day, depending on where I'm working.

 

[my_key]

10km everyday

 

[STMS]

Extremely Slow 27+ round trip

 

[Solocle]

3 miles direct. It would be closer to 1.5 if I could cycle along the train line across Hole's Bay...

Bit I did once go home the looong way around, round the whole of Poole Harbour, catching the Sandbanks Ferry. 25 miles.

 

[fair weather cyclist]

1 flight of stairs, then I have a coffe and cake stop, then back up the same flight of stairs.

I commute several times a day.

 

[rockyroller]

tweaking my checklist, for when I do the 22 miles each way, again, sometime soon. we had snow flurries yesterday but expecting daytime temps in the mid-70sF next week!

stock at work w/ car the day before

• vitamins & regular supplements I take daily, add magnesium, potassium, calcium & sodium
• bike lock
• something else to eat that’s easy on the stomach

for the ride home

• fresh head-sweat
• fresh cycling shorts
• fresh shirt

for wash up, w/o shower

• diluted shampoo
• washcloth
• hair cream
• deodorant
• 2 hand towels
• small travel hair dryer
• bottom wipes

for the work day

• underwear
• socks
• shoes
• pants
• shirt & undershirt

for the ride home

• re-use cycling socks
• re-use mtb shorts / pants

what to bring on bike that morning

• road bike tubes (2)
• something else to eat that’s easy on the stomach
• office keys
• wallet, cash, cell phone
• the usual cycling mumbo jumbo, lights, camera, trunk w/cycling supplies, etc

if it's a Friday, what to bring home on bike

• underwear (aka cycling shorts) & shirt from ride in (everything else should keep 'till Monday when I come back w/ the car)

 

[Robin Banx]

I work in the NHS and have recently moved to a new hospital. Just done a trial run before my night shifts start, 8.39 miles one way, mostly on shared use paths, with 332 ft of ascent.
A lot easier on the legs than my previous one, just on 11 very lumpy miles each way.

 

[fair weather cyclist]

Reading some of the posts and some of the lists of stuff people have to do and/or bring with them when they commute to work by bike gives me the chills. It's basically my description of hell.

 

[Alex321]

Went in to the office today for only the 2nd time since March last year.
15.97 miles in, 15.2 home (took a wrong turn on way in).

Carrying all I needed in a rucksack on my back - Laptop, keyboard, mouse, power supply. Work trousers, underpants, socks, t-shirt and trainers. Forgot a towel, so had to dry myself after shower using the roll of blue paper "towels" that was there with a disinfectant spray.

Faster on the way in than the way home, partly because more uphill home, partly because the turn I missed n the way in was for the Ely trail, which is about 1/3 gravel trail, so was quite slow when I did it on the way home. I haven't really ridden this way before, because we moved house just after the first lockdown, so still working out the best route.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've been riding my new 15k commute for a few months now, so it's becoming familiar and routine, and the distance is becoming broken up into landmarks. It's going well, but I appreciate that I'm spoiled because it's flat and most of it is on traffic free cycleways.

 

[rockyroller]

I've been riding my new 15k commute for a few months now, so it's becoming familiar and routine, and the distance is becoming broken up into landmarks. It's going well, but I appreciate that I'm spoiled because it's flat and most of it is on traffic free cycleways.

yeah I have fond memories of a cpl diff. rides & even my current one. there are landmarks & diff. sections. one can mentally absorb or prepare for