Cyclists: Commuting by Bike

I used to. 1.5 miles each way. Now I live in a town that is scary to ride in!

Furthest? Depends. Probably 15 miles each way.

I'm not an efficient cyclist... so I don't cycle to work... but I support those that do... I would rather walk, but I live WAY too far from work for that.

I used to, but I lived 14 miles from work then. I am now 26 miles away. It would be an awesome daily workout but I don't have the time. Also, my office doesn't have adequate facilities for changing, showering etc. Commuting in Austin in August gets pretty sweaty.

I'd a max of 10 miles would be about right for the amount of time required.

I am going to start full-time cycling on May 7 when my summer class at uni starts. Since I also work full-time I need to be able to travel between my home, school and office easily and parking would just cost too much. The round trip between places will be about 20 km per day.

I do. Its 7 miles exactly each way. It takes me about 40mins because I take a quieter off road route to avoid being killed by cars

Its quicker than getting the train and I shower when I get here and so am fresh and full of energy by the time I get to my desk.

I commute when there's no precipitation in the air or on the road (ie rain, snow, ice). This usually limits me to a mid march to mid november commuting season, although we're now at a week straight of rain and I'm going insane from the lack of biking. 7 miles each way, although I have the option of a slightly longer route along the winter if I feel motivated. Usually only feel motivated in the afternoon on a nice day

Not often, but I do bring my bike to work with me and generally ride at lunch. I have a 75 mile round trip commute, so that would be a bit much on a regular basis. I have done a partial commute a couple of times where I ride my 37ish miles to work in the morning and then take the train home in the evening but it makes for a very long day...it's just more efficient for me to go knock out a quick 15 miles or so at lunch 4 days per week and then hit a long ride on the weekends.

To boot, about 1/2 of that commute can be done on a nice multi-use trail, but the other half is along a busy highway which can be scary at times.

When I was capable of cycling, as long as I could make it within an hour I'd do it.

I WISH I could do that, but I between the distance and weather (30 miles that includes rural roads and highway and live in Michigan), its not really an option for me.

I would think I'd commute if it was 10 to 15 miles each way

Tuesday 4 miles total, but in good weather I will deliberately take a longer route and do 24 miles total.
Wednesday 14 miles total
Friday 16 miles total

So - between 34 and 54 miles per week.

im in uk and cycle 30 mile round trip when the wheather allows.i usually average 4 times a week through out the year

Just got a quick question I'd like to throw out there. Most for cyclists:

Do you commute to work? If so, how far?

For everyone: How far do you feel is the furthest you would ride to/from work?

I used to do about 20 miles each way, but had access to decent showers and space to keep a lot of kit there. Did that on a road bike.

More recently it's been 6 miles to the station, and hour on the train then 3-4 miles at the other end, using a Brompton folding bike. Generaly the approach there is to carry kit, so that I can shower if possible at the other end.

As an atlernative, if I stay in locl to the office to avoid the commute it's 3-6 miles.

I ride 8.65 miles each way, takes me 35 minutes in city traffic. After a couple of years, I destroyed a couple of cheap mountain bikes and my thighs! So I found a retro ten-speed Schwinn Le Tour II on Craigslist for $200. I replaced the aluminum rims (city roads tore them up) for cheap but sturdy entry-level racing rims, hard-case tires (took me way too long to figure out that's what would keep me from having to repair so many flats), and took off all the gears (my city is super flat) to make a single speed. It's as light as any fancy pants road bike out there, super speedy, and the love of my life (ok, after my husband).

Still figuring out the layering thing to deal with the negative temperatures in winter, but I'm getting there. The frozen toes thing sucks.

I absolutely recommend it! My "me" time on my bike has become my daily therapy, my time to let my mind wander, philosophize, troubleshoot, set goals, what have you. And listen to good tunage in my headphones.