The OP's statement was ambiguous about 100km one-way or 100km RT.

Lawyers, of course, have figured out how to bill for time in elevators, eating, and double-bill clients, at least in theory, so billable hours might be greater than work hours.

Ive never cycled 100 km in one ride. 100km or more in a week I guess. Ive cycled 30 km straight almost uphill majority of route without a problem though.

Yeah i might have to try it out first. Im doing a little bit of training right now cycling uphill everyday at the highest gear possible. thanks for replying

Its 100 km roundtrip.

30 km isn't 100 km.

Go ride 50 km this weekend ... 60 km next weekend ... and build up to 100 km like that.

2 weeks after you get to 100 km, do back-to-back 100 km rides ... 100 km on Saturday and another 100 km on Sunday.


Then decide if 100 km/day is doable.

Of course, this is a 50km/50km commute. But, that second commute in the same day is still a bit of a drag. And, yes, there is that "day after" feeling and the day after that coming too.

An option would be to also plan on a morning and an evening ride not necessarily part of the commute (driving/bus/train/etc). Go for a 20km ride before work, then a 40 km ride when you get home. And, slowly increase the distances. No sleeping in the next day.

Another option as you're ramping up would be to start doing the commute one or two days a week. For example, choose either Monday or Friday to do a 100km RT commute along with your normal work routine, then do your normal commute method for the rest of the week.

Add more days once you're comfortable.

Keep in mind that many of the people who have responded that the ride is theoretically possible also regularly do 100 mile (160 km) rides, or even 200 km, or sometimes 300 km rides. Longer? But not necessarily on work days.

I don't see this as being at all equivalent to a 100 km round-trip commute. Doing an average of 62 miles/day on an extended bike tour seems pretty easy unless there are lots of hills and/or prevailing headwinds. But I wouldn't want to try that for a regular commute where it's also expected that I put in a good 8 hrs/day at the job and all the normal at home chores in the evenings.

I did a similar commute at one point...on occasion. 33 miles one way, so 106km round trip.

I was in a pretty ideal situation at the time. I was able to work from home two days a week. I also had access to a bus, which covered 30 miles of the journey, and was set up for transporting bicycles. I usually just rode one way, which made a 36 mile day (33 + 3 miles to or from the bus.) The times I did the round trip were definitely fun, though ate up about five hours (I was on roads with traffic and stoplights.) And, there was the option to take one bus (6 miles round trip cycling), or take two buses and not cycle at all (which I did for a short time after a crash).

I cannot imagine anyone holding down a normal, 5 day a week job, while also doing 100 km daily. Once or twice a week, though, seems manageable.

My work sched is M,W,F 8am to 5pm. not so strict on work hours though I can be at the office at 9 or 10 am and get off to work at 3pm. tuesdays thursdays if needed so Ill be getting enough rest (1day) in between long rides.

By dropping it down to 3 days a week, or adding in a few half days, it makes the recovery much more palatable.

As [MENTION=4588]Machka[/MENTION] suggested, you need to get some practice on some longer rides. Saturday is coming up, which would be a good day to do a practice ride, or a couple of practice rides. 40 or 50 km. Take a break, and another 40 or 50 km.

So you can do short days on Tues/Thurs? That might be good days to practice the full commute on.

+1,

Commuting daily isn't about distance, it's about time, and the cumulative effects on your life.

This will get old very quickly, especially if you add some time lost to daily post-ride recovery. Can it be done, sure, but 5 days a week will take a sever toll and you'll either give it up, modify it, or be miserable.

You’ll need to take lots of water plus build up to the distance in 33°C heat per day.

No question you’ll need showers both ends.

So yea, quiet doable... LOL!!!!!

That's good for strength, but I would be focusing on efficiency for your commute. As in working to maintain a good peddling cadence of 75+ rpm throughout the 50km.

Wait till the last 15km on your ride home to pedal hard if you feel the need for a harder workout. If you have a sedentary desk job, stretching after the ride to work is a must! A protein shake or a snack immediately after getting off the bike will be needed. Chocolate milk and a banana, something simple.

Giving yourself a day to recover will make this possible, though make sure to ride a few km on those off days. I'm jealous.

my dad commuted 100km a day for a year or two. back in 1973~. on a heavy all-steel bike, steel rims. Through Ontario winters too, sub zero and snow many days. After that he quit his job and opened a bikeshop 1km away from home, and started winning bike races. But he had the mentality for it, love and addiction which I did not inherit!

Averaging 62 miles/day on tour isn't all that hard -- but throwing a 8 hour work day (9hrs, assuming 1hr lunch) in the middle of it makes things quite a bit more difficult!

When I was less than half my current age, I averaged nearly 100 miles/day for five straight days each way on a tour... 5 days of 100 miles/day with a week off in the middle for visiting family. 6-7 hours of saddle time/day starting at first light (6am) so I'd be done before 2-3pm, rest for 14 hours then do it again... But I was in shape and young. Could I do that today at 60yo? No. My next tour is planned out to be 40-60 miles/day, 5-6 days/week for three weeks.

How are we to know what you're capable of? You are a much better judge of what you can do than we are. So ask yourself are you certain you can do it? If you have to ask probably not.


We have similar commutes, mine is just a little further (close to 80 miles round trip). But you also left out details of your job, so we are left to make assumption based on our own jobs like do you work 8 hr days? Sit in an office or doing hard labor? I work shift, 12hrs, and flip between nights and days. One week in my rotation I work 6 12hr shifts, half are days half nights. The flip is rough and the first night I am often up for over 24hrs since I probably got up at 6 or 7 am to get my son to school, then due to being on days recently I am unable to go back to bed or nap, so I often end up staying up all day and all night. I can barely operate a car good enough to make it home. So the job makes a difference too!


I've debating for a few years to commute to work on bike sometime lol. My idea which I have not tried yet is to get a hotel room for one of my 3- day (or night) stretches and cycle in the first one (or the night before) and then back home after the last one or the day after.

Am I missing something?

Do you really work 6 days/72hrs per week? Add roughly 5 hours (if you're a decent rider) a day for the commute, that leaves only 7 hours to eat, sleep and whatever 6 days a week.

OTOH - maybe you mean 6 shifts/week, 3 on 3 off, totaling 36 working hours and flipping between days and nights? That makes it mush more practical because you're only commuting 3x per week.

Lon Haldeman used to commute 80 miles each way to his job as bike shop mechanic, so 160 miles total each day. Yes, of course it's possible.

No, it's not equivalent. It's not meant to be equivalent.

My advice is to build up to a 100 km ride ... which the OP has not done yet ... and then try a back-to-back 100 km and see how happy he is to get up the second day and ride another 100 km. If that's a bit of a struggle, then perhaps he might reconsider the 100 km/day commute idea. At least until he's fitter.

The longest ride the OP has done so far is 30 km. First he needs to actually ride a 100 km then two in a row before he can even begin to judge whether this is doable for him.

It's 50km each way, 3 times per week.

Enjoyable once he's in shape.

FWIW - it's my experience that the folks who ask these sorts of questions do so because they have no idea of what's involved. That's because they've never ridden a fraction of the distance in question even once, or maybe a small fraction once, but not more.

So, following the logic of snooty waiters, "if you have to ask, you can't afford it", I'll say it'll be more than the OP can handle, and would be happy to be proven wrong.

possible and doable are slightly different standards. anything is possible. but the question was doable i.e. practical, feasible, recommended.

the 30 mile one way ride is the ticket with a way to get back home would be some nice riding

Hence the reason I suggested the OP actually try to ride 100 km ... and then ride it again the next day.

That's when the OP can start debating whether or not this is something he wants to do. Now is not the time to even think about it.

Yes 6 days/72hrs. It's a 5 week rotation, only one of the 5 weeks is 72hrs. We get a week off so it balances out.


I would not even contemplate commuting via bike daily, I don't even ride outside during winter anyhow.