How far is your commute?

joseacasillas

I leave my home for my commute around 5:30 and with the time change, it is dark enough to require a light for about an hour. I ride the beach path from Redondo Beach to Santa Monica and much of the path dosen't have lights so a light is really needed. Are you concerned about being see by what traffric tghere is at 4:30 am?

wifeh8sbikes

I am always concerned about traffic.If I have to work on Friday and Saturday nights I will take all side streets and some sidewalks when necesary. There are too many people coming home from bars at that hour. In NY, the bars close at 4am. I am pretty well lit up. Man, I wish I could take a path from ANY BEACH to ANY any place with a name as beautiful as Santa Monica. I'm stuck commuting from Depew to Cheektowaga!

joseacasillas

Well ar least you're not in a car!

zacu1

7 miles each way along lake Michigan to my downtown Chicago job. Couple of times the winds have caused swells in the lake that flood the trail right up to the dividing wall of Lakeshore Drive, and the bravest of us scoot between crashing waves like a video game!

In retrospect... it's a pretty stupid idea. One mistake and your bike is out to sea, if not yourself, and that water ain't warm.

poweredbysweat

Good luck with that commute, Keith. That's a long one!

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Wino Ryder

Just found this forum. I ride 14 miles round trip to work and back every day, and have been doing so for almost 3 years. The first half of my commute is at midnight on some pretty dark streets, but it's a lot of fun. I use a homemade 20 watt light made out of pvc and it really lights up the road. People think I'm a slow moving motorcycle. At any rate, I love riding at night where it's cool and less traffic. I would'nt trade it for anything in the world.

Tenspeeder

My commute is approximately 10KM each way...it's about half an hour to forty-five minutes each way, give or take.

Once a week, I cycle 20KM to another office to deliver invoices, as well. So, altogether, I do about 140km each week.

jkreuzig

I just started commuting via bike 2 days a week. It's 33.75 miles one way. I ride in and carpool with my wife back home. I have tried doing the round trip once, last friday (6/14/2006). By the time I got home, I was DEAD. A total of 67 miles of biking broken up by an 8 hour work day put me in bed by 10PM on a friday night.

The vast majority of my commute in on paved bike trails (about 28 miles), so I can just cruise along without having to stop.

N_laplaca

I created this thread so I should finally weigh in. I just started commuting this week. Would have started sooner but I was recovering from a shoulder injury. Anyway it's 27 miles 1 way. I love it. I have to leave at 4:30 to be there for 6:30. That usually leaves me 30 minutes to spare in case of a flat or something. I don't have a shower at work so I use a product called rocket shower. spray on and wipe down.

I was torn between using a backpack or rack type system. I opted for a caradice sqr type system. Works very nice. Holds everything I need. My light is a nitehawk raptor. Works great but the battery is heavy. Between the bag and light I think I am adding 17 pounds to the bike. Felt awkward at first but I am used to it now. And hopefully the added weight will make me a stronger rider.

Nick

snyper0311

I do a 16 mile one way commute every work day. Total distance covered in a day is 44 miles. On the way back, i usually do a seperate training loop around Cherry Creek reservoir which adds 12 miles.

I use an Oakley backpack to haul my stuff. Plenty big and comfortable.

Keep the pedals turnin!

Bob Ross

My commute is somewhere between 10-12 miles (each way). I suppose one of these days I'll get a bike computer with an odometer...

Right now I ride one or two days per week, more as training/maintenance for my weekend riding than as a commitment to bike commuting per se. But if we had showers at work I'd probably ride every day!

cyclingpj

31 miles one way. I'm not very consistent in riding to work, attempting once a week on Friday with 2 partial commutes thrown in on Monday and Wednesday. After a while maybe work up to twice a week. Mostly flat with a few moderate hills. Wind can be an issue. Side wind for about 10 miles of it, either head or tail wind the remaining distance. The tail wind is on the ride home.

fishrider314

i ride 7.5 miles each way that is the most direct route. sometimes on nice mornings when the legs feel good i call in late on the cell phone and can add another 20 or so to that. my boss says it takes balls to use sick time and then roll the bike into the office but my reply is next time i'll just ride past and take the whole day. this is quite possibly the only drawback i have found commuting to work so far.

craigdurkee

i do a 49km daily commute there and back....


its from hawthorn in melbourne to knox in melbourne

its a tough ride as there are lots of hills so i get a good hard work out every day of the week

then 2 70 km rides on the weekend

awesome