East TN is like that... no such thing as flat ground.. middle TN is more like you're describing manitoba. It's pretty flat with a few gentle rolling hills. Living around here kind of forces you to be a good climber. The one nice thing is that I have a good 5 or 6 routes to work with varying amounts of hills such that I can take a different way depending on how I feel. Normally I don't ride in, I ride home but same difference.

I'm wondering how you manage that.

I've got a couple routes to work as well, I'll have to check out the other one to see what it is like. If it is less hilly, I may use it on the way TO work.

Cateye astrale 8.

16 mi. each way, mostly flat. to be honest i wish it was shorter. i think about 8 would be ideal.

I'm about 20 miles round trip, there's one really really big hill, and after that it's just beat roads and sidewalks.

18 km / 11 miles each way, all flat and mostly on good cycle / pedestrian paths. About 8 miles is parallel to the freeway and I'm often faster than the traffic at peak hour. Only thing is that it is quite exposed and with the offshore / onshore wind pattern it's nearly always in my face. No complaints at all tho, I love it.

11-13km, depending on the route I take. The ride in is usually faster, going from suburbia (~4km), onto a main road (~1km), through a mall area (~1-2km), then back roads for the rest of the way until a section of fast road (~1.5km) into town to the office. Terrain is hilly - Halifax is fairly well known for its hills. The real killer is on the way home, a hill that's about 1.5km long and has four steep uphill sections interspersed with flat sections. I think the grades are (guessing) 9%, 8%, 10% and 15% - the last one is the real killer (I'm currently walking that section due to a knee injury). For anyone in Halifax I'm talking about Central Ave; I'd be interested to know if anyone can make Flamingo in one go.

I'm currently taking between 35 and 40 minutes to ride in, and 45 to 50 to ride home.

I am a newbie but loving the challenge of 7.4miles each way. All urban, some bike lanes (which I use) fairly flat until the last 1.2 miles going in (first 1.2 on the return) then just hilly enough to leave me struggling to reach the top of the last hill. My avg is picking up every week (commute 2-3 times a wk) yesterday I hit 14mph for the avg -- seems harder going home for some unknown reason ??? People aren't as easy-going in the afternoon as they are in the mornings.

0.8 miles each way. It is straight downhill to work and straight uphill coming home. Average 35mph on the way in and 11mph on the way home.

17 miles each. 2 hills each way. 1 is a mile the other is a mile and a half long at about 6% grade. Plus other little hills that I don't really count. Only about 3-4 miles of flat ground.

Excluding any errands I may need to run:

On mondays my commute is 18 miles to my internship, teach for 30 minutes, 18 miles to college, 5 miles from college home. Not bad except for the 18 mile return trip where I have one hour to get to my college, shower, then go cross campus before class starts. On top of that the biggest and worst hills are in those 18 miles, and they're also on 45mph roads so no slowing down for me- If anything I gun it harder. Oddly enough, the last 5 miles the part I despise is the downhill, uphill is fine. Downhill just hurts so much by then.

The other 4 days it's 10 miles round trip, but it's also fairly common for me to make that trip multiple times.

All hills. Most aren't too bad, some very large and very steep. Took a while to get use to and I'm still breaking in the mondays.

I ride the bus to work and bike home, normally... Unless I'm feeling really frisky (or wake up before 4:30pm), then I'll ride both directions. Normally I sleep so late that I *have* to take the bus to work or I'll be late.

I ride between 3.75 and 4 miles one-way to work, depending on the exact route I take.

The time? Not quite sure, but it depends on road and weather conditions; most of the year it takes roughly a half an hour each way. (I'm slow!!)

I used to do 24km round trip, flat and mostly bike/ped shared paths.
Now I do 42km total. I still go via the bike paths to work, but on the way home I detour to my fiance's work so we can ride home together It allows me some hills and off-roading, and of course the chance to share my favourite activity with my favourite guy.

A bit over 22 miles round trip. The trip in is largely downhill on a gentle railroad grade trail, so the trip home is slightly uphill on the same railroad grade. Its a wonderful bike trail with only a couple of at grade street crossings, everything else is bridges or tunnels. I'm still new to the trip so there are struggles with gear and such, but I love the ride!!

18.5 km one way.

Thank goodness I'm commuting again...too much snow, felt like a real l00ser not riding...at least I got to lead some indoor cycling/spinning classes.

The sun goes down at 18:00 today! YEAH!

Spring's a commin', I can feel it in me bones.

ride carefully,
Tom

Oh, by the way:

The terrain in my area is quite rolling with few, if any, "true" flat areas.

I also carry, most rides (except rides purely for sport), some load.

If it's a "cargo run", it can be 40-50 lbs. or more; with the trailer, 70-100+ (estimated--I know
the load's heavy!! )

Maybe that's REALLY why I'm "slow"!!

Taking the bus takes me an hour. Biking takes 25 minutes. It's a 5.5 mile commute. It must be nice to live in a place where the bus is usable.

My route to work is about 4.25 miles/6.8km, city riding. Because of hills, I average 9-10 mph/14.4-16kph. On the way home, I'm slightly faster, averaging 12mph/9.2kph, because more of it's downhill. There's another route home that I sometimes take, that's actually faster, despite it's being 4.75 miles/7.6km; it has some long stretches where I can get up to 30mph/8kph while coasting downhill. Rarely take that route at night, though.

Way too far when it is down right cold. 12.5 miles if I take the mostly bike path route. Only 7 miles if I go right to work via streets. 19.5 miles if I take the river path for most of the way home. 32 miles when I take big loop home. 22 when I ride with co workers. So it looks like about 19 miles average on the way home and 12.5 to work. I no longer commute in the snow. Rain is okay.
Only one heartbreak hill with the wind in your face all the way up.