Cyclists: Commuting by Bike

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  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    It's also a 50km bike ride, one-way. Not an easy task by any means.

    Motorbike?
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    It's also a 50km bike ride, one-way. Not an easy task by any means.

    Motorbike?

    lol, no. Human powered.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    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.
  • Loralrose
    Loralrose Posts: 203
    I commute daily to school and work. School is about 7 miles round trip, with some steep hills. Work is flat but 13 miles each way. No showers, but it doesn't matter since I literally work at the dump :)

    My limit is time-based, not distance. I wouldn't do any commute that took more than an hour each way, no matter what form of transportation it used. On a bike that means about 15-20 miles max, depending on how hilly the ride is.
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    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.
  • moritz7588
    moritz7588 Posts: 18 Member
    I commute 70km per day round trip when there isn't ice or snow on the roads. I shower at a gym that is 2 km away from where I work on my way in.
  • _Resolve_
    _Resolve_ Posts: 735 Member
    I would but the only way in is a highway and im not that brave.
  • UmmSqueaky
    UmmSqueaky Posts: 715 Member
    The skies finally stopped dumping water on us, so I got to bike in today. Still not warm enough to do it without a jacket and gloves, but next week there is talk of temps in the 60s...
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    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.
  • moondazed
    moondazed Posts: 73 Member
    I used to cycle to school which was about 8k each way.I think the most I would do is 15k, however waking up early enough everyday is what I would struggle with. :ohwell:

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