summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Yes it could be faster by car .... but not always ... at least on the bike I know how long it is going to take fairly reliably (the worst bit is meeting friends and stopping to chat!!!).
Anyone else's commute longer by bike?
- Thread starter Sara_H
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The_East_Stand_View
New Member
What bike you on sport? Panniers or ruck sack?
Baggy
Cake connoisseur
- Location
- Where the chevrons are
Same here (though I don't bump into friends very often!).
Car - anything between 25 - 50 mins
Bike - 35 mins plus 10 mins to change, cool off and shove on a bit of slap.
Bus - 45 mins
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
My commute is shorter by car as i avoid the roundabout of death by taking a route along a cycle path that goes past a side entrance to work.
If i drive it is about 8.5 miles which take s around 20 minutes
If i cycle it is 10 miles and takes 35 minutes.This is not including changing etc .
EDIT..
The route has no traffic lights and a good portion is on country lanes where you can easily do 60 mph so i have no chance of beating the car,no public transport either to where i work .I tend to just have a squirt of aerosol/baby wipe as i work in a large weld shop and your going to be warm anyway so a bit of clean sweat is not going to make a difference compared to coming out of work at the end of the day smelling of industrial welding stuff.
If i drive it is about 8.5 miles which take s around 20 minutes
If i cycle it is 10 miles and takes 35 minutes.This is not including changing etc .
EDIT..
The route has no traffic lights and a good portion is on country lanes where you can easily do 60 mph so i have no chance of beating the car,no public transport either to where i work .I tend to just have a squirt of aerosol/baby wipe as i work in a large weld shop and your going to be warm anyway so a bit of clean sweat is not going to make a difference compared to coming out of work at the end of the day smelling of industrial welding stuff.
SportMonkey
Guest
I've a Specialized Allez Double one month old, with some dents. I have a 30litre AlpKit Gourdon carrying my lunch, jeans, t-shirt, trainers, towel, etc. on my back.
I do 4 miles open road, then the rest is start-stop.
The_East_Stand_View
New Member
That bike has excellent reviews. You pleased with it?
The Jogger
Legendary Member
- Location
- Spain
Drive 90mins
Car & train 110mins via haslemere
Via Chichester 130 mins
Bike & train 150 mins
Car & train 110mins via haslemere
Via Chichester 130 mins
Bike & train 150 mins
corshamjim
New Member
- Location
- Corsham
If you add the shower time to the bike journey then in fairness you should add the amount of time you spend working to pay for the car to the car journey! 
It amuses me on my commute to work to see someone drive a Porsche Cayenne (sports car blown up to truck proportions) the one-and-a-half miles in to town to drop her sprog off at school in the morning and drive back again straight after. If she got rid of the car and walked maybe she and/or her husband wouldn't have to work so hard to pay for that toy and I guess would save on gym membership too. It's a mad world we live in.
It amuses me on my commute to work to see someone drive a Porsche Cayenne (sports car blown up to truck proportions) the one-and-a-half miles in to town to drop her sprog off at school in the morning and drive back again straight after. If she got rid of the car and walked maybe she and/or her husband wouldn't have to work so hard to pay for that toy and I guess would save on gym membership too. It's a mad world we live in.
funnymummy
A Dizzy M.A.B.I.L
- Location
- Lancing West Sussex
Depends.............
Before 8am I can get caught in a massive tailback of traffic at the large rab out of our village, then again at the lights as you appraoch the dual carraigeway, then the rab as I drop off the slip road, I have taken 50 mins to get to work in the car - I can do it in 20 on the bike using bcak streets/cycle path
But at 14.45 on the way home I usualy get a clear run & it takes me less then 10 minutes to get back in the car.
Before 8am I can get caught in a massive tailback of traffic at the large rab out of our village, then again at the lights as you appraoch the dual carraigeway, then the rab as I drop off the slip road, I have taken 50 mins to get to work in the car - I can do it in 20 on the bike using bcak streets/cycle path
But at 14.45 on the way home I usualy get a clear run & it takes me less then 10 minutes to get back in the car.
The_East_Stand_View
New Member
If you add the shower time to the bike journey then in fairness you should add the amount of time you spend working to pay for the car to the car journey!
It amuses me on my commute to work to see someone drive a Porsche Cayenne (sports car blown up to truck proportions) the one-and-a-half miles in to town to drop her sprog off at school in the morning and drive back again straight after. If she got rid of the car and walked maybe she and/or her husband wouldn't have to work so hard to pay for that toy and I guess would save on gym membership too. It's a mad world we live in.
You're right, I have given up the gym and now cycle to work as often as possible. The bike feeds my soul the gym and car jams did nothing for the soul, or bank account!
It amuses me on my commute to work to see someone drive a Porsche Cayenne (sports car blown up to truck proportions) the one-and-a-half miles in to town to drop her sprog off at school in the morning and drive back again straight after. If she got rid of the car and walked maybe she and/or her husband wouldn't have to work so hard to pay for that toy and I guess would save on gym membership too. It's a mad world we live in.
You're right, I have given up the gym and now cycle to work as often as possible. The bike feeds my soul the gym and car jams did nothing for the soul, or bank account!
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
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You're right, I have given up the gym and now cycle to work as often as possible. The bike feeds my soul the gym and car jams did nothing for the soul, or bank account!
Get a Total Gym in the garage/ stashed under the bed as well, sorted
The_East_Stand_View
New Member
I'm more into yoga these days as my rugby days are over.SportMonkey
Guest
Yeah, tip top, survived a crash too.
jefmcg
Guru
I wouldn't drive to work. My cycle takes about 1 1/2. Google estimates the drive would take 52 minutes, but across central London in peak, I'd double that easily, I think. Plus the stress. And congestion charge. And parking in Canary Wharf. Not an option.
If public transport works together, it takes a little over an hour, but that's often not the case. For instance, on my first day the 11 minute journey from waterloo took over an hour on it's own.
Look at it this way: when I cycle both ways I get 3 hours of cycling and a lot less stress and it only takes me an hour! I listen to podcasts, so I'm also keeping up with the world, much better than reading the metro would do - when I catch the train I listen to podcasts and play angry birds, so my time on the bike is much better spent.
(ClichéGuevara +1. Oh, and my work provides towels and soap, so I save on laundry and - um - soap)
If public transport works together, it takes a little over an hour, but that's often not the case. For instance, on my first day the 11 minute journey from waterloo took over an hour on it's own.
Look at it this way: when I cycle both ways I get 3 hours of cycling and a lot less stress and it only takes me an hour! I listen to podcasts, so I'm also keeping up with the world, much better than reading the metro would do - when I catch the train I listen to podcasts and play angry birds, so my time on the bike is much better spent.
(ClichéGuevara +1. Oh, and my work provides towels and soap, so I save on laundry and - um - soap)
exbfb
Active Member
My journey is 20 miles end to end with little congestion.
It takes me about 30 minutes driving.
A good amount of that is M'way though.
I do bike some of the way and pick up a lift, but honestly could never see circumstances whereby the bike could beat the car on time.
The bike for me is more about fitness.
It takes me about 30 minutes driving.
A good amount of that is M'way though.
I do bike some of the way and pick up a lift, but honestly could never see circumstances whereby the bike could beat the car on time.
The bike for me is more about fitness.
