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How far do you commute to work (by bike)?

OK, you have to do this regularly, it doesn't count if you have cycled to work once or cycled past your work on a weekend jaunt plus you have to cycle back the same day to where you started from. Also it has to be current, not 'back in the day'. It will be interesting to see if some of us cover the same route but have never met.

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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Kadenz | 9 years ago
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2 miles to work, 10 miles home, 5 days a week all year.

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CommotionLotion | 9 years ago
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I cycle 3-4 times a week, TTO, from Morley, Leeds to Girlington, Bradford which is 11 miles each way. Do I win £5.00 ?

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Nat Jas Moe | 9 years ago
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8.5 miles each way. 5 Days a week. 334 days a year. No matter the weather I'm there on the bike, sometimes wondering if I'm a bit barking but loving it anyway.

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Jem PT | 9 years ago
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I'm new to cycling to work. At the moment once a week I cycle all the way from home (Surrey) to work (London NW10), 22 miles each way. The rest of the week I get the train to Waterloo and cycle to work from from there, 7 miles each way. I am planning on cycling all the way more often.

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whars1 | 9 years ago
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Mostly 8km each way - but aim to make that 25km a day by going more scenic routes, the best of which are early when I can go through central London and over a couple of bridges while the sun is rising.

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gazza_d | 9 years ago
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My commute is just short of 16.5 miles each way. Tyneside to Durham

That's daily as well, apart from when occasionally I need to work at another site 36 miles away. I carry on though the winter except when the winds are really gale force or the snow forecast is fairly heavy. Basically stuff that would slow the pace down to a crawl.

Done it full distance for a year now since new paths went in making the ride past Nissan safe. Convoys of transporters doing 50+ along a narrow A road are not conducive to safe or relaxed cycling. Before then I spent 8 months leaving car at 2/3 rds distance and cycling last third. We have a site with a secure car park I could use,but no desk space sadly.

£170 a month better off and 2.5 stone lighter

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giff77 | 9 years ago
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Like Jack Snr I feel weird when I don't cycle into work. Due to my hours I have a 5 mile cycle into work and a 25 mile loop on the way home. gets done rain hail snow wind or sun. Very rare will I miss it unless other commitments get in the way. Mainly done on a fixed wheel. Missed a load of months this year down to breaking both tibia and fibula this time last year followed by all my kit going into storage due to renovations and taking up couch surfing. Ended up walking round with my face like a Lurgan Spade! Now back to some form of normality and have a big cheesy grin again.  4 how's the shoulder doing now Mr Osbourne?

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postmandick | 9 years ago
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My commute is 7 miles each way and i start work at 5:30 so with a cat-eye 1200 I wobble to work missing our Herefordshire potholes......  41

overtaken twice by road gritter this winter so do I qualify for rule #5  21

still I 'enjoy' it  19

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0liver | 9 years ago
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~19 miles each way and can extend it over various hills in the North Downs if I'm feeling enthusiastic. However I can only manage it between 1 & 3 days a week due to various evening commitments of either my wife or me.

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smiley_boy2501 | 9 years ago
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23.2km each way 4 days a week. Tuesdays I race so I don't commute then.
Usually I will add on 20-30km on the way home in intervals or recovery.
Its perfect as I can do the training and be home before 7 all ready for a recovery La Chouffe.

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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7-8 MILES each way but sometimes double the first leg if i've got an afternoon start  16

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BigAl68 | 9 years ago
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17 miles each way Monday to Thursday.

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Argos74 | 9 years ago
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Just over 4 miles each way, five times a week in all weathers except stupidly high winds, when I'll run it instead. A large part of my ride is on a dual carriageway, frequently sailing down the middle of two stationary or slow moving lanes of traffic.

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DaveE128 | 9 years ago
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10-12 miles (depending on route - I like some variety) about half of which is through the Sussex countryside.

On average I ride twice a week over the year. Often three in the spring and summer, often only once in winter. I'm trying to increase the frequency that I ride with. Unlike in the city, driving takes only 60% of the time for me, and that's the limiting factor for me at the moment. Have contemplated a recumbent to speed things up but I'm not sure if the ride is too hilly to make a significant benefit.

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Bakugekiki | 9 years ago
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Just over 5 miles each way, usually passing through a couple of the 10 London cycling accident hotspots on my way.

Done all year round, 5 days a week unless it's far too wet. I just cycle in my 'work clothes' because it's such a short ride. It'd take as long to get changed as it would to cycle if I put the kit on.

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hagbad | 9 years ago
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Most days only 3 miles in, although 6 miles on a Friday and if I stay over at the girlfriend's then 22 miles through London. I often extend the way back if I'm not working too late of course.

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PonteD | 9 years ago
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11.5 miles each way, I aim for every day but often wind up doing just 4 days a week. I'd love to take the car more often, but can't stand all the queueing any more, plus as time goes on and I get fitter, the cycle in is now getting quicker than the car and obviously a lot cheaper.

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SideBurn replied to postmandick | 9 years ago
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postmandick wrote:

My commute is 7 miles each way and i start work at 5:30 so with a cat-eye 1200 I wobble to work missing our Herefordshire potholes......  41

overtaken twice by road gritter this winter so do I qualify for rule #5  21

still I 'enjoy' it  19

You qualify only if you ride 'a belgique' with no gloves  19
(only joking  4 )

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filthybloke | 13 years ago
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In Edinburgh, from pretty much the bypass to just the other side of the centre makes it 5 miles each way. Presently 4 out of 5 days a week, but keen to get that fifth day regularly.

In the dry, daylight, spring/summer/autumn evenings, intend taking the home leg via some loops of Arthers Seat...  44

...no, really, I wanna.

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mad_scot_rider | 13 years ago
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12 miles each way

Inward it's almost all down-hill looking down from the hills into the Clyde valley

On the way home it's an exercise in torture designed to reduce the strongest man to tears with only the hot shower and meal to drag me on to the finish

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Ting | 13 years ago
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Between 25 and 30 miles each way depending on route and frame of mind!
At least 3 times/ week, usually 4 and occasionally 5.

Trowbridge, Holt, Kingsdown, Bath A4 then Bishopsworth (Bristol) either A4 and ring road or cycle path(extra 5 miles).

or

Trowbridge, Norton St Phillip, Wellow, Combe Hay, Dunkerton, Priston, Chelwood, Dundry, Bishopsworth.

Been doing this since April and am psyching up for the Winter…

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MyCycloBabble | 13 years ago
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A monumental 3.5km per day to the station and back. I feel ashamed after looking at some of the distances here. It is on a fold up bike though - that must be worth an extra couple of hundred metres?!

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SideBurn | 13 years ago
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Is this the longest blog? Been going on since June 2009? But my commute 14 miles. Fantastic saved me loads of money and I ride along the Taw in North Devon rain or shine; my work colleagues think I am mad and this makes it even more fun!

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Finots | 13 years ago
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My commute is 9 miles each way. I go along Cycle Route 51 between Bedford and Sandy. Thinking of making it 18 each way a couple of times a week,from Flitwick to Sandy but I don't have the right bike for the road journey!

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PJ McNally | 13 years ago
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7.5km to primary place of work; 13.7km to the secondary site (about 2x per week, it's a nicer ride, just means getting up a little earlier).

My colleagues think I'm some kind of superhero, i think bizarrely.

When I tell them it's "only 3 miles between sites" they stop and think - a couple of them have even sorted themselves bikes!

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paulfg42 | 13 years ago
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About 3 miles each way, uphill most of it on the way to work, which makes for a nice easy return home. On nice bright evenings, will take a longer route home of 5-8 miles depending on my mood.

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Richthornton | 13 years ago
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I've commuted 2.5 miles each way within Lancaster for the past 5 years, rain or shine, 90% of the route on a cycle path. I used to wish it was a bit longer so the journey could make an impact on my fitness.
My new job starts next week, 26 miles away in Blackpool, one extreme to the other! I'm really going to try cycle it as much as possible to save fuel costs as well as to benefit my fitness. Fortunately it's a very flat route, but I don't think it will take a great deal of rain to persuade me to take the car!

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martyntr | 13 years ago
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5.6 miles each way, but I often add to the outward journey, anything up to 10 miles in the morning.... This totals 60-70 miles of commuting a week  1

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La Brisa Fresca | 13 years ago
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 16 30 mile round trip, 3-4 days a week, from Southport to Liverpool. Not when its lashin down though!!

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DCLane | 13 years ago
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Currently 11 miles each way, although all on main roads (40/70 limits).

Ride this 3-4 times each week.

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