how far is your commute

Brian G

Jon_H wrote:

> how far do you commute to work.

0 miles, or 0 kilometres if you prefer. (My home and my work being one
and the same.) I am never late, I have no bike parking problems, I
don't need to change on arrival and the weather is of no concern to me.

Leisure time cycling, however, is a different matter ;-)


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PeteC

Brian G wrote:
> Jon_H wrote:
>
>> how far do you commute to work.
>
> 0 miles, or 0 kilometres if you prefer. (My home and my work being one
> and the same.) I am never late, I have no bike parking problems, I
> don't need to change on arrival and the weather is of no concern to
> me.
> Leisure time cycling, however, is a different matter ;-)

You beat me... I was going to say 15 feet - for exactly the same reason -
and that I didn't usually cycle (I have been know to hop to work, with a
sprained ankle!)

Pete.

Steph Peters

Tony Raven <junk@raven-family.com> of wrote:
>Cycling burns off any stress induced adrenaline from
>work which is very good for your health plus it puts a barrier between
>work and home which means you don't take all your work issues home with
>you. Result, happier and healthier home life.

Very true. My usual pattern is to get up early to get a few miles in on
the way in, setting me up nicely for the day, and then use a shorter route
home. However after any worse than usual day at work I extend the 1km
commute to at least half an hour worth. Unlike a previous poster who also
has a 1km commute I don't walk to work, because I know that I wouldn't do
half as much cycling otherwise.
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:20:23 +0000, Tony Raven <junk@raven-family.com>
wrote in message <35ek6nF4jk688U1@individual.net>:

>Those extra years that U 'n Me
>both carry around on our bikes are heavy!

Heh! No doubt. And my bike is heavy to start with. Comfy, though :-)

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In message <Lu8Id.1568$lJ6.353@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net>, Jon_H
<me@youwish.com> writes
>I am slowly but surely building myself up to commuting to work it is about
>25 miles away with the first 15 being fairly hilly (mostly uphill) and the
>last 10 being flat 'ish'. I start work at 7 and work a 12 hour day so i will
>be waiting for some fairer weather also.
>
>how far do you commute to work.

Several years ago for three weeks I did 13 miles each way between Alton
and Basingstoke. Nice in the mornings, especially if it wasn't raining,
but miserable in the winter evenings. No fun cycling in pitch dark, and
I had to stop for oncoming vehicles as their headlights stopped me
seeing where I was going.

I eventually moved to Basingstoke and reduced the commute to about 1.5
miles each way.

Now I do about 5 miles each way in London every day. There are public
transport alternatives of bus or tube, but cycling is much faster than
either, and of course much cheaper, too.

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Mark van Gorkom

>>
>> 34 miles (each way). Thankfully almost totally flat miles (except for
>> half a dozen bridges) along reasonable cycle paths. Only take the
>> trike 3 days a week, and the car the other 2 , or I'd have to go to
>> bed by the time I get home.
>> The weather is not much of a problem since the trike is fully faired,

>What kind of trike you ride?

A 20 year old M5 tadpole with a glasfibre fairing, one of a series of
10 or so. There's a pic of an original one at
http://home.hccnet.nl/e.cleij/image...es/mk1_22a3.jpg
The former owner had rebuilt the fairing a bit, so it looks more like
a modern velomobile now, with just the drivers head sticking out, and
I have since fitted it with a Rohloff, and Big Apples all round (it
doesn't have suspension).
Must admit I'm already looking for something a bit more up-to-date,
possibly with auxilary engine, so I can get rid of the car.

Mark van Gorkom

David Martin

Mark van Gorkom wrote:

> Must admit I'm already looking for something a bit more up-to-date,
> possibly with auxilary engine, so I can get rid of the car.

Trice Tandem?

...d

Mark van Gorkom

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:47:35 +0000, David Martin
<martin-family@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Mark van Gorkom wrote:
>
>> Must admit I'm already looking for something a bit more up-to-date,
>> possibly with auxilary engine, so I can get rid of the car.
>
>Trice Tandem?
>
>..d

A much more enviroment friendly option, I agree, but given that I have
to leave home at 05.15, I might have trouble finding crew.
Unless you're volonteering of course.

Mark van Gorkom.

David Martin

Mark van Gorkom wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:47:35 +0000, David Martin
> <martin-family@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>Mark van Gorkom wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Must admit I'm already looking for something a bit more up-to-date,
>>>possibly with auxilary engine, so I can get rid of the car.
>>
>>Trice Tandem?
>>
>>..d
>
>
> A much more enviroment friendly option, I agree, but given that I have
> to leave home at 05.15, I might have trouble finding crew.
> Unless you're volonteering of course.

It was to accommodate the auxillary engine ;-)

...d