Where do we all live?

amircp

chas67 wrote:

Dalkeith to central Edinburgh ..

+1
well Eskbank to King's Buildings in south Edinburgh. I usually go via NCR 1 (i.e. outskirts of Musselburgh) but if the weather's bad I go direct.

coffeecup

Lisburn to Belfast - 9 miles each way, every day

(or follow the towpath by the river - 14 miles and slow to avoid walkers. Pitch black in the winter but a stunning commute in the fresh mornings of early spring )

hugo15

Stockton-on-Tees to Billingham. 18.6 mile round trip.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

On a yellow submarine?

iain_j

Wavertree, Liverpool <--> city centre

Usually the direct way, sometimes via the river and the "leafy suburbs" and the parks if the weather's nice and I can be bothered, sometimes via the climbing wall 2 miles in the opposite direction from work.

moonio

linoue wrote:

which route do you take from lewisham I use the tunnel, but getting off the bike is annoying...

I go up the A200 from Greenwich, here's a rough route map

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2356173

ooh that my route too, but i start in Bromley and go over southwark bridge tand then on to Farrindon area

jstutters

Ealing to Bloomsbury (the UCL campus to be precise)

markybhoy67

Live in East Kilbride and commute to Glasgow.

Roughly 10 miles each way nothing scenic about my journey.

My scenic route, is my weekend cycle to Balloch which is a 60 mile round journey going along side the forth canal and then reaching Loch Lomond 8)

Fixedweasel

Bentley to Bracknell

ademort

Live in Middelburg, Netherlands and commute to borselle and back 16Km each way for about 40+ weeks of the year and the rest of the time on location, various parts of the world. Unfortunately bike cannot go with me. Greetings Ademort

chrissharp48

Loughborough to leicester. 24 mile round trip 5 days a week.

W5454

Lagentium>>>>>Leodis>>>>>Lagentium.

W5454

kr1s wrote:

Huddersfield to Halifax

Big climb home !

Would that be Elland by-pass,A629?

fonty1978

schweiz wrote:

fonty1978 wrote:

M35 to Ol9 Greater Mancunium

Failsworth to Royton [Oldham] dodging potholes, craters just about anything on the way.

13 miles a day round trip with lots of climbing, oh and did i mention rain and crosswinds ??

Still keeps your legs like pistons..

OL9 is Chadderton, Royton and Shaw are OL2!
Can't argue with you about the crosswinds and the bloody rain though!!

Over the years my commutes have been;

OL2 to M3, Royton to Manchester City Centre
OL2 to OL4, Royton to Greenfield
SN6 to SN3, Shrivenham to South Marston

and now it's 13km each way between 6064 (Kerns) and 6371 (Stans)

Oops, well spotted :oops: :oops:

Overall a good commute i think i have the perfected the best route from Failsworth to Royton [Coin Controls now Money Controls ] in the morning i go straight up Hollins rd through Oldham town centre past the hospital and then straight on to Royton.

On the way home i take the back streets of Chadderton and then through Hollinwood to wards Failsworth. Bet your commute is far more scenic though ??

schweiz

fonty1978 wrote:

Overall a good commute i think i have the perfected the best route from Failsworth to Royton [Coin Controls now Money Controls ] in the morning i go straight up Hollins rd through Oldham town centre past the hospital and then straight on to Royton.

On the way home i take the back streets of Chadderton and then through Hollinwood to wards Failsworth. Bet your commute is far more scenic though ??

That's all bringing back some memories, almost making me homesick!! When I used to commute to Manchester city centre, I cycled (from Royton) along Middleton Road, turned left past the Sarson's Vinegar factory, past JW Lees Brewery, along Greengate past BAE Systems then Lightbowne Road turning onto Oldham Road by the (former?) Wilsons Brewery. That way I avoided all the 70mph traffic on Broadway and the sheer volume of traffic on Oldham Rd. I don't know where you live in Failsworth, but if it's towards the Moston end, it might be an alternative. Setting off from the Broadway/Oldham Rd junction, 'my' route is 1km further and it also has a short but steep climb up Streetbridge Rd. In its favour is that there will be far less traffic which will also be slower moving

I've put what I reckon your current route and my suggested route into bikeroutetoaster.com so you can make your own mind up!

via Oldham:
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course. ... urse=23045

via Mills Hill
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course. ... urse=23046

Have Oldham Council done anything about the state of the roads? I doubt it!! Some roads were more repair patch than original road and they were the better ones(!) because at least they'd filled the pot holes in. The state of Oldham's roads was the primary reason for me switching from a road bike to a MTB with slicks. 3 punctures (1 front, 2 rear) on a cold, wet windy February night was the last straw. Glad to say I've made the switch back to 700C now.

My commute is great, 13 km, 8 or so of which on a cycle path or tarmac'd 'farmers' lanes. No traffic lights, 2 roundabouts and a level crossing. Downhill into work and a good 10% stretch on the way home. If I'm feeling really fit and get my backside out of bed, I can also ride the Aecherlipass (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image ... lipass.png) taking me up to 1458m (4783ft) . Also, this year I set of from my girlfriend's parents at 5.25 am and cycled from Interlaken, round Lake Brienz over the Brünigpass and then on to work for 7:50am. 68km and 680m of climbing, hardly any traffic on a fresh summers morning, probably the best commute I'll ever make!!

mcmullej

cjcp wrote:

mcmullej wrote:

St Albans to Borehamwood via boiled frog hill*

*aka Shenley

Used to live in B'wood. Do you go up to Shenley as if you'e coming from the M25? Used to run down through Shenley, left at Harper Road or whatever it's called, left into Radlett and left again off that high street up the hill and through that lane which brings you out at Tesco then back through Shenley to B'wood.

I've done that exact loop a few times when I needed a bit of variety. The hills between Radlett and Shenley can be pretty tough.

The road from Shenley to Borehamwood via Well End got re-surfaced in the summer. It's lovely now.

andrewc3142

Woking. Commute to West End when I'm in the office (can be every day or once or twice a week, depending on the projects I'm on).

spacey99

Wahey, another Shepherds Bush commuter. You're not BBC too, by any chance?

Siemens, but do quite a bit of work for the BBC.

lost_in_thought

spacey99 wrote:

Wahey, another Shepherds Bush commuter. You're not BBC too, by any chance?

Siemens, but do quite a bit of work for the BBC.

*pricks ears up* Shepherd's Bush? I head through there every day... what bikes do you guys ride??

spacey99

A Pearson Touche - in blue.

secretsam

Aylesbury, Bucks

Commute to sunny Stoke Mandeville station, thence onwards from Marylebone to Clerkenwell in lovely London town

rjeffroy

Ealing - Aldgate (Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, Bayswater, Park Lane, Embankment)

http://preview.tinyurl.com/5acam2

Often take the long way home via Richmond Park

http://preview.tinyurl.com/59fmoz

SpaceBadger

Anfield <---> Liverpool University 5 days a week

Broken glass, gale force winds, almost constant rain, antisocial youths lining the route - but get to nod to the Kop every morning on my way to work so wouldn't miss it for the world :P

lost_in_thought

rjeffroy wrote:

Ealing - Aldgate (Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, Bayswater, Park Lane, Embankment)

http://preview.tinyurl.com/5acam2

Often take the long way home via Richmond Park

http://preview.tinyurl.com/59fmoz

Hmmmm, you're on exactly my route until shebu!

Only the time of day will differ - I don't leave home until 0815 at the earliest. What bike are you on?

itboffin

Does anyone know of an easy way to import routes GPX or KML into google maps, when I try it seems to split the files into lots of way points.

FYI I was trying to build a map of the all SCR routes and the odd training routes we've all be posting on bikehike and bikely.

rjeffroy

Only the time of day will differ - I don't leave home until 0815 at the earliest. What bike are you on?

Usually leave just before 0800, riding this:

lost_in_thought

rjeffroy wrote:

Only the time of day will differ - I don't leave home until 0815 at the earliest. What bike are you on?

Usually leave just before 0800, riding this:

Oooh nice!

I think I'd have remembered that bike if I'd seen it...

secretsam

rjeffroy: nice bike, do my eyes deceive me or does it have mudguard eyelets? (drool)

Wouldn't have a blue one, mind...

rjeffroy

does it have mudguard eyelets?

Yes, and mudguard clearances. Its a Pinarello Sestriere, not made any more but frames occasionally come up on ebay. I got one of the last ones, didn't have a choice of colour (they used to come in red as well)

kr1s

W5454 wrote:

kr1s wrote:

Huddersfield to Halifax

Big climb home !

Would that be Elland by-pass,A629?

No, I stay off that if I can - tend to go stainland / hollywell green / sowood / slaithwaite

OR

Brighouse / Hudds / Slaithwaite