View Poll Results: How long is your commute, round trip??
5 miles or less.
26
12.56%
15 miles or less.
87
42.03%
25 miles or less
54
26.09%
35 miles or less
29
14.01%
More than 35 miles.
11
5.31%
Voters: 207. You may not vote on this poll
Comute Distance
11-14-04 | 04:02 PM
#26
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 6,251
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From: Newark, CA. San Francisco Bay Area
Oops, I accidentally hit 25 miles or less. I should have read the top bar. I'm too much of a slug to get up at 3:30 that much to cycle commute, but I'll be doing it much more, especially with the cost of gas. I have a 23.5 mile commute one way. The ride home has a headwind for about 19 of those miles. PLus, in between, I walk a few miles lugging mail on my arm and shoulder, so sometimes when I ride it feels like I've done 80-100 miles. I'll probably only be a fair weather commuter, though. Riding in the rain isn't as much fun when you have to walk around in it all day for work.
11-14-04 | 04:05 PM
#27
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 6,251
Likes: 4
From: Newark, CA. San Francisco Bay Area
Originally Posted by jaypee
Here's a question. My current commute is short. Real short. I could walk if I really wanted too. Has anyone ever decided to move a bit farther away from their work becuase their commute was too short? I rent and I'm very tempted to do this.
11-14-04 | 04:07 PM
#28
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 6,251
Likes: 4
From: Newark, CA. San Francisco Bay Area
Originally Posted by LittleBigMan
I commute about 30 miles round trip, from Stone Mountain to Atlanta, Ga. I really enjoy it and it's a part of my life, now. Sometimes it seems a bit far, but as I said, I enjoy the time on the bike.
Before I moved to this neighborhood, I rode about 2 1/2 miles to a local library, where I locked my bike and caught a bus into town. Almost the entire route on bicycle was on 25 mph neighborhood streets. Then I moved and found myself surrounded by fast-moving, 45 mph. arteries that hemmed me in. For a while, my bike and I caught a lift with my wife so I could hop the train and get off in a downtown neighborhood with slow speed limits.
But the train ride home was packed like a sardine can and it was easier to ride the bike home than squeeze onto the train. Before long, I decided that if I could ride my bike all the way home, I could ride it all the way in, too. So here I am. (Let me add that I rarely ride more than 3 times per week.)
If your commute is short, mid-range, long-range or whatever, it doesn't matter. Just enjoy yourself, ride safely and master your craft.
Before I moved to this neighborhood, I rode about 2 1/2 miles to a local library, where I locked my bike and caught a bus into town. Almost the entire route on bicycle was on 25 mph neighborhood streets. Then I moved and found myself surrounded by fast-moving, 45 mph. arteries that hemmed me in. For a while, my bike and I caught a lift with my wife so I could hop the train and get off in a downtown neighborhood with slow speed limits.
But the train ride home was packed like a sardine can and it was easier to ride the bike home than squeeze onto the train. Before long, I decided that if I could ride my bike all the way home, I could ride it all the way in, too. So here I am. (Let me add that I rarely ride more than 3 times per week.)
If your commute is short, mid-range, long-range or whatever, it doesn't matter. Just enjoy yourself, ride safely and master your craft.
12-01-04 | 02:04 AM
#29
Junior Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 20
Likes: 0
From: Campbell, CA
Bikes: Panasonic - DX-300, Felt F55, Kestral 200sci, Bianchi - Denali
Originally Posted by jaypee
Here's a question. My current commute is short. Real short. I could walk if I really wanted too. Has anyone ever decided to move a bit farther away from their work becuase their commute was too short? I rent and I'm very tempted to do this.
) so there should be one less vote for <15 miles, one vote more for <25.safe riding!
