Commuting - Post your ride to work!

I was googling, and came upon a pretty groovy site. I hadn't seen this one before, and I like it much more than others I've come across.

So, I present to you my route to work. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=902422

Real quick, if you don't want to read the FAQ: Press start recording, and then double click on the map to create a point. Keep in mind that it doesn't do routes based on roads (which is why I love it!!) but rather gmap long/lat points. So when a route curves/turns/bends you may need to make a few extra clicks. This made it great for the forest preserve portion of my ride that no other mapper could handle. :D

I feel like such a fanboy, but it works.

Cool ... here is mine. Sometimes I complain about it, but, from the maps, I think I prefer it to pianomahnn's.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=905535

Mine



http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=906070

Cool site!! Here is mine. Looks like I might have to change jobs to compete with commuting distance :D

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=906332

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=906633
here's mine.. kinda disappointed that its so short

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=907227
Dammit, so many intersections and traffic lights

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=907227
Dammit, so many intersections and traffic lights

I looked at your route. It seems to go from a point near a canal to another point near a canal. How about a pedal powered boat? And avoid the traffic problems?

How about a pedal powered boat? And avoid the traffic problems?
Uh, no. Bastards like to spit on you from the bridges. :mad:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=78201

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/hawthorn-to-knox

here's mine aussie commute

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=907663

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=906633
here's mine.. kinda disappointed that its so short

heh I thinks that you are lucky to have that much longer ride to work everyday, see the link to understand why.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=907711

I frequency have to do a long ride afterward just to satisfy myself. (at least I found a great route last night for a long rides with surprisely good roads)

Wow. Very nice.

How does it calculate calories? I don't think that can be accurate. I was figuring that I was burning around 300 calories each ride. This website says that I'm burning 860 per ride (6.42 miles, with some hills).

I've ridden stationary bikes for the same duration of time and pedaled similarly to as I do for my ride. Then I only burn 400, and I think that's high. This can't be.

Neat site. Mine, roughly:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=907718

Here's mine:
the lazy route http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=852996
the scenic route http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=852996
the really scenic route http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=907745

I think it's measuring calories burned if you're walking..

I think it's measuring calories burned if you're walking..

That's what I figured. Anyone know how to adjust this for cycling?

Here is mine.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=907839

Yea, that calorie thing can't be right. There is no way I burned 2000 calories on my way to the office today.

I frequency have to do a long ride afterward just to satisfy myself. (at least I found a great route last night for a long rides with surprisely good roads)That's the wonderful thing about my commute. Totals about 35 miles a day, no real need to spend extra time riding. This is the first week I'm actually attempting to ride all 5 days. Horrid weather days I just take public transit. We'll see how the weather holds up...

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=908392

Only 8 km, but on the way home there's 64 m (210 feet) of climbing. Actually a little more since there's a bit of downhill in there as well.

Here is mine: http://www.routeslip.com/routes/34623

I'll have more variations of the same route later. I am getting bored with using the same route over & over again so I am changing it up a little. I'll post those later.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=908589

going down Dexter is fun.

Lower traffic route: http://www.routeslip.com/routes/11953
Direct route: http://www.routeslip.com/routes/11947

Just reverse this one. It's work to home, but ... Work2Home (http://www.routeslip.com/routes/24711)

This is the ride in. The ride home takes me down a MUP for about 1.5 miles but lets me avoid a nasty hill.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=908917

Here's mine:
http://toporoute.com/cgi-bin/getSavedRoute.cgi?routeKey=AWBKAKLWVKRBVMI

http://www.chipcom.net/pvt/commute_elevation.gif

As you can see, the ride in is much nicer than the ride home.

Here's mine...

http://toporoute.com/cgi-bin/getSavedRoute.cgi?routeKey=HBNCBLLHCKAWBUW

My regular route: http://www.routeslip.com/routes/6910

My scenic route: http://www.routeslip.com/routes/6911

My more scenic route: http://www.routeslip.com/routes/36184

Mountain bike route: http://www.routeslip.com/routes/36190 Only about 5 miles of 12 are off-road but it's nice for a change;)

Thanks for the tip! My route:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=912850

Brooklyn, baby, Brooklyn:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=912995

Thanks for the tip.

Here's mine: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=912984

there and back are the same route... I love it! Most of it seems like MUP by the airport... that airport is a couple of miles long!!

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=808201

http://www.sanoodi.com/route/awagner109/to-work/2007-05-01/17-14-00/

Burlington Vt

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/united-states/pa/phoenixville/365418902

http://www.routeslip.com/routes/25750

Here's mine, it's quite short and very easy.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=915435

I haven't actually started this commute yet since my bike is on order, but this is the route I intend to start taking in the next couple of weeks. It's short, but wish me luck. I'm new to all of this, but looking forward to getting out there.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=908870

Here's mine. As far as i know im the only person who commutes from nebraska to iowa every morning. Ive never seen anybody else on a bike.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=916993

I'm gonna do this a bit differently:
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That's a little different than my normal route, but it gets me to work, and it's what I have pictures of.

What an amazing, scenic ride, notfred.. I'm pretty sure I want to move. Great idea, too, with the visual tour. Can we see the route, too? I'm just curious..

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=919108

The leisurely version
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Cambridge-to-Burlington-commute-easy
(14.2 miles with only ~300 ft elev. gain)

The "oh, crap I'm running late" / "oh, I need hill training" version
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Cambridge-to-Burlington-Commute-challenging
(14 miles with ~620 ft. elev. gain)

Here's mine http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=920091

The off road bits are where I climb up a dirt bluff and cross a streambed. Sometimes I go up 29th street instead. I don't really fly across the water, but follow a riverside MUP. If I take roads all the way it is signicantly shorter, but takes a longer time because I have to wait at lots of stop lights, whereas the route I've worked out has three stop lights, five stop signs, and a pedestrian crosswalk.

What an amazing, scenic ride, notfred.. I'm pretty sure I want to move. Great idea, too, with the visual tour. Can we see the route, too? I'm just curious..

Route I actually do most days:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=921694

Route in the pictures (roughly, might be off by a block or two here or there where I turned):
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=921705

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=907683

Wow--I tried this again, being inspired by Chip's elevation post, and found I go up some pretty good grades. And I have a whopping 130-some foot vertical climb! I'm patting myself on the back as we speak!:)

Of course, if I go my short route I have a remarkable 30 foot climb. :o

The route doesn't show the beauty of my ride. Most of it follows the river and it's just great. Still, this is a fun tool. I mapped some alternate routes and found a good one that's just under 8 miles. Fun! I got to try that soon.

I'm totally topping this! New job = new way more cooler awesome route. Riding downtown is so much better than riding to the suburbs. Compare new route to old. What was once about 40 miles round trip is now 11 miles round trip. Sure, I love riding, but even though I'm riding less, I love the commute so much more.

Old: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=902422
New: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2007034

This is my route. It says 12 miles, but my cyclo computers calls it 7.19...but actually it might be 12...now since I changed the route. Ugh...nah...It.s 7.19 according to my cyclo computer. What do you think is the cause for this difference.

URL for this route is: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2007075 (http://www.bikeforums.net/URL for this route is: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2007075)

Here's my route. Notice I go over a bridge, which is fine. But on the Jersey side I need to dismount and carry it down 20 steps. There's good city planning. Steps on a bridge bike path. Also, since i'm so close to Liberty State Park, it makes for a great lunchtime ride

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2007195

Jim

Another cool site like this you guys might want to check out that I've been using is veloroutes.org/bikemaps and it maps elevation changes and actually tells you how much time you can expect to spend on the ride based on different average speeds. I thought it was pretty cool.