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@jonlubi
I have a 6.5 mile trip each way. I do it in about 20 mins, and regularly beat my flatmate on his vespa. It's pretty easy going apart from Dog Kennel hill, but then I wasn't born with these thighs...
My Dad's a cartogropher and has recently completed a series of maps for NHS trusts showing cycle routes between their sites. They got three route options, avoiding traffic to various degrees, and also gave the journey times for different speed riders - 10, 15 and 20 kph. They came out looking very simple and easy to use, and as far as I know the nhs peeps loved them.
I don't think you can design a cities' transport system solely with those that cycle everywhere in mind though. Much as that would be nice it's unrealistic and more people would benefit from some sort of integrated public transport and cycling network.
Sustrans are pretty good, bit I guess you'll know all about that if you go about designing cities in your spare time!
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1090834683408