Longest Commute ?

ebola

I was curious...
What's the longest distance anyone commutes regularly by bicycle ?

TeleJohn

Mines 32 miles round trip.

bioguy

I'm tied with you at 32 miles. How much vertical climb do you have? I'm uphill in the am, downhill in the pm. Not sure what the altitude change is, but I average 13mph in the am, and 18mph in the pm.

TeleJohn

Downhill in the am. Uphill in pm. No big hills just bridges over train tracks.
I plan on taking some detours to get some big hills at least once a week if schedule allows.

Corsaire

Mine is almost 12 miles each way, take the back scenic roads for about 4 miles then the rest is more urban. The early morning ride is what hits me the hardest, since I'm not really a work-out "morning guy", I'm in very good shape, but mentally I'm not quite psyched up, regardless after little less than 10' of riding I have to negociate this 7' long, kind of steep hill, to which I'm not quite warmed up yet by the time I get there, specially in these cool mornings, but after that climb I'm really woke up!
But it's fun I love it! I'm more up to beat my own record speeds riding back home, zooooom!
Corsaire

JoeRider

I have 3 different routes that I chose from depending on how I feel or what the weather is like. 11 miles if I take the most direct route. 18 if I use the local bike path. 28 for those days when I'm just not ready to go home. I always take the direct 5.5m route on the way to work as I leave at 5:30am and then chose my route home at 4pm.

stevek

10 miles each way for me. lots of choices to go. in the morning the routes don't have anything more then a 2 block uphill. the bike path is pretty short but the first part is washboardy and on a racing bike it is rough plus several streets cross it. then you exit into a gravel drive and go a couple of miles to the next path that is new and nice and smooth.
home I have several routes. no big hills but I can choose between easy and somewhat hard. I would like to work harder in the morning and usualy a bit less when going home but it is the oppisite. I can take a light downhill route with just a slight slope so I can get to 20mph or so or a ltitle up and lots of down.

Bicycle Hermit

You all have me beat. 5.8 miles each way.

sathomasga

38 miles round trip. But I only do it in the summer. (Too dark at night otherwise, and I won't ride at night here in Atlanta.)

M2cycler

7.8 miles or 12.5 kilometers each way.

fastest avg out was 30.23 km/h fastest back was 27.4 km/h

this is over some pretty hilly terrain though the hills arent long

i averaged 39 km/h till the first hill the other day, woohoo.

sjenney

I commute 36 miles round trip to work every day all year long.
I sometimes use car pools and public transit during heavy rain or wet snow.

rek

Depending on the route I take, my commute can take either 20, 24, 30, 36 or 40km each way. The longer routes include the Kew Boulevarde, which is a popular spot amongst roadies here for getting in some hill work.

Normally I take the 24km route each way (48km/30mi round trip), though in the summertime when the weather is nice and I'm in decent cycling shape, I take the 36km route in and the 40km home (76km/47mi round trip.) I do this on a road bike, and my average speed is usually 27-29km/h.

Commuting by bike is a great way to rack up the kilometres!

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troyq

50 km (31 mile) round trip for me, also every day.

People seem quite amazed when they find out you ride your bike as far as they drive their car in a year (~ 12000 kms +/- a few).

lumpy

Used to do 30 miles one way on the way to work- had a ride home in the evening. Often I couldn't bring my bike so I had to buy another one so I could ride the next day! On the weekends work started later so we'd take the long way along the coast and up through a nice park. Great way to start the day huh?

Tim