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patmahe
Original Poster
4,010 posts
73 months
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Considering starting to commute by bike. Just wondering how long most people's commute is and what sort of terrain? Also do you do it every day or a few days a week?
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okgo
20,735 posts
67 months
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17 mi each way - flat
4 days a week most of the time so I can fit in other training and some recovery in between.
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Baron Greenback
1,286 posts
19 months
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30 miles each way, 40mins drive or 1hr20 min train door to door
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CDP
4,578 posts
123 months
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Fifteen feet or so. Sometimes I drive.
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S10GTA
2,517 posts
36 months
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jamcam23
90 posts
76 months
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13.7 miles to work (according to Strava) takes about 45 minutes and an average speed of 17mph. With some decent climbs thrown in and a few nice straights. Not enough downhill sections for my liking 
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sleep envy
59,335 posts
118 months
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6 miles, a couple of hills but mainly flat, zones 1 & 2 of tube map - 20/25 depending on traffic lights.
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djglover
256 posts
86 months
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Been doing too much running lately, but generally I do 2 x week, 12 miles in and 24 home. Need to drive the other days to pick the kids up. The route in is hateful on a bike hence the extension home!
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Ilikebeaver
960 posts
50 months
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BMWBen
3,546 posts
70 months
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25 each way. Try and do 4 legs a week (Monday in, Tuesday home, wed rest, thurs in, Friday home), but life rarely works like that so often it's doing it both ways twice over three days. Sometimes stick a lap of Richmond park in on the way home (extra 20 mins).
Takes longer than the train once you include showering and faffing about, but it's not wasted time like the train is!
Moving soon which will make it about 17-19 miles, aiming to do like okgo.
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Dizeee
11,899 posts
75 months
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19.5 miles there, 6 miles back as I get the train part way. Small ups and downs meaning fairly flat overall.
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gradeA
508 posts
70 months
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Just over 7 miles on the way in, 80% offroad, 35mins@avg 12mph-ish on a 6" travel bike. Bit less mileage on the way home and 95% offroad due to army ranges being open after 4:30pm. Longer and further if I go for a bit of a ride rather than take the direct route!
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Frenchda
610 posts
102 months
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Bike @ 30 mins
Run @ 45 mins
Canoe @ 1 hour
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Vocal Minority
2,107 posts
21 months
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35 miles total. (Home to work that is)
Bike between 8 miles or 14 miles depending which station I cycle to. The general pattern is basically flat, though there is more decent than ascent. Usually ave around 18mph. 4 miles after from station to centre of brum. Basically flat.
Return leg the same, but the general pattern is margainally uphill, with a cat 5 climb to finish. 16 mph or thereabouts. The ride through brum is 3.5 miles (due to various 1 way systems) Couple of times a week if I can.
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option click
730 posts
95 months
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25 miles each way. Pretty flat though so not particularly hard going.
On average I do it twice a week.
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louiebaby
5,344 posts
60 months
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4.6 miles in 16:45 this morning. (The start of "Operation Get-it-under-15-mins.")
A snappier title may be called for...
(Takes a bit less time to get the Tube, due to not needing a shower.)
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theboymoon
2,682 posts
129 months
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8km in direct route 25 mins. 25-30km usual return route via Ashton Court, 50 acre, Leigh Woods. Consider myself very lucky to have such amazing trails on a city doorstep
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Highway Star
2,517 posts
100 months
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15km with two relatively steep (10%+) hills, average just around 28kph on my MTB. Do it twice a week in winter, maybe 3 times in summer.
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Steve vRS
578 posts
110 months
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Just under 10miles each way. Slight up hill there, down hill home.
However, I only do it when I am in the office for a few consecutive days so I can drop off clothes, laptop etc. This isn't that often unfortunately.
Steve
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otolith
19,392 posts
73 months
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Wife's commute is ~ 9 miles by bike. She's doing it three days a week. I'm doing it with her. I work from home, so my commute is now 18 miles twice a day three days a week and half a dozen paces the rest of the time 
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