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25km is about the same as my commute, takes me roughly an hour door-to-door which is about the same amount of time as it would take to drive including sitting in traffic, parking and walking from the car park.
i guess it depends on your route/hills/infrastructure/etc.i did the folding bike + train thing for a while which was fine (dahon uno with coaster brake - actually quite fun to ride) but the train is expensive, and door to door was still about an hour.
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I have a few issues with the full bike commuting, one of which is that I'm quite frankly a pussy and it's always rainy and windy here. But, it's not completely out of the question, I just have to take things gradually at first.
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Yeah, having 4+ bike lock keys on my chainring is a bit too much haha. -
the train is expensive, and door to door was still about an hour.
Surely a car is more expensive? At least in the Netherlands I think so.
My commute is also 25k, and cycling takes me about 50% longer door to door (60 min by bike vs 40 by train). But maybe I just need to get faster!
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Rambling... I can't be arsed driving to work anymore, but I technically don't need to, as I can ride a bike (or two) instead.
So basically only two parts of my commute would be done by cycling, and the rest via train. 10 minutes biking from home to the station, then later another 20 mintues from the station to work - and back of course.
It would be an utter delight if I could take the Marin, but the Dutch railway company doesn't approve this during rush hour, which is kind of understandable. Sooo I have quite some options here, but the best ones are definitely these two:
1) Use the current lock-up bike to get to the station. Then take the train, then jump on another lock-up bike and ride to work. Now this requires the purchase of another lock-up bike, which is not a huge investment, but there's never enough bike parking space at the given station and I will need to buy two new locks, waste time on locking, unlocking, putting the lock away, bla-bla, I know, first world problems.
2) Get a folding bike. Been checking folding bikes in the past days, and meh. I've never ridden one, and I'm not sure if I'd like them. It doesn't help that the fiddly, sucky, ugly and generally cheapishly made models are the ones that don't cost an arm and a leg - however they are still overpriced. I checked used Bromptons, well, my car is worth less than a 2-speed model. On the long term this might be a good investment though. But who can plan for the long term this crazy ass world?
The whole route from home to work is about 25 km. I technically could skip the train part and just go on two wheels. I will definitely do it for fun on a few occasions, but not daily. I could also get an ebike, but then again we're looking at a pile of cash.
I'll figure something out.