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on the short commute its 6miles each way, on the long about 9miles each way, try and cycle to work 3-4 days a week, and there are shower facilities here as well.
I don't usually think of the commute in terms of distance usually time, it takes me half an hour to get to work on the short route, forty five on the long, forty mins to get into central london from shepherds bush, about an hour to get from shepherds bush to hoxton, you get the picture. Think most people don't mind being on a bike for half an hour or so, obviously, depending on your level of fitness, the distance you travel in that time will vary. As you get fitter as we show, being on a bike for longer periods becomes no discomfort either.
If you get the idea across that it doesn't take any longer to bike it, and is in fact quicker than doing it any other way people will take it up, also you'll have to sort out possibly communal areas for bike maintenance, nothing worse than people getting the cycling bug, weather turns and bikes are left to disintegrate outside, and no point in having great roads areas to ride in if you can't fix a puncture. Also bike parking and security needs to be arranged, you're not going to ride anywhere if your bike isn't there for you to get back on.