I teach elementary math in Houston, TX. Last week, I commuted for the first time to school. It's about 20 miles round trip. There are no showers at school, I cleaned up using baby wipes and rocket shower. I used a Large Super Pro BaileyWorks bag to carry a change of cloth (including shoes), my laptop, and some tools for the bike. The bag weighed 20lbs. I used my road bike and it took me 40 minutes in the morning and about 50 minutes in the afternoon. This week, I'll try using my mountain bike. My goal is to commute between 2-3 days per week.

Carlos

I commute 1.6 km to school to teach HS chemistry in Toronto. In my experience, cycling cuts about 5 minutes off an already short commute. It used to take me longer but I got a nice place to park inside.

Two years ago I commuted about 12 km each way. While it might have been shorter to drive in that case, I didn't have or want a car.

Yes I commute about 45 kilometers round trip. I have found a 2 gig thumbdrive to help a great deal when it come to hauling stuff back and forth. Many of my assigments are handed in on the computer.

I'm still subbing, looking for a Contract. When I know I'll have a classroom to store a bike in, I'll cycle, as locking any bike up in some schools = vandalism. But when I have a full time contract, I'll be cycling until it drops below -20c in the morning.

I'm on my second year of commuting. Middle school music in urban system. Last year I started riding. 3.5 miles in and did 5 or so home. The shool is on a good hill. This year I moved out 12 miles and missed commuting. I rode once and enjoyed it but I need to get home in time to get my 1st grader off the bus. I have now started parking at my buddy garage and riding 4 miles up the hill to school. The kids think I'm nuts. After all those hills I was able to ride my first metric century (Bike the Beach) on my fixie and rocked.
Peace

I'm in school to become a teacher, does that count? I'll get a masters in secondary ed plus certification.

I ride the bike part of the way to school. It's about two miles to the bus stop, then I catch the bus, which lets me out right at the university. It's just a short ride from the stop to the classroom, and the uni has added lots of bike racks in the last three years.

There are a couple of high schools nearby that wouldn't be a bad commute.

I teach grade four. I ride about 19 km one way. I have been doing it in the spring and fall for the last 2 years. It is quite enjoyable. I have a safe place to leave the bike and I am okay with just changing my clothes when I get to work. All in all it is pretty good. Takes me about 50 minutes on a good day.

So now here's a question for everyone. What do kids, staff, parents, and admin say about your bike commuting?

So far, for me, it's all been positive. We have a real problem with the daily SUV parade after school, a serious parking problem, and a lot of overweight kids, so most people think I'm doing something good.

I'm still waiting, however, for a parent to complain about how my riding in the street sets a bad example for the kids or how keeping my bike in the classroom is unfair because the kids have to keep their bikes in the racks.

No, but when I was in college my bike was my sole means of transportation for about 4 years. That's when I really started cycling. It was easier and quicker cycling than taking the buses.

I sub at a high school about 10 miles away from my house. Twice a week I commute (when I don't need to be at my second job immediately after school gets out). It makes it much easier to get in and out of school with all the traffic of parents picking up their kids and student drivers. I keep the bike in the teacher's lounge so no students can mess with it (there are a few who might) and change out of my sweaty clothes in the staff bathroom when I arrive. I commute in fairly 'normal' clothes because I want it to seem like biking is normal, not something that requires special gear or weird tight clothes. Most of the kids who ask me about the bike riding just want to know why I do it; they are at the age where cars and driving gets very appealing. Mentioning gas prices always makes sense, though. They think I am protesting.