Any Dutch commuters around?
 

I've noticed there's a bunch of you on my route, so there must be some others around here I guess :)

Yeah, I'm one of them.

Hanging around here ;)

What's up?

uhu

How often do you guys ride?

Hi Freddy,

This is my route: Almere / Schiphol-East / Almere. 35.5km each way.
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9562/commute.th.jpg
My aim is to ride it three times per week, although lately I only seem to manage to do it twice per week.

Erwin

35.5km isn't too short, I ride 25km each way and try to do it 4 times a week. Once in a while I manage to do it 5 times a week...

What kind of bike do you ride for a route like that?

I ride between Deventer and Apeldoorn around 15km one way and try to do it 3-4 times a week. The other days I use the public.
I bought last week a second hand Koga Randonneur on marktplaats.nl with a flatbar and it's really nice. Besides the Koga I also use a Surly Cross-check singlespeed with a racing bar. But it misses some comfort for a daily trip.

Another Dutch commuter.
My daily commuter trip between Arnhem and Duiven is about 10 km one way.
At the moment I'm using an old Gazelle racing bike.

Ohw, btw
It was raining today on my way back, and did not have my rainingpants with me, damn ....

Hehe, I was lucky today. I left the office right after it stopped raining and had the wind on my side all the way home. I only needed 48 minutes for my 25km commute :)

So are you guys still commuting with this weather?

25km, that's a nice distance to ride :)

I Use a Giant Aero RS-2 GTX :D
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/163...rs20220gts.jpg
Of course :) I ride all year round.

And another one here. Only 5k each way on a crappy old Batavus womens bike. Currently looking at new bikes, trying to decide between Trek and Merida offerings. I would really like the Trek District but the verdict isn't out jet.

That Trek District looks like a sweet ride. Noticed it's a belt drive, which makes it a bit less maintenance :)

And here another one, from limburg I ride daily 15km each way (30km round trip)

I ride on a daily basis (my wife needs the car). I ride on a steven souvereign r14

http://www.stevensbikes.de/2009/img/...ereign_r14.jpg

This is my usual (shortest) route i ride but there are many ways to add extra kilometers

http://www.xs4all.nl/~rlevels/route.jpg

The fact that it's a belt drive drive also makes it quite interesting in my eyes because of the 'quirkiness'. I'm also just very, very curious about the ride with the belt.

Riding maximum of 4 days/week (I only work 4 d/w) to Leeuwarden (15 km one way). I try to go by bike as often as possible, but if it's raining I'll go by train or car.

Have been skipping two days now, due to the weather forecast. This Monday I came home and was completely soaking wet. One of the things that suck about riding in the rain. Though, I have neoprene overshoes, and my feet were still warm.

I cycle (almos) every day, except when I have to go to a customer. It if just under 5 km one way from Gouda to Moordrecht. I am using a Gazelle roadbike, which is probably overkill. :)
Maybe I am the only one, but I enjoy cycling in the rain.

I only enjoy cycling in the rain on the way home, not so much on the way to work. But I like public transport on a rainy even less than on a dry day so the choice is simple. Have to get a proper raincoat and some rainpants and then the morning commute is better in the rain.