40 mile commute...

[patheticshark]

I *have* got up at 5.30 on a regular basis (though not daily!) to do 2-3 hours of running en-route to work though, which I imagine will be similar from a fuelling point of view. I've found I can run for 2 hours (~12 miles) on an empty stomach, but any more than that, and I need something to keep me going.

oh my god. That sounds utterly horrific. At least on a bike you're sitting down!

I am, at heart, very lazy.

 

[goo_mason]

...and to think I am wondering how I will cope with an change in my commute from 10 miles a day to 20 miles.

Good luck with the commute.

It'll be a scoosh to a superhero like you! If I can do it, you'll have no problems (other than an extra 10 miles for your fans to try running you off the road )

 

[fay144]

oh my god. That sounds utterly horrific. At least on a bike you're sitting down!

I am, at heart, very lazy.

Me too. It's poor reflection on public transport that running/cycling for 2+ hours can seem like the easy option.

 

[hackbike 666]

Don't we all do that? Save on the train/bus/petrol but splurge on cycling gear.

I don't think it makes much difference to me.

 

[Greenbank]

I did the bypass when I tested it, it was a bit tedious. Do you think Hawk's Hill is preferable?

Looking at the elevation plot on bikehike.co.uk the bypass is about 5%, Hawk's Hill is 10%.

I went out to Guildford using the bypass, and came back via Leatherhead/Hawk's Hill and I remember thinking that'd be an interesting climb on fixed, but then hills often seem harder than they actually are if you've only ever descended them. It was also in the first few months of me riding fixed and I've done a lot more hilly, and longer, rides than that now. It's only a 40m elevation gain of the steep bit.

 

[magnatom]

It'll be a scoosh to a superhero like you! If I can do it, you'll have no problems (other than an extra 10 miles for your fans to try running you off the road )

Aye, I'm not too worried, especially as I will be doing it on my soon to arrive Ribble purchase!

 

[Trevrev]

Well, Patheticshark, i will Salute you.
Just for even thinking about it !!! I hope it works out for you. "Go for it Girl !!!"

 

[ChrisKH]

Respect. And best of luck.

I would, if I had the time, love to do a 40 mile commute a couple of times a week. But every day? You're a better (wo)man than I ever will be.

 

[goo_mason]

Aye, I'm not too worried, especially as I will be doing it on my soon to arrive Ribble purchase!

ANOTHER bike? How did you slip that one past Mrs Magnatom?

Or is Santa bringing it for you?

 

[magnatom]

ANOTHER bike? How did you slip that one past Mrs Magnatom?

Or is Santa bringing it for you?

I needed a new one for the longer commute (on bad weather days). Mrs Magnatom was very good about it, just a .

 

[ianrauk]

lol indeed, 'er indoors refers to our conservatory as looking like 'a branch of Halfords'.. Halfords I ask you?

It's not my fault I think the conservatory is a better home for my bikes (and Auntie Helen's hubby's Trike), then the bloody garden shed is it..

I can't even look at a picture of a bike these days without her saying (with THAT look), "Your next bike is it?"

Get upstairs and do some ironing woman, I tells her.....

I needed a new one for the longer commute (on bad weather days). Mrs Magnatom was very good about it, just a .

 

[patheticshark]

bloody women.

 

[ttcycle]

ahh Ian...I'm sure it would be a classy branch of Halfords...

 

[Watt-O]

Jesus - 400 miles a week on a commute. Utter madness!

 

[patheticshark]

yes, that would be madness...