How early do some of you commute?
#28
Up at 5:00, shower, make lunch for the day, walk the dogs, eat some breakfast and then just before 6:00 am, ride to the train station (just over 11.5 km). Take the train for an hour, usually watch some TV on my laptop or read a paper. Hop off the train and cycle to the office (just under 5 km). I arrive at work at about 8:00 am if I do this. That's a two hour, one way commute, but I get to sit and relax for an hour of it.
#30
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From: Boston (sort of)
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Alarm goes off at 6...snooze for a bit more. Get up, shower, dress (bike clothes laid out the night before, everything I need at work packed in the bag). Get on bicycle. Ride. Stop on the way to get a bagel. Get to work. Park bike in cube. Change into work clothes. Eat bagel, start work.
#31
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From: Teaneck NJ
Bikes: Jamis Ranger 1.0 (Mutilated !!), Trek Portland
Up at 4.50 am
Get ready, pack stuff and on bike by 5.30 am
At work by 6.40 - 6.45 (16 miles one way)
Shower, microwave breakfast and eat
At desk by 7.30 - 8 am
Up at 4 pm
Change and stuff and on bike by 4.15 pm
Home by around 5.45 - 6 pm
Get ready, pack stuff and on bike by 5.30 am
At work by 6.40 - 6.45 (16 miles one way)
Shower, microwave breakfast and eat
At desk by 7.30 - 8 am
Up at 4 pm
Change and stuff and on bike by 4.15 pm
Home by around 5.45 - 6 pm
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#33
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Alarm goes off at 6 stay in bed til 615 get up prepare lunch pack bag drink tea. Leave the house by 7 and arrive at work by 730 or so.
Shower at work.
Eat breakfast at work and get coffee, stretch a bit while checking emails and looking at bikes on fixedgeargallery.
Daydream about the bike ride home but not too much so as not to distract me from my work.
**I want to design a headbadge sticker for my steamroller, if I draw it up can I pay someone to make it for me or has anyone done this for their bike? I have this cool idea to draw a little human powered steamroller for the front, I want to do it in white lines so it stands out well against the brown frame.**
Shower at work.
Eat breakfast at work and get coffee, stretch a bit while checking emails and looking at bikes on fixedgeargallery.
Daydream about the bike ride home but not too much so as not to distract me from my work.
**I want to design a headbadge sticker for my steamroller, if I draw it up can I pay someone to make it for me or has anyone done this for their bike? I have this cool idea to draw a little human powered steamroller for the front, I want to do it in white lines so it stands out well against the brown frame.**
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#34
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From: Raleigh, NC
Bikes: Waterford RST-22, Bob Jackson World Tour, Ritchey Breakaway Cross, Soma Saga, De Bernardi SL, Specialized Sequoia
5:30 am - alarm goes off
5:30-5:40 -- get up
5:45-6:05 -- eat breakfast, read the paper, watch weather on TV
6:05-6:25 -- brush teeth, get dressed, pack seat bag on bike
6:30 -- leave for work
7:15 -- get work, boot up computer
7:15-7:30 -- take shower, get dressed
I could eat breakfast at work if time was an issue, but then I would have to carry breakfast with me on my bike, and my seat bag is already pretty full with clothes, lunch, cell phone, wallet, etc.
5:30-5:40 -- get up
5:45-6:05 -- eat breakfast, read the paper, watch weather on TV
6:05-6:25 -- brush teeth, get dressed, pack seat bag on bike
6:30 -- leave for work
7:15 -- get work, boot up computer
7:15-7:30 -- take shower, get dressed
I could eat breakfast at work if time was an issue, but then I would have to carry breakfast with me on my bike, and my seat bag is already pretty full with clothes, lunch, cell phone, wallet, etc.
#35
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From: Michigan
Bikes: Windsor Fens, Giant Seek 0 (2014, Alfine 8 + discs)
I PREFER to get up at 5AM, but for the last couple of months it's been 6, leaving by 6:15 to get to work at around 7 (11 mile trip). I never eat or drink anything until I get to work. I shower at work.
I just need to be at work for somewhere around 8 hours, though sometimes I shift an hour or two of that into the evening by working from home a bit.
I just need to be at work for somewhere around 8 hours, though sometimes I shift an hour or two of that into the evening by working from home a bit.
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Should I think about an earlier start to my day? I think the traffic would be much easier to deal with and I could get a headstart on the day, I like the idea of leaving work at 3 or 330. Feels weird to leave work when everyone else does, I want to be more stealthy about when I arrive and when I leave.
I bet a 6am commute would be really fun.
Cheers~
I bet a 6am commute would be really fun.
Cheers~
#39
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From: North Bergen, NJ
Bikes: Orbea Orca, Ridley Compact
6:00am - Wake up and shower
6:15am - Pack clothes
6:30am - Make breakfast for my wife and daughter
7:00am - Stretch and watch the news
7:20am - Get in my biking gear
7:30am - Out of the door
8:20am - At work and fully energized for the day
6:15am - Pack clothes
6:30am - Make breakfast for my wife and daughter
7:00am - Stretch and watch the news
7:20am - Get in my biking gear
7:30am - Out of the door
8:20am - At work and fully energized for the day
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#40
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From: Tokyo, Japan
Bikes: Civia Bryant, Tern Eclipse UNO, Brompton
Get up at 5:50 and out the door at 6:20. Usually arrive at work by about 8 which gives me an hour to get cleaned up as we start at 9. 17 mile commute but I get slowed down big time by the amount of lights. Its all city commuting.
#41
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From: baltimore
Bikes: Pake Track; Bianchi XL EV2 El Reparto Corse, Kona Jake the Snake
WOW I am really impressed at how early most of you have to get up to ride to work. I am up at 7:15 out the door by 8:00 at work by 8:45 and start at 9:00. I eat breakfast at work usually around 10 ish.
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The stealthier I can be the better.
#43
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From: Temple, Texas
Bikes: 1986 Specialized Stumpjumper, 2013 Redline Conquest Disc
Get up at 6:15, shower, leave the house by 6:45. Commute is between 20-30 minutes, so I'm usually at work by 7:10. Lock myself in the upstairs bathroom and do hair, makeup, dress, etc. Usually ready by 7:45 for an 8:00 start, which gives me plenty of time to get my coffee and set my damp cycling clothes out to dry.
#45
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From: baltimore
Bikes: Pake Track; Bianchi XL EV2 El Reparto Corse, Kona Jake the Snake
I agree and have done the early commute a few times. I am just not a morning person so it seems much more painful. I don't know why because it is really only about an 1-1.5 hour difference.
#46
I am up at 6:00 and out the door between 6:30-6:45. Then I ride 7.5miles to the gym. Work out for 1.5 hours and then walk one block to work. I tend to get to work around 9:00am
Routine is everything to me.
Routine is everything to me.
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#48
Awake at 6:45, shower, dress, wake kids, watch and read news, eat oatmeal or cereal, wake kids again, walk dog (unless wife isn't working), holler at kids to hurry up, and then leave at 7:45, same as kids. I bike over 6 miles to work, they drive my car 1.5 miles to school. 



#49
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From: "The Last Best Place"
Bikes: 2005 Trek Pilot 5.0, 2001 Specialized Sirrus Pro, Kona Lava Dome, Raleigh hardtail converted to commuter, 87 Takara steel road bike, 2008 Trek Soho
4:30 am. At that time of day, where I live, the highway is my bike path.
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The next question should be what time do we have to be in bed by in order to get up when we do.





