As the year nears an end...

chris_bass

how did you all do commuting this year? how many days did you miss/take the car or bus?

If i make it to the end of next week i will have cycled every day i was in the office! It's been a good year!

Rodders30

I've done pretty well, still going. Missed the odd few days when I had a motorbike, so I sold that so I have to cycle!
We have a green travel policy at work, so the more I cycle, the more £££ I make in vouchers, that a good incentive too.

macleod113

i have cycled a lot to work (odd day dropping off and picking up kids aside). i have changed location in the year and now am among a lot more traffic which doesn't agree with me. i am nearing 10000 miles but since breaking my thumb a month ago i am trying to hit this magic figure on the turbo. partly cheating but at least i am doing it.
i enjoy cycling in the rain or wind, its the combinations that get you down though.

chris_bass

Rodders30 wrote:

I've done pretty well, still going. Missed the odd few days when I had a motorbike, so I sold that so I have to cycle!
We have a green travel policy at work, so the more I cycle, the more £££ I make in vouchers, that a good incentive too.

that sounds good, we get a free breakfast if we cycle 5 days.

graeme_s-2

Cycled every day I was in the office, except for 1 day that I ran to work and back. Then yesterday I got the bus for an office xmas party. I'll be getting the bus next Thursday for an xmas party with a different team. So I'll have missed 3 days in total. Two bus trips a year is enough to remind me why I cycle to work every day!

graeme_s-2

Rodders30 wrote:

We have a green travel policy at work, so the more I cycle, the more £££ I make in vouchers, that a good incentive too.

Is there any publicly available information about this scheme?

CitizenLee

I only started on 27th October and my commute is a very short 2.3 miles.

Missed about 4 days due to days off, and got the bus yesterday as we had our Xmas meal.

Clocked up 153.3 miles so far on the new commuter.

The 10-15 minute ride saves me £5 a day and 40 minutes each way on the bus.

slowbike

I never intended to commute by bike everyday - I tend to avoid days when I'm going to get a soaking and when I've got other things to do that would be difficult with the bike - like taking the motorhome for a service or getting back in time to get ready for a TT or going dinghy racing (I could ride, but not with all the sailing kit and I wouldn't make it to the club on time). It's only 10 miles each way, but pretty isolated on a bike - don't see any other riders most days.

However, I have clocked up just shy of 5k miles this year (total, not just commuting) - I will break my 5k target but not by as much as I would've liked. Perhaps I'll have to check to see how many commutes I did manage by bike!

The Rookie

Due to the lack of facilities I've missed a few days when it would be raining hard on the way in, also missed a few days where I had to drive for other reasons such as Drs appointments or sending parcels, otherwise commuted probably 95% of the days in the office other than 2 weeks off after I had Pneumonia back in May.

andy9964

Missed two weeks in September due to being in between bikes, and every Sunday night shift (once every three weeks) as it's a longer shift. Other than that, maybe a handful of days missed.
More than doubled last years tally of 1500 miles, currently at 3100 and a week and a half to go

arran77

Chris Bass wrote:

Rodders30 wrote:

I've done pretty well, still going. Missed the odd few days when I had a motorbike, so I sold that so I have to cycle!
We have a green travel policy at work, so the more I cycle, the more £££ I make in vouchers, that a good incentive too.

that sounds good, we get a free breakfast if we cycle 5 days.

They make you cycle 5 days just for one breakfast, I'd be starving

arthur_scrimshaw

Commuted every day apart from holidays and two weeks off after an op. 6300 miles so far this year. I like the ideas above to promote cycling to work, I might see if I can get that here too.

chris_bass

arran77 wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

Rodders30 wrote:

I've done pretty well, still going. Missed the odd few days when I had a motorbike, so I sold that so I have to cycle!
We have a green travel policy at work, so the more I cycle, the more £££ I make in vouchers, that a good incentive too.

that sounds good, we get a free breakfast if we cycle 5 days.

They make you cycle 5 days just for one breakfast, I'd be starving

you want to see what they make us do for lunch!!

gbsahne001

100% for the days in the office with a target of 12k miles close; probably half of those commuting

daddy0

Chris Bass wrote:

how did you all do commuting this year? how many days did you miss/take the car or bus?

If i make it to the end of next week i will have cycled every day i was in the office! It's been a good year!

Chapeau!

I have had to use the car quite a bit, and there were 3 weeks where I didn't ride at all. So far I've covered 12,250km - over 8000km of that was commuting I reckon.

redvee

Since I started in my current job on October 2012, I've ridden my bike to/from work every day apart from one day when the lock jammed and I had to get a cab home and my Dad dropped me into work the following day with a huuge set of bolt croppers to 'unlock' my bike.

Initialised

The year has been choppy work wise so I've only managed about 5600 miles this year.

Rodders30

Graeme_S wrote:

Rodders30 wrote:

We have a green travel policy at work, so the more I cycle, the more £££ I make in vouchers, that a good incentive too.

Is there any publicly available information about this scheme?

I think its just something our company do. It covers car sharing, trains, buses, cycling & walking.

I'll try to find out.

redbikejohn

still quite new to commuting but i try riding whenever its dry. its 25 miles one way so i still can't get motivated to ride in the rain for that distance as it takes the enjoyment out of it. i only realy started late in the year when the weather started to turn so i'm looking forward to next year.