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How Far Each Way

Old 06-14-13 | 06:42 AM
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How Far Each Way

I was just curious how far everyone is commuting, so how far do you ride to work everyday? My ride is 7.1 miles every morning.
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Old 06-14-13 | 07:04 AM
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4.1 miles direct. This morning I will take the 25 mile route.
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Old 06-14-13 | 07:23 AM
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5.6 mi to work, 4.7 mi home.
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Old 06-14-13 | 07:32 AM
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I did 17 miles ea way for a year, then they moved a tad closer and got the ride down to 13 ea way and that was ideal. new place is 25 and that's just outside the distance I find practical. did it a handful of times on weekends for testing but just doesn't seem like a good choice.
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Old 06-14-13 | 07:37 AM
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I'm doing my first commute today. It'll be about 19 miles from work to home. My hope is to do this a few times a week, perhaps building up to riding both ways. My wife and I share one car, and she's off work for the summer, so any commuting I do will mean that she doesn't either have to get up early, make two trips a day, or be stuck without transportation.
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Old 06-14-13 | 07:44 AM
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4.67 (Average). Each day I take a slightly differing route, but it's anywhere from 4.5 to 4.7 miles.
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Old 06-14-13 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
I did 17 miles ea way for a year, then they moved a tad closer and got the ride down to 13 ea way and that was ideal. new place is 25 and that's just outside the distance I find practical. did it a handful of times on weekends for testing but just doesn't seem like a good choice.
27 miles each way if I ride all of it by bike trail; 17 miles if I ride about 50% roads. I don;t mind the longer distance since I'm doing it for fun anyway. However, once in a while, I like to change things up.
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Old 06-14-13 | 08:29 AM
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8-9 miles each way depending on the route.
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Old 06-14-13 | 08:29 AM
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My shortest route is 10.5 miles, but I take a 12 mile route at least for better roads (the short route has 4 miles of gravel).

Unless the weather is bad, I usually take a 15 mile route, just because I get to ride a few minutes more on that route. If I could figure out how to keep getting paid for it, I'd ride straight past work for 50 miles then turn around and go home.
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Old 06-14-13 | 08:45 AM
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18 miles one way, 2-6 trips per week. If I change routes and bikes, I can get 8 miles of dirt out of 20, for a 2.5 hour ride home
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Old 06-14-13 | 08:54 AM
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I ride almost 11 to work and little more home if weather is nice and time is not pressing for me to go somewhere after work.
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22 km round trip.
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Old 06-14-13 | 09:10 AM
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15 miles in each morning.
Usually I ride about 5 miles home (multi-modal) in the afternoon.
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Old 06-14-13 | 09:30 AM
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11.5 km each way. Urban/residential and some downtown.

Once in a while I do a couple of extra loops on a small hill on my route home , but I haven't done that yet this year.
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Old 06-14-13 | 11:08 AM
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My commute averages about 31 miles round trip. Morning leg is usually 14-15 miles, afternoon about 16.5-17.5 miles. Distances varies because I often vary the route just for the fun of it or to extend or reduce time.
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About 6.5 miles to work, 7 coming home.

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Old 06-14-13 | 11:38 AM
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15 miles each way. Right now I only do it once to twice a week. My goal is to get in a full week before the end of the summer.
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Old 06-14-13 | 11:41 AM
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My shortest route is 6 miles each way exactly. I've been doing it for the last eight years, 12 mos. per year.
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Old 06-14-13 | 11:43 AM
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7.5 miles each way since a couple of weeks ago, three years ago it was 10.5 changing to 9.5 from route improvements, and four years ago 2.5 miles. They all felt about the same - you get used to the distance.
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Old 06-14-13 | 01:28 PM
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Three route options:
7 miles, but it involves crappy road conditions and is boring.
13 miles, dedicated bike lane and decent roads otherwise; bad wind option on the last 3 miles. It turns into a constant Gulf offshore that is S/SE 15-25 daily here.
21 mile route, has the same wind option but it's the most fun. I generally do this at least 4 days a week, both directions.

I found a 32 mile route, and tried it once. It was hell working all day without a shower after 32 miles.
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Old 06-14-13 | 05:54 PM
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11.5 in morning. 18.5 in evening.
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its just a hair under 9 miles each way. i take the same route to and from.
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Old 06-14-13 | 07:43 PM
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2.5 miles, if no stop for breakfast (an extra 3/4 mile). So sue me.
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Old 06-14-13 | 09:38 PM
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18 miles each way...about 900 feet of climbing on the way in, 1100 on the way home. Have not missed a day since mid-2011. It's a sickness...
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