Cyclists: Commuting by Bike

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.

It's also a 50km bike ride, one-way. Not an easy task by any means.

Motorbike?

It's also a 50km bike ride, one-way. Not an easy task by any means.

Motorbike?

lol, no. Human powered.

It was a suggestion, I used to commute about 70km on a sports bike. Again it needed showers at the other end, particularly in winter as regardless of what you wear there will always be rain down the back of your neck.

But yes, when I as doing 40 miles per day I couldn't keep weight on and I was shattered all the time.

Hey, i commute to work, used to be 13 miles each way but moved and now its 10 miles, I can either do 10 miles on the road each way or I can use my mountain bike and take the canal for 10 miles each way. Happy to answer any questions.

I would but the only way in is a highway and im not that brave.

I used to commute by bike off and on, and I'm trying to start doing it consistently again--ideally I'd like to 3 times a week, although sometimes my schedule (staying really late) makes it difficult. I'm hoping to create a habit once the weather gets more consistently decent and then become tougher about continuing to ride despite rain and wind (not so sure about cold and snow). My ride is 8.5 miles each way, and I'd be willing to ride longer so long as it didn't add substantially to my commute time. Right now it's about the same as public transportation and I should be able to improve my speed so that it's actually somewhat faster.