Commuting Distances...

from hipsterville to work its about 3.

its not even 3 miles.... 2.3miles check me out

lame

I make just 1.2 miles each way for my job 5 times a week, and twice a week 3.2 miles each way to my classes, i wish my job were futher just for me ride my bike more time

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Jesus, what's the point even riding a bike for 1.2 miles?

I could trip over my doorstep and get up at work!

Ohhhhh yes! I took the tube from Embankment to Parsons Green last Friday (because I was on a rest day, and because there was actually a queue to get into Holborn station), and it took about twice the time it would have by bike. And it kept being delayed for all kinds of stupid reasons, and there were loads of loud smelly people, and I could feel the sweat dripping down my back, and neck, and cleavage. (Employers should have to provide showers for people who use the tube!)

I got off at the other end and vowed never to get on a tube train again. And as luck would have it, the chap I was meeting gave me a bike, so I got to ride that home, and didn't even have to worry about buses!

The moral? Don't take the tube.

Are you another of the P-Green massive Emilia? You should join Pigfarmer and I in some late night time trial action.

I think I'm 11 miles each way, Parsons Green to Canary Wharf.

When this thread started I'd commute 5 miles to work, so 50 a week... now I do 10, so 100 a week... but before I broke up with girlfriend who practically lived in the countryside i was doing 15 each way... although last week I was seriously slack and only did 1 day!

Oh and even though my work is next door to one tube station and I live nextdoor to another, with only one change between them cycling is faster, and that's not even considering the times the tube is FUBAR'd...

Oh but on the origianl question I'd say people who don't cycle but are thinking about it would only consider distances of about 3 miles... When I was an overweight teenager I thought the 4 miles I was doing to college was herculean.

Jesus, what's the point even riding a bike for 1.2 miles?

Get at the job in 10 minutes ?

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Seriously 10 minutes for 1.2 miles? 7.2 mph

Are you another of the P-Green massive Emilia? You should join Pigfarmer and I in some late night time trial action.

I think I'm 11 miles each way, Parsons Green to Canary Wharf.

I'm not, but I'm less than half an hour away, and always up for late night time trials! (I thought for a moment you were suggesting a Parsons Green - Canary Wharf TT, and got all excited...)

The clues in his name, as to why it takes so long to cover so short a distance ;)

well, i get out home 10 minutes before work, i never acctually counted how long it takes

but i saw now at the google maps and its 1.6 miles

but im a monkey, im just happy to know how to ride a bike :)

I'm not, but I'm less than half an hour away, and always up for late night time trials! (I thought for a moment you were suggesting a Parsons Green - Canary Wharf TT, and got all excited...)

I would actually be up for that - A riverside dash at night!

It used to be 2 miles each way in a straight line down the euston road, now it's 11-12 miles each way from Walthamstow. i'm building up to riding it fixed.

Mine's about 8.5 miles each way, Forest Hill to Holborn, with a massive hill right at the end on the way home.

For me, I think if it were over 10 miles a day I would find it easier to cave in and let myself get the train, whereas now it's quicker to ride than walk/train/bus to work.

Sounds like a really interesting project, I'd really like to see what the result is.

^^^ I was doing 17.5 miles each way throughout this summer and it was still quicker commuting by bike than public transport.

^^^ I was doing 17.5 miles each way throughout this summer and it was still quicker commuting by bike than public transport.

Ditto, and ditto.

3.2 miles each way, 6 days a week, with a struggle up swains lane every second day

^^^ I was doing 17.5 miles each way throughout this summer and it was still quicker commuting by bike than public transport.

I used to live about 12miles from work, and it took me longer getting the bus than it did cycling there (which I thought the reverse would be true).

There was one guy at my old work place who lived up the road from me and never understood how I managed to turn up 10 minutes earlier.

I would actually be up for that - A riverside dash at night!

Woooo! Count me in. Just let me get my bike sorted...

Yeah, no worries. I'll see if we can round up a few more river racers.

Cool, be good to see if we can get a few more river racers.

Just under 30 miles a day, bit hilly too.Looking forward to the cold, dark and wet.