Newish ( < 1 year) commuter here: 25 years of age, and a 52 mile round trip.

I love seeing 'older' cyclists, both on BF and on the road, more than capable of handing my ass to me. It's nice to know that my best cycling days are likely still ahead of me.

Yep. The dense cities have more youngun's because cars can be so expensive and inconvenient, and there are alternatives to cars and bikes when you need them. The burbs have a different breed. Thank god for the old guys, some of them I can catch.

38 year old Clyde, 25 miles round trip per day here...been doing it for a year and a half. Beats the h#!! out of driving everyday during rush hour... :D

I'm 44 and I commute 26 miles round trip.

I will be 68 next month and do 34 mile R/T a couple of times a week provided its not raining. My average speed has fallen steadily over the last 30 years, but the enjoyment has increased.

Sounds familar :) I ran cross country and track in high school, then started smoking in college and quit running. Spent the next 18 years smoking and mostly not exercising except for a few periods when I cycled for a few months. Quit smoking 7 years ago and started running and working out with weights. Started bike commuting 3 years ago. I quit smoking when my oldest son turned 2 years old, I decided I wanted to live long enough to see him grow up.

I'm 43, have 3 little kids at home, my commute is 20 miles round trip and I do it 2 days per week. Two to three times a month I get in a weekend ride too.

I'm 40 and ride 28 miles RT 5 days/week, year round. We just bought a new house a little further away, so starting in 3 weeks, it'll be 41 miles RT. I've been a bike commuter most of my life, but there were periods where I stopped due to work or school commitments. I started commuting full time again about a year ago when I started a new job and I really enjoy it.

50 and commute 2 -3 times a week, about 10 miles round trip until the roads get too slick. I do some utility riding and some strictly for exercise and fun too- enough so that my friends aren't surprised when I ride up on my bicycle anymore.

54 and multi-mode commute (bike & bus). My riding distance ranges between 7 and 46 miles RT depending on daily schedule. I get lots of other exercise (running, mountain biking, upper body workouts, wrestling my 14 year old cousin and losing) but I like to ride as much as I can.

I'm 27, and commute via bike several days a week. (Mon & Tues of this week so far). Most of the fellow commuters I see here are older than me. My morning ride is 8.5 miles, but I take a shaded MUP path home to the tune of 11 miles.

I don't ride every day, as I have crappy knees and like to give them recovery time.

Has anyone else noticed that they don't ride for pleasure once they start commuting?

43 yrs old. 10 mile roundtrip commute.

I still ride on weekends for fun. In the winter, this is essential because it's the only time I get to ride during daylight. Also, it helps break the routine of always going to the same place. On my fun rides, I'm free to explore and take as much time as I want.

35, 2 1/2 mile commute, but I usually extend it to 15-25 miles on the way home by combining a few bike paths together with a bit of city biking in between. I get that freedom feeling almost every night. It probably helps that the miles I have to travel can be done in about 10 minutes or so.

45 with a current commute of 9 mile RT. This is going to double with much more city riding after the first of the year. My dilemma is I also have a 30-40 minute train ride in the middle. Right now door to door is 50 to 60 minutes. The new commute may make that jump to 1.5 hours. I'm questioning whether I'm going to be able to sustain 5 days a week.

Just turned 57 today my commute is only 12 miles round trip unless I ride my motorcycle then for some reason it jumps up to 50 or 60 and am usually late for dinner on those days. :D

32 with a commute of 14 mi round trip

51 with a 20 mile RT commute and a daily average of around 30 miles total.

The only two at my office that ride bikes are me at 40 and another guy who's in his mid-50's. However, that's a completely random thing. It really has nothing to do with age - it's about how people prefer to spend their time. The other people at my work either live in the 'burbs or are too busy in the evening or are averse to getting sweaty to bike. My primary reason for biking to work is to keep my car in the garage to increase its longevity, and biking is fine with me because I don't do anything in the evenings except go home to eat and sleep . We have zero walkers in my office, due to the poor weather here and the bad town layout.

35 with 12 miles RT. Once the heat dies down a little, I'll go back to 20 miles RT.

I'm 25 and ride a fixed gear about 20 miles per day; 2-3 times a week. I do a 36 mile ride on a weekend now and then. Been commuting for about 7 years.

I am 39 and I've been commuting all year round for 3 years now, I feel in better shape physically and mentaly then ever before. I average between 30-40 km a day.

That's also what I see on my commute between Seattle and my home in the eastern burbs. As soon as you cross Lake Washington to the eastside, the average cyclist age jumps a decade and the ranks thin out drastically except for scattered roadies. There's a bump in the teenage bracket in the last few miles as I enter my neighborhood as the kids riding to the pool or basketball courts pop up.

49 and 26-28 miles per day.

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I think you can set up a poll on this forum.

Come on you young-uns. I'm 93 and cycle commute 62 miles to the nursing home.

Sorry..had to say that. Actually 51 y/o and 22 miles RT almost daily.

Sometimes by weeks end I feel as though I should be in a nursing home

I'm 20 and have had lots of commutes, the longest being 15 miles one way a summer ago. I enjoy riding however I like short commutes best. Mostly because I enjoy denser neighborhoods, etc. My commute during the school year is about 2 miles one way.

I'm 55 and bike commute every work day (M-F) year round averaging about 28 miles RT. I can shorten that to a 13 mile RT if the weather is bad or if I need to cut the trip short for whatever reason. Luckily that doesn't happen very often.

I'm 30 and my commute is a measly 10 miles R/T. I'm trying to convince the wife to move so I can increase the mileage and get some more time on the saddle :thumb:

I'm also 46 and do about 15-20 mile round trip (I tend to take longer rides in the afternoon to relax; the shortest distance between my office and my house is about 7 miles). There are rumors that our office will move soon and the commute will be about 25 miles round trip. I timed myself yesterday and did 11 miles in 44 minutes for an average of 15 mph on a hybrid, uphill, against wind and in traffic, so I was pretty happy with that. I plan to cycle for the rest of my life; we'll see how that goes. One reason I think I might get away with it is that I really don't push too hard for speed most of the time. A friend from the office does; he's my age and he's always complaining about his knees. I try to to push beyond what I can do over a long haul.