What makes up your commute?
Aguila
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During many of the threads on here it seems that most people here are from London village and just ride in the City. thought it would be interesting to find out.
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Gone urban with countyside - my commute is mainly suburbs - leafy etc, some traffic hotspots, but I do venture into Manchester about 2-3 times a week, but Manchester centre is only about 2-3 miles across - not very 'big' like London.
I can make my commute mostly countryside, if I go the 20 mile route home.0 -
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urban area but I'm mainly on canal path so a lot of it feels like countryside0
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I'm saying 100% countryside, but really it is countryside with a series of smaller towns/villages. Guess you folks from the big smoke would call that 100% countryside?FCN 7: Dawes Galaxy Ultra 2012 - sofa-like comfort to eat up the miles
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100% urban here, though leafy quiet roads then royal park.... so deer bunnies etc.0
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across the severn bridge every day, through leafy lanes to the hell of the M4 M5 A38 interchange.
the bridge is quite a drag tbh, there's always wind in your face and the cycle lane is adjacent to the motorway (M48). No peace and quiet there then.
it's a good commute though. £5.40 saved every day in tolls on the bridge too. I've chalked that up against all sorts of cycling purchases0 -
100% urban, straight through the city from East London to just short of M25...can't claim it's an everyday occurance tho'...probably only twice a weekFCN 50
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My commute was detailed here: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... ht=commute as you can see; there is a lot of countryside involved, and I love it!Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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mr_si wrote:
it's a good commute though. £5.40 saved every day in tolls on the bridge too. I've chalked that up against all sorts of cycling purchases
Oh yes I play that game with the mrs all the time!! I reckon it would cost at least £100 per week to drive to work.0 -
100% Urban from one side of Oslo to the other, though I try to hit stairs and tracks in the parks/squares I cross on the way.0
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I start from Welling "village" in Kent and then through a little bit of what looks just like countryside - but is probably just a big park really - through Oxleas Wood, past a farm with sheep and cows, and then over shooters Hill back into urban Woolwich and Charlton.
Blackheath feels a bit countrysidey too apart from all the cars, lorries and buses blocking the road up.0 -
Well I guess it's 98% London-urban - there are a couple of fields at the start before I cross the M25 but from then on in it's Heathrow-Hounslow-Brentford-Chiswick-Hammersmith-Kensington-West End.0
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Too many A roads and not enough countryside....0
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I feel sorry for you mainly urban commuters, I reckon I'd be less likely to ride in if it weren't for the scenery along the way.0
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urban, London. Riding over the Thames on a sunny morning puts a bounce in your day."Bed is for sleepy people.
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Aguila wrote:I feel sorry for you mainly urban commuters, I reckon I'd be less likely to ride in if it weren't for the scenery along the way.
Hey don't - I get to ride in the countryside lots at weekends - gets boring after a while and I yearn for bricks and concrete. :P
To bit more serious I grew up with Dartmoor on my doorstep - it was a conscious decision to move to London and I still get a kick out of seeing internationally famous landmarks like the Greenwich observatory, the London eye, the Gerkin, the Hs of P, Big Ben, Bank of England, St Pauls Cathedral etc. virtually everday.
I can never get enough of the dome of St Pauls Cathedral.0 -
100% urban. South Ruislip to Charlton.
Shepards bush green is about as country as it gets... :?:0 -
I travel from Kentmere in the lakes to Kendal fantastic journey 8 miles each way with lots of proper hills just under 800ft climb on the way home.
Certainly beats my journey from a year ago where I would cycle from Staines to Heathrow!
The only problem with my journey now is I pass four great bike shops on the journey so I'm always popping in and coming out with new essential items.
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100% urban in London, although 3.5 miles of the 14 miles each way is in Richmond Park. Not countryside by any stretch, but enough greenery, deer and wabbits to give you some relief from the Big Smoke.FCN 2-4.
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Mine's London Urban, but I do get to see giraffes most mornings0
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Glasgow Urban here, great views down Maryhill Road, shows a lot of the local wildlife at certain times of the day, ususlly towards dusk when they have collected the giro money and are downing bottles of Buckfast."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0
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Wallace1492 wrote:Glasgow Urban here, great views down Maryhill Road, shows a lot of the local wildlife at certain times of the day, ususlly towards dusk when they have collected the giro money and are downing bottles of Buckfast.
I used to cycle down that way. That was my NICE route in. The alternatives were Springburn and Possil.
How far do you go though? Its quite nice once you get to Milngavie and you can find some semi-ruralish roads.0 -
100% urban through Southampton.0
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I've gone mostly country some urban, I pass through some towns and villages but between them is all farms/trees/fields and the last few miles is Brum city centre.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
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