View Poll Results: How long have you been commuting by bicycle?
I don't commute by bicycle.
1
0.44%
Less than one year.
68
30.22%
1-3 years.
63
28.00%
3-5 years.
40
17.78%
More than 5 years.
53
23.56%
Voters: 225. You may not vote on this poll
Commuter Poll: second of a series
08-05-08 | 09:30 PM
#26
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 109
Likes: 0
From: Philadelphia, PA
D'oh! Had to answer "less than one year," but the first anniversary of my first commute is next week.
I'm not saving any gas, but I'm saving transit fares. Not to mention eating all the delicious food I want without gaining back any of the 20 lbs I dropped.
I'm not saving any gas, but I'm saving transit fares. Not to mention eating all the delicious food I want without gaining back any of the 20 lbs I dropped.
08-06-08 | 07:00 AM
#28
Infamous Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 24,360
Likes: 6
From: Ohio
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
Your poll doesn't even come close
5 years? Yer still a newbie! You probably haven't even learned how to trip the lights yet You're still counting the time in weeks!
240 month's of at least one time each month for which I have records. I've commuted to work the whole time I've been on this job which is 96 months more but I don't have records for that. I've got shorts that are older than what most of you have been commuting
5 years? Yer still a newbie! You probably haven't even learned how to trip the lights yet You're still counting the time in weeks! 240 month's of at least one time each month for which I have records. I've commuted to work the whole time I've been on this job which is 96 months more but I don't have records for that. I've got shorts that are older than what most of you have been commuting
I started commuting to/from work when I was 13 in 1973...and have never stopped for more than a month or so at a time since (not counting the 3 months I was in boot camp and they wouldn't let me bring my bike). I started riding to/from school in 1965.
Then there's Ken, who makes us all look like noobs.
__________________
"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
Last edited by chipcom; 08-06-08 at 07:08 AM.
08-06-08 | 07:22 AM
#30
Rim crusher
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 290
Likes: 0
From: Raleigh, NC
I "commuted" to school by bike when I was a kid in the 70's, though back then it was simply called "riding my bike to school". I delivered newspapers via bike too, so was a working cyclist. Was a fair weather commuter during college (walking in bad weather), and also since entering the work force, so I guess I can say I've been bike commuting since ....1975- 33 years
08-06-08 | 07:25 AM
#31
Mad bike riding scientist
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 29,152
Likes: 6,209
From: Denver, CO
Bikes: Some silver ones, a red one, a black and orange one, and a few titanium ones
and you still aint been commuting longer than me, Stu.
I started commuting to/from work when I was 13 in 1973...and have never stopped for more than a month or so at a time since (not counting the 3 months I was in boot camp and they wouldn't let me bring my bike). I started riding to/from school in 1965.
Then there's Ken, who makes us all look like noobs.
I started commuting to/from work when I was 13 in 1973...and have never stopped for more than a month or so at a time since (not counting the 3 months I was in boot camp and they wouldn't let me bring my bike). I started riding to/from school in 1965.
Then there's Ken, who makes us all look like noobs.
Paper route in the '60s, normal kid commuting (mostly getting in trouble
) and a few trips to high school until a long dry spell in the mid 70s...it's a wonder what a driver's license will do! Never did ride to school but then I grew up in a town that was only about 4 blocks square anyway and could throw a rock from my house to the school. Never even crossed my mind to ride a bike there
__________________
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
08-06-08 | 07:31 AM
#33
Infamous Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 24,360
Likes: 6
From: Ohio
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
Well, I wasn't counting the kid years Paper route in the '60s, normal kid commuting (mostly getting in trouble) and a few trips to high school until a long dry spell in the mid 70s...it's a wonder what a driver's license will do! Never did ride to school but then I grew up in a town that was only about 4 blocks square anyway and could throw a rock from my house to the school. Never even crossed my mind to ride a bike there
Paper route in the '60s, normal kid commuting (mostly getting in trouble) and a few trips to high school until a long dry spell in the mid 70s...it's a wonder what a driver's license will do! Never did ride to school but then I grew up in a town that was only about 4 blocks square anyway and could throw a rock from my house to the school. Never even crossed my mind to ride a bike there
__________________
"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
08-06-08 | 07:49 AM
#35
genec
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 27,072
Likes: 4,533
From: West Coast
Bikes: custom built, sannino, beachbike, giant trance x2
08-06-08 | 08:32 AM
#37
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 128
Likes: 0
From: Centennial, CO
Bikes: Lynskey 210R, Cannondale CAAD2 MTB
On and off since 1979. I've moved around quite a bit and had a variety of commutes. When the route was safe and weather permitted, I have been bike commuting. For the last 6 years, I have had a nice 7.5 mile commute with 2 miles on neighborhood streets and 5.5 miles on bike trails. One of the best things about my job is the commute.
08-06-08 | 08:52 AM
#38
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 463
Likes: 2
From: Woodstock, GA
Bikes: 2006 Specialized Langster Comp, 2005 Schwinn DBX Super Sport, 2004 Trek 5900 Superlight
Grew up in sunny Southern California and walked, jogged, skateboarded and cycled to school almost every day from 1st through 11th grade until some crazy people handed me a license and car keys.
Last edited by nmanhipot; 08-06-08 at 09:01 AM.
08-06-08 | 08:57 AM
#39
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 463
Likes: 2
From: Woodstock, GA
Bikes: 2006 Specialized Langster Comp, 2005 Schwinn DBX Super Sport, 2004 Trek 5900 Superlight
08-06-08 | 09:21 AM
#40
J3L 2404
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,075
Likes: 1
From: Shanghai
Bikes: 2007 Jamis Nova
I'm around 5 years. Would be more than that, but I lived on campus at university for 3 years and didn't bike commute because it was easier to walk to all my classes. But I date my serious bike riding to the purchase of my Dahon folder in 2005. Before that, I was either riding short distances on nice bikes or had crummy bikes and didn't enjoy the ride.
__________________
08-06-08 | 10:43 AM
#41
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 723
Likes: 0
From: Snohomish, WA
Bikes: Ridley Fenix Disc '15, Centurion Ironman '86, Raleigh Team '90, Bianchi Nyala '93
But since I just re-started after an 8-year hiatus (due to a job change and fear of the new route, mostly), I'm sort of like a newb all over again.
08-06-08 | 11:20 AM
#42
Infamous Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 24,360
Likes: 6
From: Ohio
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
Riding a bike!!
__________________
"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
08-06-08 | 01:52 PM
#43
Belt drive!
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 2,614
Likes: 0
From: Burlington, Vermont
Bikes: 2011 Trek Soho DLX
5 years. Since the town of Colchester and City of Burlington built a MUP-bridge over the river that separates them. That gave me a 6.5 mile nearly-straight shot to work, mostly on a MUP. How could a boy resist? It cost 5 million bucks, but when I heard they were going to do it, I squealed like a little girl. I knew what it meant for me.
I knew what it meant for me.
08-06-08 | 02:09 PM
#44
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,211
Likes: 1
From: south jersey
i started commuting to junior college, 1980 -'82, 4 miles each way = (AA deg art/sceince 1982)
road atala bicycle every class day (except 5, due to ice/snow).
toured x-USA 1982 e/w with the same bike, self contained, NSCA 1985. bike was stolen 1995.......
the school (gcc) doesn't even have bike racks there anymore...
road atala bicycle every class day (except 5, due to ice/snow).
toured x-USA 1982 e/w with the same bike, self contained, NSCA 1985. bike was stolen 1995.......
the school (gcc) doesn't even have bike racks there anymore...
