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OK, you have to do this regularly, it doesn’t count if you have cycled to work once or cycled past your work on a weekend jaunt plus you have to cycle back the same day to where you started from. Also it has to be current, not ‘back in the day’. It will be interesting to see if some of us cover the same route but have never met.

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[PonteD]

11.5 miles each way, I aim
11.5 miles each way, I aim for every day but often wind up doing just 4 days a week. I’d love to take the car more often, but can’t stand all the queueing any more, plus as time goes on and I get fitter, the cycle in is now getting quicker than the car and obviously a lot cheaper.

[hagbad]

Most days only 3 miles in,
Most days only 3 miles in, although 6 miles on a Friday and if I stay over at the girlfriend’s then 22 miles through London. I often extend the way back if I’m not working too late of course.

[Bakugekiki]

Just over 5 miles each way,
Just over 5 miles each way, usually passing through a couple of the 10 London cycling accident hotspots on my way.

Done all year round, 5 days a week unless it’s far too wet. I just cycle in my ‘work clothes’ because it’s such a short ride. It’d take as long to get changed as it would to cycle if I put the kit on.

[DaveE128]

10-12 miles (depending on
10-12 miles (depending on route – I like some variety) about half of which is through the Sussex countryside.

On average I ride twice a week over the year. Often three in the spring and summer, often only once in winter. I’m trying to increase the frequency that I ride with. Unlike in the city, driving takes only 60% of the time for me, and that’s the limiting factor for me at the moment. Have contemplated a recumbent to speed things up but I’m not sure if the ride is too hilly to make a significant benefit.

[edvelo]

Spatulala wrote:
Have you

Spatulala wrote:

Have you tried the route via Redhills / Whitestone between Exeter and Crediton?

No, but I live the other side of Exeter (Cranbrook) so for me it would be better to head out to Silverton/Thorverton/Crediton, which is what I’m planning on doing to make the commute a little more enjoyable.

[Argos74]

Just over 4 miles each way,
Just over 4 miles each way, five times a week in all weathers except stupidly high winds, when I’ll run it instead. A large part of my ride is on a dual carriageway, frequently sailing down the middle of two stationary or slow moving lanes of traffic.

[BigAl68]

17 miles each way Monday to
17 miles each way Monday to Thursday.

[livestrongnick]

7-8 MILES each way but
7-8 MILES each way but sometimes double the first leg if i’ve got an afternoon start B-)

[SideBurn]

postmandick wrote:My commute

postmandick wrote:

My commute is 7 miles each way and i start work at 5:30 so with a cat-eye 1200 I wobble to work missing our Herefordshire potholes…… =D>

overtaken twice by road gritter this winter so do I qualify for rule #5 :))

still I ‘enjoy’ it :evil:

You qualify only if you ride ‘a belgique’ with no gloves 👿
(only joking 😀 )

[smiley_boy2501]

23.2km each way 4 days a
23.2km each way 4 days a week. Tuesdays I race so I don’t commute then.
Usually I will add on 20-30km on the way home in intervals or recovery.
Its perfect as I can do the training and be home before 7 all ready for a recovery La Chouffe.

[0liver]

~19 miles each way and can
~19 miles each way and can extend it over various hills in the North Downs if I’m feeling enthusiastic. However I can only manage it between 1 & 3 days a week due to various evening commitments of either my wife or me.

[postmandick]

My commute is 7 miles each
My commute is 7 miles each way and i start work at 5:30 so with a cat-eye 1200 I wobble to work missing our Herefordshire potholes…… =D>

overtaken twice by road gritter this winter so do I qualify for rule #5 :))

still I ‘enjoy’ it 👿

[giff77]

Like Jack Snr I feel weird
Like Jack Snr I feel weird when I don’t cycle into work. Due to my hours I have a 5 mile cycle into work and a 25 mile loop on the way home. gets done rain hail snow wind or sun. Very rare will I miss it unless other commitments get in the way. Mainly done on a fixed wheel. Missed a load of months this year down to breaking both tibia and fibula this time last year followed by all my kit going into storage due to renovations and taking up couch surfing. Ended up walking round with my face like a Lurgan Spade! Now back to some form of normality and have a big cheesy grin again. 😀 how’s the shoulder doing now Mr Osbourne?

[gazza_d]

My commute is just short of
My commute is just short of 16.5 miles each way. Tyneside to Durham

That’s daily as well, apart from when occasionally I need to work at another site 36 miles away. I carry on though the winter except when the winds are really gale force or the snow forecast is fairly heavy. Basically stuff that would slow the pace down to a crawl.

Done it full distance for a year now since new paths went in making the ride past Nissan safe. Convoys of transporters doing 50+ along a narrow A road are not conducive to safe or relaxed cycling. Before then I spent 8 months leaving car at 2/3 rds distance and cycling last third. We have a site with a secure car park I could use,but no desk space sadly.

£170 a month better off and 2.5 stone lighter

[whars1]

Mostly 8km each way – but aim
Mostly 8km each way – but aim to make that 25km a day by going more scenic routes, the best of which are early when I can go through central London and over a couple of bridges while the sun is rising.

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