How far do you ride to work?

Speedmenace
Speedmenace Posts: 97
edited August 2011 in Road beginners
This thread has probably been made loads before, but mayaswel have it again
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  • ollyridesfirst
    ollyridesfirst Posts: 486
    4.8 miles from door to door....but i sometimes add a bit to make it up to 10 each way! Depends on the weather......or more importantly the wind!
  • lucca
    lucca Posts: 51
    36 mile round trip. Good way of getting some cheeky miles in 8)
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Lots of threads on this in Commuting recently
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  • Nairnster
    Nairnster Posts: 602
    1.5 miles, so I quite often walk it instead.
  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    32 mile roundtrip.
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  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    100 metres if I go the long way
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    18 mile round trip - soon to be increased to 30 miles. :D:D
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    meanredspider wrote:
    Lots of threads on this in Commuting recently

    Yep - please see commuting forum!
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  • marcthehammer
    marcthehammer Posts: 126
    22 miles round trip for me
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  • Paul057
    Paul057 Posts: 167
    54 mile round trip - but i don't cycle every day. :(
  • Roadtart
    Roadtart Posts: 54
    11.4 miles (shortest and quickest route) door to door, so a 22.8 round trip.

    More often than not it gets extended, which adds up to another 5.1 each way.

    Maximum round trip = 33 miles.
  • Roadtart
    Roadtart Posts: 54
    11.4 miles (shortest and quickest route) door to door, so a 22.8 round trip.

    More often than not it gets extended, which adds up to another 5.1 each way.

    Maximum round trip = 33 miles.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Down the stairs, through the hall into the kitchen. Quick cup of tea then back through the hall into the study :D

    Either that, or a couple of hours up the motorway.
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    I've been doing 5ish miles each way for the last 5 years, but from a week on Tuesday I'll be doing 20 miles each way for 4 months. Sort of looking forwards to it, but sort of scared about what 200 miles a week is going to do to me!
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    35 mile round trip 4 times a week
  • se-po
    se-po Posts: 47
    3.5 miles.
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Been done to death this and it degenerates into a willy-waving contest. I'll stick mine out of the window now to get it over with. 20.7 miles each way, some, more or fewer days per week.
  • SLX01
    SLX01 Posts: 338
    All the way.
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    6.5 the shortest way I usually go the slightly longer way which only makes it 8.5 so I just try to beat my best time :lol:
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  • Mark Alexander
    Mark Alexander Posts: 2,277
    3.7 to work and whatever the coach has prescribed on the way home.
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  • armymankin
    armymankin Posts: 213
    4.9 miles each way with a trusty mtb 8)

    I am extremely impressed with those who ride 15miles each way everyday! i mean... it would take pretty much an hour ride with effort each trip.

    I mean, is it really worth it? I hate getting to the office with sweat and smell.
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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    armymankin wrote:
    I mean, is it really worth it? I hate getting to the office with sweat and smell.

    Yes, of course its worth it, my commute is the largest portion of my training volume, plus it saves me a fair whack in diesel.

    I've never had an issue with "sweat and smell"
  • CakeLovinBeast
    CakeLovinBeast Posts: 312
    12 mile round trip if I use the train for the middle bit.
    34 mile round trip if I go the hilly way.
    40 mile round trip if I go the less hilly way.

    (I normally use the train, and ride home the full distance 1 or 2 times a week right now)
    armymankin wrote:
    I mean, is it really worth it? I hate getting to the office with sweat and smell.
    I love it, but then we have great facilities at work...

    I love getting up and NOT getting showered. I find if I shower early on it doesn't properly wake me up. I love getting ready and getting on my bike, because I love riding. I love the first few minutes of gentle spinning, followed by a little hard work. I love putting the power down to try and catch up with the cyclist that you can see up the road, or dropping in a few intervals on the way to really get your legs burning. I love getting into work with the endorphins flowing, knowing that there's going to be somewhere safe to leave my bike, a hot shower and then a hot cup of tea (especially on a wet or cold day!).
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  • CambsNewbie
    CambsNewbie Posts: 564
    13.5 miles each way..and despite what they say Cambridgeshire is not all flat!!
  • daviddb
    daviddb Posts: 11
    Retired!!

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  • parsons1927
    parsons1927 Posts: 31
    4.5 miles each way, though I try and extend the return journey to 10 miles a couple of times a week.
  • playpen
    playpen Posts: 10
    20 miles each way, so 40 total - do it once a week.

    Only being doing this during the summer months and tried a longer 30 mile return journey this week and had to manage a bit of leg cramp in the last few miles when having to get out of the saddle.
  • Kiwi Kranker
    Kiwi Kranker Posts: 416
    Well seeing as everyone has whipped theirs out

    34 miles round trip 3 times a week

    On a mountainbike

    which is full suspension :shock:

    Aint no way I am wrecking the Wilier through central London and beyond.
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  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    MattC59 wrote:
    Down the stairs, through the hall into the kitchen. Quick cup of tea then back through the hall into the study :D

    Either that, or a couple of hours up the motorway.

    Damn. Unless you have a very long staircase you've beaten my record :-)
  • c0ugars
    c0ugars Posts: 202
    5 meters depending on where the laptop is not worth getting the bike out for the commute

    do turbo trainer miles count

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