Commuting - Distance of your commute

What's your one way - trip? Is the round trip just double that or do you have any add-ons? How lone does it take in the morning and does it take any longer on the way home? If so, why?

For me the 17 mile trip in was between 50 minutes and 1 hr 10 minutes. The trip home was always longer due to afternoon head winds from the West, so about 1 hr 30 minutes.

I did some add-ons as well, like an extra 5 miles east to my gym. On those days the round trip was 44 miles and the trip home sometimes took 2 hours.

Our company is moving in 2 weeks and my commute will be shorter (13 miles) but will be mostly downhill to work and mostly uphill going home. It'll be a straight North / South route so hopefully the afternoon head winds won't be as much of an issue and I'm not planning any add-ons.

I have three choices on mine. Only two which I really consider. Home to work is 24 miles for me. I have ridden the route, but never commuted it before. My second option, which I did during the summer off and on, was to ride 14 miles or so to get across the river, and then take Light Rail (city train) the rest of the way in. My usual, and only commute this winter has been five miles one way. Up hill there, down hill back home. I am able to do this because my wife's work is on the way to mine, so she drives the car to work, I follow on bike, shower there (nice perk) and grab the car for the rest of the way in. It makes for a pleasant commute both ways, that is neither physically or mentally overtaxing.

I started commuting for a couple reasons after many years of not riding at all. I have already signed up for Cycle Oregon this year, so at this point, Im contemplating if and when I want to make the total jump to the longer 28 mile roundtrip commute.

I never minded it on the way in, I was often less enthusiastic on the way home. lol.

I ride about 9 miles each way. I take a different route home because what is safe to drive at 5am is too dangerous for my tastes at 3pm. It adds about half a mile which is almost meaningless at that distance.

My enthusiasm for the ride home depends on if the wind is in my face or at my back. :)

About 11 in and 12 home, because in the morning I stay on the streets for a longer time before hopping on the bike path. These roads are OK for bikes at 7am but not so much 11 or 12 hours later. Both ways take about 45min with stops, lights, road crossing, etc. because the ride in is marginally more uphill than coming home.

I extend the ride home in various ways, though rarely outside of daylight savings time.

I car pool into work and then ride home either road or trail. During the nicer times of the year I'll head all the way to the house which is any where from 40 to 60 miles depending on the route. In the dead of winter I'll park my car just outside of Riverside State Park and stricly ride trail or dirt roads and cover 18 miles or more with options to add as many miles as I feel like. I have the luxuary of choosing dozens of different routes on or off road. Life is good!

7 mile each way minimum. When weather's nice I take alternate routes that stretch that out to 10 miles or longer on the way home. Sometimes I have to ride to a different office which is 15 miles each way; my normal office is along the way out.

I average 10-13 mph depending on energy level, weather, etc.

10 miles round trip of biking, the rest by Metro Rail. This is if I bike past the closest Metro stop in the morning and evening. and go to the next one to catch the train. If I bike to the closest stop to my house, the commute is 9 miles round trip. I am contemplating the jump to skipping two Metro stops before getting on in the morning, which would add another mile or so to the commute each way, or about 12 miles total, if I also got off at that stop on the ride home (which traffic-wise, might not work so well). As with previous poster, I tend to hover around 11-12 mph average.

My usual route via bike path and streets is 10.5 miles each way. Takes about 40 minutes. If I do the streets route only (no bike path) I end up doing only about 9 miles each way and it takes about 30 minutes.

In the winter, it's 17km to work, 20km coming home. The rest of the year I take the 20km route both ways as it's quite scenic and devoid of traffic. I live in the alps, so it's reasonably hilly. Work is about 220m (700 ft) lower than where I live, so it mostly downhill in the morning and mostly uphill on the way back. The commute in takes 40 minutes. Coming home takes 55.

my ride is about 3.5 miles each way. I've only been at this for a couple of weeks but I noticed I've trimmed a whole 5 min off my commute since I first started. It take me about 15 min door to door. But I haven't really timed it.

11.5 miles one way. takes between 45 minutes and 55 depending on traffic, lights, how I feel etc. Slightly downhill.

The way home takes about 1 hour on average sometimes with a headwind as well as being slightly uphill

commute is right at 4 miles one way. on the way in it takes 15 minutes because of a huge downhill. coming home takes 25 minutes or so depending on how much i feel like pumping up that hill. it's on the "east-west connector" which does what the name implies (there's a river through the middle of town). the road is 55mph but there's basically a third lane of shoulder with a rumble strip separating so feels pretty safe.

My commute has varied over the years. The longest was 17 miles each way. It was 3 hilly miles to my last job. Right now, being unemployed, it's 7 feet. ;)

My commute is 9.5 miles each way, assuming that I don't stop off. I usually get all of my errands done in the afternoons, so that could be up to 20 miles or so. In the morning, depending on the wind, it takes me 45 minutes to an hour...I don't go too fast.

7.6 Miles... 16 minutes in the morning, 45 minutes+ coming home.... I live at a much higher altitude than I work....

18 miles each way. I take the same route there and back. About 900 feet of ascent going into work, a little over 1000 feet coming home. Usually takes around 1:10 to get to work, depending on how I hit the traffic lights. Coming home is typically five minutes longer because a good portion of the climbing is concentrated into a long steep hill that makes me really work hard.

13 miles one way. In the evening I take a 15-16 mile route. Mornings are WAY slower and the time is generally around 50 minutes. The longer route in the evening is often done in 43 or so. I have a buddy that rides with me in the evenings and that saves some time.

3.6 miles into work, 8 miles round trip at lunch time, 10.5 miles to home after work. Of course, each trip could be 3.6 miles but that's just no fun.

20.5 miles each way. Usually do it at about a 17mph pace. I ride a touring bike which is just shy of 50lbs fully loaded.

I ride 3 times a week when theres light (Spring-Fall), once every other week when theres not.

8.5 miles in the morning, 6-20 miles in the afternoon depending on what I feel like. A moderately hilly route down to the river side, then gently rolling terrain for about 2 miles along the river, just under 40 minutes at 13 mph.

7.6 Miles... 16 minutes in the morning, 45 minutes+ coming home.... I live at a much higher altitude than I work....

You're probably one of the few who's happy to go to work & dread going home.

Mine is totally easy. 1 mi to and from the university. 2 mi to and from work.:D

12 miles in to work, takes right around 45 minutes (light winds). Same 12 miles home takes about 5 minutes longer (into a stronger wind). I may add to the ride in, but not on the ride home. I need to be home by 6 or else dinner will be cold!!

15 miles each way. PB time 51 minutes. Normal time 1:02:00 to 1:10.00. Ride home usually the longer because longer climb + wind almost always from the west.

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8.5 miles to work, 9.1 miles home on a slightly different route. I do that just to keep it mixed up. Takes about 10 minutes longer in the evening because of longer stop lights.

2 blocks

but i go home for lunch too!

Mine is just under 5 miles one way. I can make it 7 miles in by swinging a bit south and cutting through the Maryland campus. More often (once or twice a week) I swing north on the way home (organic market) to make it about a 7 mile return trip. Round trip 10-14 miles. The direct route in (of which there are several variants other than the above) takes me around 20 minutes. The direct route home is a few minutes longer (more traffic and lights than I catch at 5:00 AM).

If I ride the whole way, it's 16.75 miles each way, mostly flat. I mix it up by taking the train for part of the commute a few times a week, which gives me an out if I'm tired or the weather's bad. If I take the train it's only about 4 miles each way.

The whole ride takes about 60-75 minutes depending on wind and the lights.

34 miles roundtrip full commute. It takes about 1:30 each way. Elevation is similar at my house and at work. On the roundtrip there's about 1300 feet of uphill and 1300 downhill. If I do a 9-mile part commute, I begin at the lowest elevation of my route, so going to work is a little slower compared to coming home (net downhill). There are plenty of stoplights, busy intersections, and a railroad crossing that break up the ride. I have a few other partway commutes that depend on how much I feel like riding that day (or if I feel like riding in the dark). Usually they just slide my start point closer to the house on the same route.

Normally I don't make any sidetrips or errands on my commute rides.

My first time 17-mile (one-way) commute was 2 hours; last time I was on pace for 1:25 but flatted out 2 miles from my destination.

8.1 miles one way, 16.2 round trip. Unless I go the long way round and then it's 19-20 miles round trip. To work is almost all downhill. Coming home is almost all uphill. About a 30 min ride in the morning turns into 45-55 min at the end of the day. Depending on wind and traffic that can slow me down.

1.2 miles according to Google Maps.

uh, a half mile. i have fourteen bikes.:innocent:

3.5km on the way in, 12-13km on the way home; I ride as far as I feel like and take my bike on the train the rest of the way. The short morning ride is so I don't have to wake up early or shower when I arrive. (The alternative when I'm not cycling is a 3km bus trip from the closest station, which on average takes about the same amount of time -- the extra .5km when riding is to avoid the bus route.)

Each way
9.5 miles in the snow
23 miles in winter when I do not have enough light to make it home.
28 in summer

Done on a fixed gear. Though I am pondering building up a geared cx bike but am having issues convincing myself to spend cash with this crappy economy.

4.5 miles one way, on about the shortest route. 15 minutes-ish. The afternoon varies, usually about 5 miles because I take an alternate route to avoid some hills. It gets mixed up on a regular basis.

Currently I am only 4 miles one way. Once the weather breaks I will have to increase the distance because I have to prepare for my summer trips. Previous communting trips were 17 miles one way. It made training much easier. I ride everywhere.

I am about 12.5 miles each way. My time really varies depending on the wind. My best time is 52 minutes and my worst is slightly over an hour. I am riding a modified Trek 4300 that comes in at about 35 pounds, with nothing on it. However, it is bulletproof.

7 miles each way.

downhill there; uphill return. thankfully, the prevailing wind blows uphill.

mine used to be 5 miles one-way,but i have been unemp. since oct!,may have a new job in the works,i will know tue,if so i will have a 13 mile one-way,yahooooo!wish me luck! I NEED A JOB!!!!!!

12+ miles each, but, I usually take a different way home which adds about three miles. I work a 12 hour day, 6-6. At 5 in the morning, I can make the entire ride and count the number of cars I see on one hand. At 6:30 PM, I get the same number of cars, ohh about every 15-30 seconds, so I take the scenic route through the middle of nowhere. It's kinda weird riding a deserted unlit road through the middle of a tobacco field in complete darkness. Beats the hell out of becoming a hood ornament on some asswhipe's tahoe though.

5 miles each way and usually takes about 20 minutes. It's a flat ride but our prevailing wind patterns means I usually have headwind both directions though almost always much stronger on the homeward leg.

8 miles in to work, same route going home. I work 12 hour swing shifts, so the ride in is usually around 30 minutes, the ride home more like 40 to 45. That long shift gets heavy on the return!

mine used to be 5 miles one-way,but i have been unemp. since oct!,may have a new job in the works,i will know tue,if so i will have a 13 mile one-way,yahooooo!wish me luck! I NEED A JOB!!!!!!

Good luck! My employer is changing shifts and having several shut downs for weeks at a time to try and keep us on the payroll the rest of the year. I'm not complaining!

What's your one way - trip? Is the round trip just double that or do you have any add-ons? How lone does it take in the morning and does it take any longer on the way home? If so, why?.

I have a really great commute that IMO, belies the image of Boston as a city unfriendly to bicycling. I live in Downtown and ride to a suburb 14 miles distant in the reverse traffic commuting pattern in just over an hour (at least half an hour by car). Then in the evening, I take my bike back to Boston on a commuter rail train, since the train is empty on the reverse commute. The Train Station is about 3 minutes from work, the Downtown Station is about three miles from home, and the train ride is about one-half hour long. I usually leave home about 5:30 AM, and this is my idea of peace on earth. To train for a century, I just do ever-lengthening routes to work, up to about 30 miles.

2.5 to shuttle bus stop and 3.5 home. averages somewhat up hill in and of course down on the way home. takes 15 minutes in and 18 minutes home. Lately my averages are 10 mph in and 12 mph home. Road at 5:45 am is quiet but too crazy on the way home so I use an alternate going home. Got knocked down last year on the way home on a beautiful clear sunny day. safety in the longer route home. besides the hills through the residential streets are more fun without the cars to dodge. though the blind T intersections at the bottom of some of the hills are a pain to deal with. :D Grand plan is to build up to the long commute to work 13 miles one way but that is down the path a bit longer. Edit: my ride is a Fuji Absolute 4.0.

The ride into work is about 10 miles and it takes about 43-50 min depending on how I catch the lights. My ride home is the same unless I need to stop for something.

Good luck! My employer is changing shifts and having several shut downs for weeks at a time to try and keep us on the payroll the rest of the year. I'm not complaining!THANKS, i worked for a GM Dealership,for ten years ! NO SEVRINSE PAY! NO NOTHING ! ,eight of us that week!, looking for a different career move but when who have 25 years EXP.,what can you do ?.good luck to u also.

4.5km each way to the university
5.5km each way to work

i only commute once the snow melts, though.

My ride to work in warmer weather is 12 miles, taking about 50 minutes to an hour depending on how you hit the lights. It also gets better later on after the legs are back in tune with the hills between home and the office. There's one hill that I have to take a break on mid way up early in the season. After the old bod' is used to it, I can go all the way. That sucker is a long one with a pretty hefty grade.

6+ miles one way. Usually take the same route, which is relatively traffic free, both ways. At night, its mostly in the dark, though. Very little wind at either time.

Riding a Yukon Giant SE with smoothies.