longest commute

[BlackPanther]

23 mile round trip every day. 45 mins average in the morning (I take it steady to arrive sweat free) then 35 mins return on average (I ride like a man possessed for a good workout). I can actually get home quicker than I would in the car.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

In that respect driving home can take forty minutes whereas cycling (the short way) takes twelve minutes!

 

[PatrickPending]

76km round trip leicester - coventry - can be more if I take the scenic route home......

 

[Trickedem]

56 mile round trip for me. I try (and often fail) to do it once a week. I couldn't contemplate doing this every day.

 

[lb81]

20 miles each way for me. i do it 3 days a week and either drive if the wife does not need the car or more often train some of the way and ride about 6 miles for the other 2. I can do each way in around 1hr 10mins.

 

[fossyant]

Currently, I commute 3/4 of a mile, LOL. Spending more than an hour a day on the bike to get to work would drive me crazy

Eh. Don't get it. TBH A proper cyclist would ride 5 miles in the wrong direction, turn round and commute back the 5 & 3/4.

I'm 6 miles as the crow flies from work, but take an 11 mile route. Even my shortest route is 7-8 miles. If the weather is good, I'll ride 20 miles home. All good training and keeps you very fit, without encroaching into family time too much.

 

[jonny jeez]

I suspect there are a couile of averages. Most "short" commutes will average around 3 miles, each way and most "long" commutes will probobly average around 20 miles each way.

Mine is a shade over 20 coming in and a shade under 20 going home (I do a circuit of Hyde park on the way in as its beautiful, flat and a great way to warm down).


a while ago we made this up..

I seem to remember U9rge was running at about 50 miles a day on a single speed (in from watford or someplace). All the high rollers were around 40 miles a day

Thread was here

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/are-you-a-high-roller.39476/

 

[400bhp]

Forgive me if this has been asked before as I haven't searched to see but.......what sort of distances does everyone commute and who is the longest? I would love to commute by bike but my work is 35 miles each way so for me not possible.

As far as I've seen from other threads some go as far as 20 miles each way.

Well, couldn't you do it once a week?

 

[400bhp]

30 Mile each way for me as well so i have to use the car (and no trains either).

I have been looking to car / bike but as yet i have not found a free secure parking space in the area i want to leave the car in.

Can any CC'ers help? Post a thread.

 

[Jdratcliffe]

Why?
Work is just something that happens in-between bike rides

agreed i do 22 miles each way 44 a day 5 days a week depending on traffic and legs can take 1hr 11mins up to 1hr 25 mins

 

[Glow worm]

10 fairly flat miles each way to Cambridge and back. It's enough to wake me up in the morning but not far enough to wear me out. It normally takes about 40-50 minutes. Sometimes I wish it was a little further so when the sun's out (remember the sun ?!) I'll add a few extra miles along farm tracks and bridleways etc.

 

[Cal44]

Well, couldn't you do it once a week?

I suppose in the summer yeah I could. Definitely wouldn't want to try it in winter though as can be quite icy and snowy on the a77 over the moors up here! Think I'm going to try the bike transport bike method and see how I go.

 

[mohec]

20 miles each way 5 days a week all year.
Fastest just under an hour, usually arounnd 65 - 70 minutes.

 

[eebedee]

Mine is 28 miles each way but it's rare i do both ways in one day, Car/Bike switch at work helps. As the route has 482m of climbs, it means i eat loads though during the day

 

[Crankarm]

I would do 60 miles round trip each day front door to work except that 25 of them would be on roads which are inhabited by homicidal maniacs so only 35 miles round trip for me by Brompton six days a week. I drive the 25 road miles so my car dependency remains in tact.