fietsbob

you work at something like the fire department? so you sleep & eat where you work, and only ride there once a week?

CliffordK

Actually, thinking back, I hit a low in my cycling about 5 years ago, when my bike spent months collecting dust between rides.

I started riding a bit more, but the "commute" between my house and Mom's house was about 16 miles (25 km). Hitting 2 of those in a day (32 mi/50 km) was about enough to knock me out.

I suppose I wasn't really dedicated to putting in the miles. But, it took a while to get used to that short trip between houses.

With a few longer rides, now I do 20 miles or so one-way (each way) without hardly thinking. Much longer rides still do take a bit of a toll.

So... some training will be necessary. And, while an optimum 32 miles commute might be done in 2 hours... expect it to be a while before that becomes practical. So, start with planning on 3 hour commutes.

A little "training" will help getting a person used to those distances.

One thing I found is that it is also useful to mix it up a bit. Try a few "century rides" (100 miles/160km) on your leisure tire. Or, even longer. Say 150 miles (240 km). After you get a few good long rides under your belt, those 32 mile rides will just seem to be a lot shorter.

providencebikes

You just have to invest in some planning . you will need a high fueled diet first . you will have to set your bike up propperly i.e. a fool proof repair kit for any issues .


you will need to aero the F up in every way possible even aero back pack . you will need to keep clothes at your job maybe even bring a place to keep clothes shoes towels products to freshen up . you might want to invest in a clothes cleaning service near your job so you can always have fresh suits or pants .


you will need multiple sets of cycle clothes and rain gear that is also tight . you will need propper cycle shoes with covers or plastic bags . if you live where it snows well thats even harder some roads are very dangerous they might not plow them.

I doubt any ebike that would be praticle would last that long or be charged fast enough. Maybe a recumbent style could work better . it will take some real thoughts . you may even need multiple bikes so you can swap one out . you will have to get close to race quality parts semi aero wheels maybe even do the unthinkable and invest in a fairing system . i have seen a kick start thing for wheel covers.

I usually can do a mile in around two minutes at medium effort so you will have to do some math . i think your biggest challenge would be comfort and diet . your bike is going to have to be set up propper and you will have to put effort into fueling up .

i can get about 25 miles in an hour indoors so just think around 15 miles per hour if your lucky maybe you are super fit.

if your job is office work should be easy to do but not easy to sustain maybe your body will adapt maybe you could use that commute to train for races and rest the time you are not working.

avole

Rain gear in the tropics? I never bothered.

MikeyMK

I occasionally cover that kinda mileage, but only by putting my bike on a train or bus.

Nachoman

Says the guy with the 89 Battaglin, Lynskey R150, Kona Superjake, Devinci Marshall, Spec Fuse, Lynskey CooperCX and Trek Ebike.

indyfabz

Barefoot in the snow?

DMC707

I didnt read all 4 pages so forgive me if my response parrots anyone else,

But as for me personally, -- i love cycling too much to do a commute like this unless it was a twice monthly stunt or something

What i am saying is that i really enjoy my long weekend group rides and my training for the occasional race --- a commute like that would completely destroy any joy i had in the activity after a while -- basically it would turn into a job

But if your up to it -- go for it

ptempel

50 km each way or 100 km round trip is 30 miles each way or 60 miles round trip. That's a really long commute. At my current rate of 16 mi/h, it would take me ~ 1hr 53 min each way. That may even be optimistic depending on hills and how tired I am. So I would park and ride to reduce the distance a bit. If you're ok with leaving the car overnight, then you could split it up by drive in the morning and cycle back in the afternoon and the next morning.

SouthFLpix

I think a lot of people have been hinting that a lot of it depends on your fitness. Chris Froome recently posted a ride on Strava where he averaged about 28 mph on a ride that was over 6 hours, and it was on hilly terrain. That is a mountain above the fitness level of the average rider, but still, there are plenty of guys that can hold 20-25mph for 50 km without any trouble at all.

avole

Can I just point out that the Philippines has a tropical climate? What you advise, though well meant, may not apply in average daily temperatures of 28°C morning to 33°C afternoon temperatures.

T Stew

How is it some people take what I say so far out of context? Or are you referring to someone else? I assume me, since your response was right after, but maybe you should quote or mention like @fietsbob to avoid confusion.

I have never once rode my bike to work. I have only pondered doing it just for the experience of doing it once. And yes, my idea since the commute is so long on top of my long shift, is that I would bike in the night before the first shift and stay at a nearby HOTEL each night (no, I do not work for a fire department, and I cannot sleep at work, I am a generation dispatcher for a large electric utility) and then bike home the last day of the workweek. I wouldn't want to blow a bunch of money staying at a downtown hotel for a 5-day work week, but luckily some of the stretches in my shift rotation are only 3 days...

ThermionicScott 

Sounds like the usual RAGBRAI weather to me. Iowa summer, ~100km per day.

fietsbob

Go Multi Modal, Use Public Transit for most of it, connect to train/bus on bike.. Folding bikes FTW there..



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Erzulis Boat 

Lived car-free for 7 years. Daily RT of around 35-38?

100% acceptable distance with no ill effects at work. On the weekends I would ride the miles like 60 to 80 a day. Never lost my love affair with the bike luckily.

Components had to be top shelf because I rode rain or shine.

60 miles a day? Hmmmm. Prolly the breaking point, and sustainability would be an issue. The difference between 20 miles and 30 miles is definitely mare marked than 5 to 15 in my experience.

You would have to be addicted to make that reasonable.

Retro Grouch 

Somewhere I remember reading about a mentally handicapped fellow who rode like 50,000 miles per year. Maybe it wasn't 50,000 but it was a LOT. I think that he lived somewhere in New York State.

Maybe somebody knows how to look that up.

rodtripoli

I work in Municipal Police station so yeah I can sleep in the office if I want to.

J.Higgins 

I say the best and only feasible method of doing a commute like that would be in a velomobile.

Ericg6178

I'm Rick James

Ericg6178

Skrait up

ptempel

Chapeau to them if they can average that speed. In my very urban area (north NJ near NYC) there is plenty of traffic and lights to slow you down. Realistically, I doubt many commuters can do above 20 mph average.

Gaelen

Plus fast group rides! Pete was one of my inspirations for long distance.

Also, if the OP is only doing this twice or so per week, then, yes! It's totally doable and I highly recommend that you do.

martianone

Does Mr. Duterte know about your ability to sleep on the job ?

Is this thread a hoax ?

BBassett

Hang a 750W BaFang mid-drive on her, get a great battery and a better charger and you can get to work and home every day on her.

GrainBrain

Dreaming man, just dreaming about it now

If @rodtripoli gets back to us again and tries it that would be fantastic. Could we get a map of the route? I thought about it, and if it's a flat ride with little wind it's not so bad.

I was thinking I could probably do this daily. If, I was single AND, it was an eight hour desk job.
3 hours to commute, followed by eight hours of rest and carbo loading, then 3 hours back home.

That leaves you with an hour to shower and eat, eight hours of sleep, then an hour in the morning for breakfast.

Sounds ridiculous, but I work construction and put in mandatory ten hour days (very physical) throughout the summer and often go on a 17 mile ride after work for an hour. Ten hours would often turn to eleven or twelve a couple days in the week.

I'd need more discipline in the nutrition area, because I was really burnt out after doing it for three months (riding like crazy and working, doing the daily rides then at least 70 miles across the weekends, a couple centuries a month). I was constantly eating and still struggling to eat enough! By then it was mid October, so it was natural to start tapering off. I felt bad, as towards October I was really Hangry in the mornings! I'd come home at nights and literally stuff my face with whole milk, olives, fish, potato chips. Just pure fat and carb craving.

It got to a point where the wife got serious about me not biking after work a couple times a week

God I can't wait for May