Who has the longest London based commmute?

[okgo]

As above really.

A good mate of mine is looking at jobs in London, mostly City/C.Wharf area and is thinking of cycling from SW (Twickenham) each day...

Is that mental?

[ewenm]

I used to commute St Margarets to the City every day - I usually got the train to Queenstown Road and ran from there. Occasionally ran home from on a 12-13mile route. Cycling it would be easy. CW is a bit further but still easy enough.

[Mr Will]

okgo said:

As above really.

A good mate of mine is looking at jobs in London, mostly City/C.Wharf area and is thinking of cycling from SW (Twickenham) each day...

Is that mental?

I've done North Kent to the offices a few times, Twickenham to the centre should be pretty easy if he's used to cycling.

[GanglePin]

I do 15 miles each way by choice (I can do a 7 mile route if the weather is particularly bad). I would have thought Twickenham to Canary Wharf will be a similar distance.

It's not difficult to do such a distance in less than an hour, even with all the traffic on the roads.

[sjg]

There are a lot of roadies that use a longer commute like that to get the miles in. A triathlete friend commutes a few days a week from St Albans - about 22 miles each way - better to spend the time training rather than being sat on public transport or in your car.

[bga]

okgo said:

As above really.

A good mate of mine is looking at jobs in London, mostly City/C.Wharf area and is thinking of cycling from SW (Twickenham) each day...

Is that mental?

A mate of mine commutes from New Malden to Canary Wharf most days which is a similar distance. He's in reasonable shape but not super-fit by any stretch of the imagination. He finds it much easier if he doesn't have to haul his laptop along on the bike.

[okgo]

Fair enough.

Said person is fairly quick on a bike, but I doubt a road bike would be order of the day in central London.

[louiebaby]

My commute is only about 4.5 miles each way, but a couple of the guys came from Surbiton and Kingston to St Paul's. They where both pretty handy though.

A road bike is fine in central London.

Also:

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[Rolls]

only 13 miles or so each way for me!

[sinizter]

That's 2 hours on the train.

I used to do the reverse when I lived in London.

How long would it take on a bike ?

[JPJ]

Working on a client project in the city, I was commuting from Bagshot 3 or 4 days per week - 35 miles each way. Could be done in just under 2 hours, and while a lot of riding per day, better than sitting on a train and doing nothing.

[okgo]

sinizter said:

That's 2 hours on the train.

I used to do the reverse when I lived in London.

How long would it take on a bike ?

He apparently would be using Surbiton station, which makes it 40 mins on the train.

Well in theory it should take about 45 mins on a bike, but I doubt it is possible.

[K87]

I'm going to be starting a 7 mile each way commute soon, better hurry up and find a road bike, dads ancient mountain bike is just far too much work!

[CerbitonFlyer]

okgo said:

but I doubt a road bike would be order of the day in central London.

Why not? I would have said a road bike is the perfect weapon on choice. There is no way I'd do my commute on anything else

[okgo]

CerbitonFlyer said:

okgo said:

but I doubt a road bike would be order of the day in central London.

Why not? I would have said a road bike is the perfect weapon on choice. There is no way I'd do my commute on anything else

Because of the position it puts you in, low upper body and head down low, just didn't seem like the ideal weapon when there is lots of traffic about...

[DrMekon]

Mine's 19 miles each way but that's on long rural roads. Not sure I'd fancy such a long commute with busy traffic - I spend mine absorbed in thought, and arrive at work with barely any recollection of how I got there.

[croyde]

I do a regular 8 mile each way into Central London on my Specialized Langster single speed and I go hell for leather so it's like a workout. Only really started this year and already the commute does not feel long enough

Did a 5.5 mile commute through grid-locked traffic in 20 mins yesterday morning which I am proud of as an average of 16.5 mph when cars are blocking every gap and I even had to pick up the bike and run at one point, as it was so bad, is pretty good going for me.

Was 5 miles from home yesterday evening when I had a blow out so a nice walk home as it was my first puncture since being a kid (now almost 50) and so far I have been commuting and doing trips of between 20 and 50 miles with no puncture kit or inner tubes.

That'll learn me.

[croyde]

Cheers!

Not Grandad yet, heaven forbid as my eldest is only 10.

[hullbilly]

I commute 8 miles each way to work and regularly cycle from Weybridge area to Enfield (N. London) and its not a biggy...

[walm]

I do St Margarets to the centre on quiet roads (Upper Richmond Road - Kings Road rather than the more direct A316-A4).
It's about 10.5 miles each way.
Usually 35mins pedalling, 40mins on the bike (plenty of lights).
Feels a perfect distance but some days it would be great to have more distance forced on me.