28 miles each way. I am not doing it everyday yet, but I am hoping for 3 times a week. I commuted in today in 1:45, want to cut that down to 1:30 each way if possible.

13 miles to work (26 miles round trip). I normally takes me about 45 minutes.

They probably say it because it's true? That'd be my guess. Maybe they have worse hills than you. Maybe they were in way worse shape than you. Maybe both. There are people here who weighed > 300 pounds before starting to ride, and never got more exercise in the last 15 years than going to the fridge or walking to the car so they could drive to the mailbox. One man's "out of shape" might be another's "It took me 2 years of cycling to get this good."

My commute is somewhere around 60 miles, but I take a train for about fifty miles of that.

Another baffling post.

I didn't realize "everybody" says this. I said it because for me it is true. I just couldn't beat this hill no matter how many times I tried and had many a walk up the last half, panting like crazy. After a while it became an enormous mental hurdle that I successfully conquered. Perhaps it is my heavy bike. Perhaps it was because I was out of shape (185 lbs on a 6'3" frame). Perhaps it is actually a tough hill. But whatever the cause, I'm glad to know that you would conquer it on your 3rd commute. Congrats.

Current commute is 7.5 miles each way

Normal commute is 12 to 15 miles in the morning and 12 - 18 miles in afternoon depending on how much time I have available. My most direct route is five miles each way, but I almost never do that.

10.2 miles each way for me. Except in winter when I take the streets route 8.3 miles each way. Ride it 5 days a week and sometimes more.

My commute is three to five miles depending on where I'm working on that day. It's all in city streets, up and down lots of hills and given the traffic around here I can usually bike the trip about as fast as driving or taking the bus / metro would do it. Usually 20 - 30 minutes.

Is the poll just for the bike part of the commute? Mine is multi-modal, with bike/bus combinations.

2.5 miles to school; 3.5 miles to work. I normally go home and back to school/work at least once a day. So, my weekly mileage ends up being 70-100 miles on average. For me, going back and forth on a short commute is much more pleasant than getting kitted up for a long commute twice a day.

11 one way. I add on a few miles each way from time to time.

19.5 miles one way. Ususally do that 2-3 days a week, the other days I ride to the train and that's a 7 mile one way commute.

My quickest route is a 30 mile round trip.

22km (~13.5 miles) one way, all on city streets, many with too many traffic lights. Would be so much faster without them.

6.2 miles one way. I'd love a longer commute...

Exactly 10 miles door to door on my normal route. All of it is in NYC, but almost none of it is in traffic. I have bike lanes for about 9 of those miles, and the first half mile is in my very quiet neighborhood. That leaves a half mile on the busy streets. 20 miles RT is more than I'd get in if I were to ride after work.

Yeah right now a good chunk of my commute is through city stuff. The part I drive includes a much nicer riding part, but also a really ugly busy road with lots of traffic. Can't win.

Route to work: 5.3 miles, Route home: 2.6 miles. During typical 5pm rush hour traffic on my way to work, It's much longer but somewhat safer than dodging idio... I mean drivers trying to get onto the freeway. The bike lane just disappears, It's sketchy crossing 3 lanes of traffic in a 45mph zone just to go straight. I don't think there are any speed zones less than 35mph around here. The route home is the way I used to use to go to work, past the freeway etc.. but It's usually 1-3am so very little traffic.

17.3 miles by road or 17.7 if I opt for a portion of the Capitol City Trail...In the am, most days I don't have to put my foot down and I can usually count the cars passing me on both hands and a foot. After work there is more traffic but I still have long stretches of no vehicles. Drivers around here are pretty decent although I get the occasional JA that needs to let me know I don't belong. It takes me around an hour each way depending on wind...I have a very understanding wife who handles things on the home front and a couple of coworkers that live close enough to give me a ride if the weather turns nasty. By nasty, I mean lightning, hail, snow, and ice. Rain does not deter me as I am mostly waterproof and clothes can be dried. We have showers and lockers at work and inside bike storage...work has a good bike commuting atmosphere so 10/84 coworkers also bike commute.

9.7 to 30.5 miles each way depending on how I go.

Biking all the way is 21.8 miles which I do most of the time. If the weather is bad, or I'm pressed for time, I can take a train which cuts the bike portion down to just 9.7 miles and saves 30 minutes. However, when the weather is nice, I sometimes take the 30.5 mile "scenic route" which lets me bypass a nasty section of road in the middle of my normal commute.

9 miles each way, I think it's about perfect.