Potential increase in commute...

[GrahamG]

I'm currently doing 3 miles each way and really missing my old 6 mile commute, however I've just had an interview confirmed with a prospective employer that's 10 (fairly hilly) miles away - fingers crossed for this one

 

[hackbike 6]

Im not missing my ten mile commute.Im knackered.

 

[summerdays]

Good Luck ... me I would be looking for flatter rather than hilly.

 

[hackbike 6]

.............and 25 in London.

 

[HLaB]

My commute is too short 3 miles direct I can make it a bit longer (maybe 5 miles or 35 if I go buy the folks) However having said that, in the morning if I'm running late leaving the flat I'm glad of it.
PS GrahamG good luck.

 

[fossyant]

10 miles is ideal !!!

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

10 miles in Bristol=15 miles in Brum.

Good luck.

= half a mile in North Wales.

 

[GrahamG]

= half a mile in North Wales.

Thanks Patrick, I like to look on the positive side like that

It shouldn't actually be that bad - on the way there it's about 3 miles downhill, then a mile or two flat then a couple of lumps and bumps but generally uphill (nothing killer) for the next 5 or 6 miles.

There's also the lazy day get-out clause of the Bristol-Bath cycle path which would make it nearer 12 miles but be great for just gentle pootling without the hills to think of. Boring though.

 

[GrahamG]

Well another bonus is that the cast on my ankle (which has condemned me to the buses for the last four weeks) is coming off a week early following some jigging around of appointments by the hospital - so I won't be on crutches for the interview!

 

[gazzaputt]

I do 12 each way now instead of 19 to my previous employers. Do this everyday bar a Friday and enjoy it a lot more.

 

[GrahamG]

Well I'm looking at it as a good way of building cycling into the everyday routine as part of training for a charity ride in 2010 I've found myself signed up for - it involves riding from "Clock to Rock" (Big Ben to Gibralter) in two weeks or less. That's an average of 120 miles a day through France, over the Pyrenees and through Spain.