For me, it's 10 minutes one way, then 10 minutes back the same way. I get up at 5 and I'm out the door at about 5:10 or 5:15 maybe.

I'm retired now, but my longest commute was when I was stationed in Norfolk, Va and lived in Virginia Beach, Va. It was nearly a 50-mile round trip, depending where the ship was moored, but on average the one-way trip was ~23-miles. It was flat, but the wind made up for it -- I'm sick of riding in the wind, it's always a headwind.:mad:





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This is DOUBLY nice, because it means less cleaning of the shower at home! :D

For the past 15 months or so it's been 26km (16mi) round trip, with just a bit more than 400 vertical meters (around 1400ft). It takes me between 37 and 40 minutes one way (loaded bike is around 45lb).
I get up early and come to work before almost everyone else (7:20ish), clean, change clothes, have breakfast. By the time people start coming in, I am midway my first morning coffee.

This is the morning ride, from home to work. The last descent is about a mile of cobblestone, so it definitely isn't fast and time saving. Even less so on the way back, after eight hours at the desk. It's interesting that it takes me pretty much the same time both ways
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pretty soon my kids should be competent to get themselves out the door without adult chiding. Not sure if they will actually, but competent!

Kids can respond to incentives. One of my kids wanted to transfer to a private school. We didn't have the money but then found that my spouse's parents were willing to pay tuition. We told my kid that it was a special privilege to attend the school, and they would have to get up earlier than we did and get themselves to the train. The kid became competent at doing that, unlike previous years.

My commute is about 4.1 miles each way, but it has a fair amount of climbing. Total elevation gain is almost 750' in those 4+ miles. I have some good alternative routes on the way home, including a nice regional park with many trails for taking the long way home when I have time & spare daylight. I start basically at sea level and here's a view from my work.

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14 miles and around 561 feet of elevation gained on the way in, 17 miles and around 930 feet gained on the way home. We have wall-mounted bike hangers behind a badge-access door, and a locker room with showers so cleaning up is pretty easily accomplished. I take my work clothes in on Monday and bring them home on Friday.

15 min from the railway station so 2kms and when riding to the flea market 20km back and forth done in 40min

2-1/2 miles one way for me. Uphill both ways. Literally - my route peaks right in the middle. Not a bad climb but sometimes I have to go slow so I don’t get sweaty. Surprisingly, that isn’t limited to summer. I can get pretty hot when bundled up for winter. I wear my work clothes (Levi’s and a button down shirt). Laptop etc in a backpack. I sometimes ride home for lunch. I don’t ride every day. Cold, rain, tired legs, errands, etc will get me in the car. I find that my definition of cold is getting broader as I get older.

I have had longer commutes. I did 18+ miles each way regularly for several years. For that distance it was bike clothes and a shower at work. Panniers for clothes, lunch, laptop, etc. Left my shoes at work.

26 mile and 37 commutes were a little too long for me to do regularly, because of the time involved. But when I did ride it was the pannier set up. Sometimes I would drive part way and then ride. Sometimes I would drive in and ride home. Then ride in and drive home the next day.

I bicycle commute twice a week to work; it's 10.8miles each way. There isn't much elevation except for two bridges, and I use mostly back streets. There is one main road I would never ride on, so I use the sidewalk for about a mile of the commute.

I don't have a shower, but I do have a private bathroom where I use a couple of wash cloths. When I first started doing this, I asked my staff if I stunk. They said thankfully no. They were concerned about it when I started 9 years ago, but "whatever you're doing in there, it's working."

Oh 'bike commute'...was going to say mine is brutal...a whopping 20 or so steps from my bedroom to the coffee maker...ugh it takes...for ev er...and trafiic...my wife gets in the way and it's into the ditch...can't win against her...sigh...commuting suxs

I commute on 10 kilometers to go and 11 to come back from work, trough the hills five days a week. I live in countryside. Each ride takes 25'. I change all my clothes and my shoes in bathrooms every morning when i am to the work.

My commute is about 5k each way, but I do it on an ebike so don't get sweaty!

Mine is ~7 miles each way and basically flat. Worst part is having to be in the bike gutters in one of the sections, but it's mostly fine. We do have a shower in the office, so I just bring my towel and spare clothes in my backpack.

Well, I just recently retired, but my commute was 13 miles one way. Actually, I live ~50 mile from work, but 2 -3 days a week I drive to a park-n-ride and bike in the 13 remaining miles. Going into work is a decent downhill then a false flat that slopes down much of the ride in. Problem is going home after a long day I have to deal with a slight uphill most of the way back then finish off with a decent climb to the car.

8.1 miles there and 8.1 miles back--its roughly 45 minutes each way, and 30 when its nice out and im feeling vicious. I usually just pack another t-shirt, because the one I ride in gets soaked with sweat. The good thing is that workout sweat doesn't smell as bad as stress sweat, so you can get to work all sweaty and by the time you cool off, it'll be like you didn't even ride that day. My coworker who doesn't ride, arguable smells worse (he doesn't like using deodorant).

I've had commutes ranging from 3 to 10 miles one way over the past 50 years. I've never found the need to shower and change. The worst was in KC during the summer where 80 degrees at 8 AM is common. Then I would wear a t-shirt in the morning and carry a small bottle of deodorant talc, towel off in the restroom, sprinkle a little talc around and put on a new shirt for the day. No problem.

Marc

I'm applying to teaching jobs to start in September. I'm hoping to have a commute of 10 miles or shorter. One place I went to is less than 2 miles, and another is 3 miles. I'm still interviewing at places 10 miles away because they may end up being a worse commute and a better job. Or maybe they will be the only ones making offers to me. Really, once it is 7 miles each way, I know I will ride it less frequently, and that would be a shame. Maybe I should consider getting an e-bike for commuting.

7.5mi and 305' to work
7.5mi and 435' to home

No shower at work. Bring a different.
I wont ride in if its already 75+deg at 630am. Ill be a mess because I push too hard when riding.

routine:

house to infant school (6yo goes there) ...
infant school to nursery school (4yo goes there) ...
nursery school to staff bike lock-up ...
2.4 mi total

3 min walk to office after

Mine is only 2.5 miles. Pretty short, so no excuse not to ride it.

small island here (24.5km2 / 9.5mi2) ... give or take 200k inhabitants ... everything is reasonably close

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Last year I went through a job change. My commute now is 15 miles each way. I'll do it few times per month. Winters can be a hit or miss because there is one part of my route which doesn't get winter maintenance and plowing.

3.5 miles with 300' elevation drop in the morning. Maybe 50' climbing.

5.5 miles home typically; sometimes I stretch that to 10 or 15, occasionally 40.

I've been doing this on a fixie the last couple years. It has a front disc brake, and i shamelessly ride the brake on the two steep downhill ramps in the morning. Occasionally I'll ride a geared bike, and it seems like cheating.

There's a locker room and showers, but I shower at home and just use the locker room to change. I wear a button down shirt and shorts or rain pants depending on season, and change into slacks and casual shoes for work.