Originally Posted by zzxxyy
Thanks for the replies Jur.
I might be lucky enough to get a job in the bike industry which is 29.7 km away by car, which means around 32km away by bike via a scenic river half of the way. The rest unfortunately would take some exploration to find a better route. I would absolutely love to commute, especially when the workplace is a bike-friendly environment with shower and lockers.
You definitely have the right attitude, which amounts to a whole lot. I have workmates who promise long and short that they will also start riding to work, but no amount of nagging and pestering on my part has resulted in anything.
Originally Posted by zzxxyy
I was (still am to be honest) worried about the longish route, and doing that twice a day but yours show that it is possible.
I started out by putting the bike in the car, driving in say 2/3rd, and parking. Cycle the rest. This rapidly expanded to 1/3rd driving and 2/3 cycling because I found it too tame, even though I was a middle aged couch potato. (Still am, but without the spare tyre
) Then one day I took the full distance plunge, was knackered but persevered. Nowadays it is really amazingly easy. No doubt you will find the same. And take a look at Cyclaholic's Sydney commute, a whopping 60 miles every day! The big thing becomes not the distance, but the time.
Originally Posted by zzxxyy
Btw, do you have any experience with internal hubs? I just bought an Shimano inter-8 hub and am wondering if I should just slap that on my wife's bike and go singlespeed myself? I have a flattish route actually...
Only from school days, decades ago.
Originally Posted by zzxxyy
I am crossing my fingers on gettng that job first!
Well, here's hoping you do, mate!