how far do you commute?

[defy-one]

42 mile round trip from Uxbridge - city of london.
I don't do it every day just yet,but i'm working towards mon,tues,thurs,fri.
Weekend and wednesday being bike rest days

 

[johnnyh]

34 to 42 mile round trip

 

[trio25]

It varies so much but during school holidays when I am more likely to be in the office its a 30mile round trip.

 

[subaqua]

[QUOTE 1993208, member: 45"]13 miles each way. One set of traffic lights.[/quote]

you can go off some people

my short commute 2.7 miles to the lympic park took in 11 sets of trafic lights. current one is 20 sets over 9 miles. and 3 miles of that is off road !!! could be worse. I could use euston road

 

[GrasB]

My 'suicide route' is a shade under 10 miles, the reality is >20miles each way most days.

 

[tadpole]

8.6 miles there 9.2 miles back. No need for me to extend, as I think that is far enough for this fat bloke to cycle before a 12 hour shift.

 

[MrSweary]

26-27 mile round trip from Twickers into the City avoiding Embankment as far as possible (too many people thinking they are in the peloton!)

 

[Kiwiavenger]

5.1 each way, i try and vary it though depends on if i want a breather at traffic lights or not. lol i have done 12 miles recently with 1000ft of climbing which i shall continue once or twice a week. still tweaking with my bike set up though.

 

[Chromatic]

8.5 miles each way. But 70+ traffic lights and pedestrian crossings. That's commuting in London... particularly if you actually stop at red lights as I do.

Unlucky. When I do commute on my bike and after dropping the dog off at the dog sitters I do an almost identical distance. 8.7 miles IIRC, but only 1 roundabout, 2 or 3 hundred yards after setting off, then 1 set of traffic lights a few miles later.

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

My old commute was around 5 miles from Clapham to Paddington via Hyde Park and I loved it, especially in the autumn when the leaves were golden and the mist hung over the grass in the mornings. My current commute is 2.75 miles to Camberwell and I generally take the train as it's quicker (only 7 minutes) and means I can avoid the one way system in Brixton and at the top of Clapham.

 

[marinyork]

4 miles there, upto 6 miles back.

 

[Lozatron]

i tend to think of it as interval training

Exactly! I use my commute for precisely this - I actually ride in with a heart rate monitor and try to get my heart rate up to the threshold zone as quick as I can off the lights...

Anyway - *very* rare for me not to catch someone who RLJs me...so I have increased fitness *and* a moral advantage.

12 and a bit mi each way - which is about perfect - and I can fit in a loop or two of richmond park if the light is enough...

 

[Orange]

12.81 miles each way, approximately.

 

[mangid]

No idea how to vote ....

How long is a piece of string. Most direct is 1.5miles, but I hardly ever do that

Most days, 40 miles in, anywhere between, 2 and 25 home depending on time available.

 

[MichaelO]

Mine is 20 miles each way - currently doing it twice a week (only started 6 weeks ago or so), but about to up it to 3 soon. Generally downhill on the way into the city, uphill home