Commuting Survey
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1. How old are you? 40


2. How far is your commute to work? 11 km, 50 km (I drive half way and cycle the rest) depending on the location that day


3. How many days a week do you commute? 4


4. Do you commute year around? Yes, long commute will be done in December


5. What do you do for work? Teach University


6. How many years have you been commuting? 12 years


7. What shift do you work? Variable days


8. What type of bike do you ride? Obsolete commuterized rigid fork ATB


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Ride in


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? LBS owned by a friend nearly 14 years ago


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? flat tires


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? about half the others either cycle themselves or are jealous

1. How old are you?
52

2. How far is your commute to work?
8.5 miles

3. How many days a week do you commute?
5

4. Do you commute year around?
Yes

5. What do you do for work?
Engineer

6. How many years have you been commuting?
8

7. What shift do you work?
Day

8. What type of bike do you ride?
Custom steel frame bike - designed from the ground up as a commuter.

9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more?
In

10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike?
Bought the frame from the framebuilder, assembled it myself

11. Whats your commuting pet peeve?
Being cut off while coasting to a stop at a red light.

12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts?
Most of them.

1. How old are you? 31


2. How far is your commute to work? 50 miles - 7 by bike, the rest by train


3. How many days a week do you commute? Every day.


4. Do you commute year around? Will be


5. What do you do for work? Linux system administrator


6. How many years have you been commuting? My 1st, a few months.


7. What shift do you work? 2nd.


8. What type of bike do you ride? surly steamroller


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? home


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? bike shop


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? People


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? None

1. How old are you? 55


2. How far is your commute to work? usually 10.2 miles each way but can vary enormously


3. How many days a week do you commute? 5-7


4. Do you commute year around? yes.


5. What do you do for work? actor/acting teacher


6. How many years have you been commuting? 39 :eek:


7. What shift do you work? my hours vary from very early to really late.


8. What type of bike do you ride? Commuters only: Novara Big Buzz 9 spd., Dahon Helios Folder, Specialized MTB (winter bike)


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Depends.


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? REI, the others I purchased used.


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve?


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? Probably all of them but not just for riding a bike.

1. How old are you?
37

2. How far is your commute to work?
~13 miles

3. How many days a week do you commute?
4-5

4. Do you commute year around?
yes

5. What do you do for work?
Graphic Designer

6. How many years have you been commuting?
2.5

7. What shift do you work?
9-6

8. What type of bike do you ride?
Road and fixed gear (two bikes, i alternate depending on my mood)

9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more?
Usually the ride in.. it's downhill.., but sometimes the ride home is really fun if afternoon traffic is crawling.

10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike?
LBS

11. Whats your commuting pet peeve?
Traffic lights

12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts?
probably all of them, but it's not commute related..

1. How old are you? 42


2. How far is your commute to work? 10 miles rt


3. How many days a week do you commute? 2 or 3


4. Do you commute year around? yes


5. What do you do for work? Church media director


6. How many years have you been commuting? 1.5


7. What shift do you work? day


8. What type of bike do you ride? Bianchi San Jos8


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? ?


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? Jenson USA then converted to san jos8


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? people on cell phones while driving


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? all

1. How old are you? 32 years old.


2. How far is your commute to work? Summer: 6 miles round trip to work. Fall-Spring: 15 miles round trip to school.


3. How many days a week do you commute? 5


4. Do you commute year around? Yup.


5. What do you do for work? Restaurant work (Sometimes I wait tables, sometimes I cook, every once in a while I barista, mostly I expedite).


6. How many years have you been commuting? 10 years.


7. What shift do you work? Summer: 7am - 3pm (unless we're short, and I can score some overtime). Winter: depends on my class schedule, but I try to be on campus by 10am and to leave after rush hour.


8. What type of bike do you ride? 2005 Kona Fire Mountain, with a Surly rigid fork and Nitto Albatross bars. I just picked up a Nashbar Cyclocross frame with the intent of building it up to be the new commuter, so that I can retrofit the Kona as a trail bike again.


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? The ride home, because there's no time pressure. Sometimes, in the summer, it'll take me 20 miles of cycling to cover the 3 miles home.


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? LBS. New frame was purchased on Ebay.


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Deep, fresh snow. Anything deeper than ~6 inches (~10 inches if it's really fluffy) and I'll ride the bus until the roads are cleared.


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? Just because of the bike? A few, mainly because of the winter riding and the summer utility riding ("you go to Costco on your bike?!").

1. How old are you? [strike] 54[/strike] Err 18, yup, that's it 18.


2. How far is your commute to work? 36 Km round Trip. (22 miles)


3. How many days a week do you commute? Try for all of them, sometimes bail because of various factors.


4. Do you commute year around? Again, try to. This year I aim to do at least one day when most of the others fail to arrive.


5. What do you do for work? Desk work and Retail.


6. How many years have you been commuting? Mostly full time, about 5 years, before that, intermittently for about 10.


7. What shift do you work? About 8-4.30


8. What type of bike do you ride? Now, mostly Surly Big Dummy. Intend to have a couple of Miyata Tourers set up with different tire combos for various weather situations.


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Depends on which way the winds blowing.


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? LBS, on sale, couldn't resist the deal.


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? People that won't control their dogs on the pathway.


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? Nuts? not sure, I know most of them think I'm weird, probably nothing to do with the bike though....

1. 22

2. 7 miles round trip.

3. 5 days a week. On Tuesday, I do my commute twice.


4. Yes.


5. I work as a bike mechanic at the Outdoor Program at the university I attend.


6. Since fall of 2007.


7. I don't have a specific shift, but we're open 1-6.


8. I just picked up an older Trek 830 on Monday. I put some 1.5" slicks on it and added a rack.


9. I enjoy the ride in more because it's more downhill. I live atop of a hill that's 1/3 of a mile long and averages 10% in grade.


10. Local cycling forums.


11. Sweat. Impatient drivers.


12. None. I work at the outdoor program where over half the staff bikes to work. I think you'd be in the minority if you didn't bike to work.

Commuting Survey
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1. How old are you? - 50+
2. How far is your commute to work? - 8 miles
3. How many days a week do you commute? - 3 days
4. Do you commute year around? - yes
5. What do you do for work? - desk jock mostly
6. How many years have you been commuting? - 2
7. What shift do you work? - days
8. What type of bike do you ride? - Giant CRX3
9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? - home can be better as I might detour
10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? - LBS
11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? - when I can't do it
12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? - none that I know of

1. How old are you? 26


2. How far is your commute to work? either 7 or 13 miles each way depending on the day


3. How many days a week do you commute? 4-5


4. Do you commute year around? yep


5. What do you do for work? teacher


6. How many years have you been commuting? as long as I've had a job


7. What shift do you work? regular school day. 7ish to 4ish


8. What type of bike do you ride? specialized seqouia


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? home - don't have to worry about getting stinky!


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? lbs


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? being right hooked


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? just about all of them, but I'm not sure if it's the bike commuting that makes them think that

1. How old are you? 37
2. How far is your commute to work? 12 miles each way
3. How many days a week do you commute? 3-4. I'm still out of shape after breaking my leg a couple years ago and would rather ride hard fewer days.
4. Do you commute year around? Yes although often slack off when it rains also in the winter. I'm too fat for my comfortable rain pants and lost the jacket somewhere.
5. What do you do for work? Software engineering
6. How many years have you been commuting? 19 if you include to the university
7. What shift do you work? Usually 10 or 11am - 10 or 11pm
8. What type of bike do you ride? Racing bike with a rack and titanium frame.
9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? They're both good.
10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? Excel Sports Boulder (I lived in Boulder).
11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Traffic light sensors which don't work.
12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? I neither know nor care.

1. How old are you? 57


2. How far is your commute to work? 12½ miles RT.


3. How many days a week do you commute? 5, unless I have a meeting out of town.


4. Do you commute year around? Yes, but I did miss days when the streets were too icy.


5. What do you do for work? Construction Estimator


6. How many years have you been commuting? Will complete my 1st year at the end of next week.


7. What shift do you work? 6:30 to 4:00


8. What type of bike do you ride? Giant Cypress DX and Giant TCR 2R


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Usually the ride in as there is less traffic.


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? LBS


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Headwind on both the ride in and home.


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts?I don't think any of them do. Most seem at least mildly impressed.

1. How old are you?

49


2. How far is your commute to work?

I work at home, but I visit clients in the area. Most rides are within three miles. I sometimes visit a few clients in a day. I sometimes visit none. I also do some of my errands by bike, usually less than 3 miles each way.


3. How many days a week do you commute?

I don't know. Maybe 3. The rest, I'm just home.


4. Do you commute year around?

Yes.

5. What do you do for work?

I'm an independent computer consultant.


6. How many years have you been commuting?

On and off for about 30 years. Many of my jobs have required taking a car, because distances were quite large.


7. What shift do you work?

Day, mostly. Sometimes a client wants me to come early in the morning or in the evening.

8. What type of bike do you ride?

I'm a bike collector, so I'm always switching bikes. But my favorite commuter bike is a rebuilt 1971 Raleigh Super Course. The frame is a wonderful platform, and I've replaced everything on it. It has weird Delta Ergo handlebars, SPD commuting pedals, fenders, and a rack.

9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more?

No difference.

10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike?

I got the frame in the trash, and I had the parts on hand.


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve?

I can't even think of one, because I've been doing it so long. I love it so much more than driving that I can shrug off normal annoyances.

12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts?

I don't have cow-orkers, but I might expect my clients to think I'm weird to commute by bike. Or I might expect them to be turned off by my attire. But neither has proven true. More often, they don't even give it a thought, which strikes me as strange. Not many people get around by bike around here. What's really weird is that some of my clients are on the top of a steep hill, and it's hard to get there, but it doesn't occur to them, because they drive up the hill all the time.

1. How old are you? 36

2. How far is your commute to work? 53Km (about 33mi) round trip. I ride to the train station in town, catch the train across town, then ride to work. Reverse it for my trip home. If I were to ride the whole way it'd be a 93Km round trip.

3. How many days a week do you commute? 2-3, but I'd like to bump this up to 4.

4. Do you commute year around? Yes, but it drops off in winter because I'm a weenie in the cold. :o

5. What do you do for work? IT

6. How many years have you been commuting? Almost 1 year.

7. What shift do you work? 0800-1700

8. What type of bike do you ride? Cannondale Synapse 4 Carbon Feminine. A dedicated commuter bike will soon arrive in my stable. :)

9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? I think I prefer the ride home. It's not as cold as the morning, plus the paths are empty of joggers/walkers.

10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? The LBS

11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Having to get up at 0400 in order to be at work on time.

12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? Most, I'm sure. But they thought that long before I started riding to work :lol:

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1. How old are you? 17


2. How far is your commute to work? Around 6 miles each way


3. How many days a week do you commute? Every day


4. Do you commute year around? Yup!


5. What do you do for work? High school student


6. How many years have you been commuting? 3 and a half


7. What shift do you work? 7:30 to 2:45


8. What type of bike do you ride? Early 70s Peugeot PX-10


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Ride home, especially if it's later.


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? It actually got donated to a little bike co-op I used to run.


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? I'm lucky, my commute is pretty trouble-free.


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? Most of 'em, though some have said that it's pretty cool.

1. How old are you? 52

2. How far is your commute to work? about 4 km/2.5 miles direct. 15 k if I swim first, sometimes add on a lap or two of a 5k loop after work

3. How many days a week do you commute? 4 - 5 days a week

4. Do you commute year around? About 9 months, trying for more

5. What do you do for work? Cad drafting for an engineering firm

6. How many years have you been commuting? 32 years off and on

7. What shift do you work? 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

8. What type of bike do you ride? Rocky Mountain Metropolis 8sp IGH

9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Home, because I can go eyeballs-out without worry of sweaty clothes.

10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? Local bike shop

11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Broken beer bottles on the road.

12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? Probably most of them. Some of my coworkers have much longer bike commutes, though.

1. How old are you? 50


2. How far is your commute to work? 33.5 miles round trip


3. How many days a week do you commute? 3 - 5


4. Do you commute year around? Yeah


5. What do you do for work? Epidemiologist


6. How many years have you been commuting? 1 and a half years


7. What shift do you work? 8 to 5 (or later depending on work need)


8. What type of bike do you ride? Jamis Aurora frame with parts gathered here and there


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Home, though I'm slower in the evenings


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? Frame and parts off of eBay. Bike assembled in my garage.


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Dogs who seem to think that I'm a slow deer that should be culled from the herd.

12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? I get a compliment or two a week. Only a couple of "you're nuts" when the temperature drops below freezing.

1. How old are you? 52


2. How far is your commute to work? 9 miles


3. How many days a week do you commute? 3 - 5


4. Do you commute year around? To be determined....


5. What do you do for work? social worker


6. How many years have you been commuting? < 1


7. What shift do you work? 10 - 6


8. What type of bike do you ride? Hybrid


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Home


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? Toga Bikes in Manhattan 16 years ago


11. What's your commuting pet peeve? Other human beings


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? 100%, but unrelated to cycling

1. How old are you? 51


2. How far is your commute to work? Five miles, down from eight.


3. How many days a week do you commute? Five to six, on the seventh day I ride for fun.


4. Do you commute year around? Yes.


5. What do you do for work? Security.


6. How many years have you been commuting? Two.


7. What shift do you work? Usually swing shifts.


8. What type of bike do you ride? Torker Graduate.


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? The ride home, I'm heading to bed.


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? Laurel Bicycle Center, Laurel, MD.


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Drunk drivers.


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? All but one, the mountain biker.

1. How old are you? 38

2. How far is your commute to work? 7 miles/ 14 round trip

3. How many days a week do you commute? 5 days a week

4. Do you commute year around? Yes

5. What do you do for work? Photography/Web Design

6. How many years have you been commuting? Several Years on and off / Exclusively for the past 15 months

7. What shift do you work? 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

8. What type of bike do you ride? 96' Cannondale Mountain Bike

9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? They both have there pros & cons

10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? Local bike shop

11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Drivers who don't use there turn signals & drivers who try to pass 20 feet before a stop sign/light and then they can't get back in because you are in the lane.

12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? Probably most of them. They don't think, They know!!

1. How old are you? 45
2. How far is your commute to work? 22 miles one way
3. How many days a week do you commute? 4 days a week, but just one way each time, since I leave a car at work
4. Do you commute year around? Pretty much, except the week or so when the uncleared ice/snow scares me too much
5. What do you do for work? Cubicle dweller
6. How many years have you been commuting? A few
7. What shift do you work? day
8. What type of bike do you ride? an old blue Trek 750
9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Yes
10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? Craigslist, after months of waiting
11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? That most drivers don't yield to pedestrians or bike riders at crosswalks
12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? Most

provisional, it's cool that you're 17 and ride a vintage PX-10! :thumb:

Be sure to check out the classic & vintage forum, if you haven't already (and post photos of your bike).

1. How old are you? 57


2. How far is your commute to work? just over 4 miles each way


3. How many days a week do you commute? 4-5


4. Do you commute year around? Not in mid-summer months - dangerously hot here


5. What do you do for work? higher ed


6. How many years have you been commuting? 4


7. What shift do you work? 7:30 am - 7:30 pm


8. What type of bike do you ride? Xtracycle on Surly CrossCheck frame


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? both equally pleasurable


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? built up at LBS from mailorder frame & Xtracycle attachment


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? texting drivers


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? only on cold or rainy days....[/QUOTE]

1. How old are you? 44


2. How far is your commute to work? It depends: I am a multi-modal commuter, generally. If I ride all the way, it is about 20 miles each way. my shortest ride option is 1.3 miles to the Metro (subway). Usually I drive my daughter to school (10 miles), then ride to metro (6.2 miles) then metro the remaining distance.


3. How many days a week do you commute? from 0 to 5 days, depending on weather and other factors.


4. Do you commute year around? We'll find out -- I plan to.


5. What do you do for work? Attorney for the federal government, as of next week.


6. How many years have you been commuting? off and on for a year and a half. Mostly 'on' for the past 6 months.


7. What shift do you work? Day


8. What type of bike do you ride? Kona Dew Drop (as of this weekend) is my day to day commuter. I have a vintage italian road bike that I use occasionally, and I have an oold Schwinn MTB for use as a winter/bad weather bike as needed.


9. Do enjoy the ride in or ride home more? Generally I prefer the ride home -- traffic is less hectic, and I'm not on as tight a schedule.


10. Where did you purchase your primary commuter bike? LBS for the Primary (OBW, Fx VA)


11. Whats your commuting pet peeve? Brain dead drivers who don't notice cyclists (or much of anything else).


12. How many of your co-workers think you're nuts? right now? None. I am starting a new job next week -- we'll see then.