How long is your commute

John37

Just wondering how long (distance ) other posters commute is, How long does it take you, do you commute 5 days a week all year round incl the winter and what bike do you use on your commute?

Surveyor11

13k each way, carpenterstown to city center, 5 days a week. Changing jobs, so that will bring this to about 17k one way.

Beasty

23-25km in, 23-40+km home, depending on route

Over the winter I will do it every day I don't need the car, regarless of weather unless there is ice about - works out at 3 or 4 days a week. Over the summer I have other commitments, and tend to do a bit less commuting on the bike (but make up for it with other types of cycling)

Average speed works out at around 30kph, which equates to 46 minutes on my shortest route (fastest I've done it is 36m 18s)

I use my spare racing bike (Focus Cayo)

robertxxx

I do Clonsilla 16km each way, but I don't have any lights or rain gear and mudguards so I won't be back on the bike for the next week or 3 until I get sorted.

alexanderomahon

Due to having kids and wife who all needs looking after in the morning I cycle 15 km into Swords, put bike on back of car (which wife has driven into Swords), wife gets fast bus to town, I drop one kid to school and other to grandparents.

Would love to cycle all the way to work and back , but ....... if only...... blah blah blah......pesky kids........pesky wife..... blah blah blah

macnab

Mine is a 90km round trip so 45km each way.

Option 1: cycle in and cycle home.
Option 2: drive in and cycle home.
Option 3: drive 20km, park the car and cycle the rest of the way.
Option 4: give the bike a well deserved rest

Hmmzis

Shortest possible route is a 17.5k round trip. In the mornings I try to take in a loop up to Cruagh and a bit if time allows. That brings the daily round trip up to 44-45km or there abouts. Cycle Monday to Friday to work since the buss would take more time even if the Cruagh climb is considered.

letape

Just short of 30km each way from Greystones to city centre. Takes an hour which is pretty much the same as the dart when you factor in the walk from the station!

billyhead

My commute is 26km each way, Try to do it 5 days a week as long as its not lashing rain ( bit of a fair weather cyclist):D and have a spare road bike (carbon bike resting for the next few months) I now use for getting in and out. Sold the car and hate public transport so no other option really:)

07Lapierre

25klm in, 25klm out. 3-4 days a week all year round. 45 - 55 Minutes each way.

jimbobaloobob

50 mins each way.
5 days a week, sometimes twice a day. depending if the work is split.

year round

Andy-Pandy

Cabinteely to Blanch, 25km each way. Saves me €15 a day.

billyhead

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

50 mins each way.
5 days a week, sometimes twice a day. depending if the work is split.

year round

Do you cycle in and go home then cycle in again?

triggermortis

Shortest route is 8.5Km each way. I work 7 on, 7 off shifts, doing days one week, nights the next and have been riding in and out 90% of the time for the past 6 months.
Yet to ride through winter, but as it's in Zurich, it's gonna be cold!
Road bike for me.

JOHN_70

Now only 2.5km each way but I get home for lunch most days so 10km/day. This time last year I was doing 41km each way 3 or 4 days a week but changed jobs - I do miss the commute though.

t'bear

15km each way for me, or 19km by the slightly longer route home. Only hitting it 3 times a week and its not the weather thats stopping me from taking my two wheeled transport. Someone above mentioned 'pesky kids' above, well I have two who somehow need to be educated and minded, so much assist with said drop off's etc.

Seweryn

26km each way, but sometimes I get "lost" on my way back home, so it is usually 60km return trip on average. My morning ride usually takes no more than 55 minutes one way.

I cycle every working day all year round, started cycling to work on 21st October 2011.

Edit... Forgot this bit:

John37 wrote: »

what bike do you use on your commute?

Skrynesaver

25k each way, hoping to stretch it out the whole way (40k) over the winter, at the moment about 50 minutes, Felt X-City hybrid.

alexanderomahon

Seweryn wrote: »

26km each way, but sometimes I get "lost" on my way back home, so it is usually 60km return trip on average. My morning ride usually takes no more than 55 minutes one way.

I cycle every working day all year round, started cycling to work on 21st October 2011.

Edit... Forgot this bit:

What type of saddle bag is that?

VanhireBoys

I only do a poxy 7 miles each way but thats at 5am and 5-7pm respectively. There is no point in taking the car to be stuck in Galway traffic ! Rain or shine I bike it no matter !

Last morning 5am tail wind big gear and I done it in 17mins , well it would be bad manners to waste a good tail wind .. Its usually about the 22-24min steady

I ride a 1988 Peugeot 501 in blue/white which I really find comfy and easy to handle ! In fact I go evrywhere on it. I would love a touring bike but, as my brother in law has one and its really good for commuting

Seweryn

alexanderomahon wrote: »

What type of saddle bag is that?

This one here.

Greenman

8 km's there @ 30 minutes and 12 km's home @ 35 minutes.

5 days and sometimes 6 and I never take the car:) even on the coldest wettest day and I can drop to -17.

We get 20 cents a km tax free which pays all cycle bills:).

Ice and snow are not a problem as I'm a trikeman:).

Here's one of my trusty steeds:).

thebourke

i commute 11.5 km each way daily to work...roughly 1 hour of cycling a day
i cycle all year round on a hybrid specialised sirrus bike.....

lennymc

about 105 km round trip, (although sometimes i add a bit more - 125km round trip last week) but i dont do it all the time. i have showers and stuff in work.

Maciej_D

I've 11km each way, on average 3 days a week. Pushing for 4 to 5 by the end of October. I also do longer distances at the weekends 40-50km. Only started cycling in August so there's plenty room for improvement.

Greenman

lennymc wrote: »

about 105 km round trip, (although sometimes i add a bit more - 125km round trip last week) but i dont do it all the time. i have showers and stuff in work.

Tell us more. Is this per day? From where to where??? Well done if its per day:)

macnab

macnab wrote: »

Mine is a 90km round trip so 45km each way.

Option 1: cycle in and cycle home.
Option 2: drive in and cycle home.
Option 3: drive 20km, park the car and cycle the rest of the way.
Option 4: give the bike a well deserved rest

I added an option 5 yesterday: leave 7kg Carbon bike in the garage and cycle new 13kg hybrid instead.......where did all those hills come from:eek:

lennymc

Greenman wrote: »

Tell us more. Is this per day? From where to where??? Well done if its per day:)

yeah, its per day. Drogheda - dublin city centre. I dont do it as much as id like, but will be doing it a few times a week later this month. On the days i dont cycle i do about 10 k ish.

Greenman

lennymc wrote: »

yeah, its per day. Drogheda - dublin city centre. I dont do it as much as id like, but will be doing it a few times a week later this month. On the days i dont cycle i do about 10 k ish.

Well done, how long does it take?

Consider posting a pic of you and your steed.

Chapeau sir.:)

SerialComplaint

About 7k each way - usually do 4 days a week, and bring in a batch of clean clothes on the other day. I try to extend the journey by getting up around Three Rock some mornings, but I haven't been doing too well on that recently.

-K2-

9.5km each way with a few extended homeward commutes per week over the summer. An extended commute varies between 20 and 70km depending on the mood and available time, but usually averages out at 30km.

For the short commutes it's a Charge Plug singlespeed. If a longer commute is planned then it's the road bike.

Rita1

I do 20 miles to and from work(40miles), twice to three times a week.

Great to get a bit of training done as well as getting home.:D

SomeFool

12.5km each way, seven days a week, sometimes twice a day depending on my shifts and my training, alu road bike for me

NeedMoreGears

21km each way. Try for 5 days unless I'm away for work or dangerous conditions (Ice, high wind, manflu). Have managed to average 4 excluding holidays.

Just fitted lights to the winter bike - God it's slow compared to the road bike. 55-60 mins instead of 43-47. I'm hoping that a bit of lubrication and adjusting the back brake might improve those times.

macnab

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

21km each way. Try for 5 days unless I'm away for work or dangerous conditions (Ice, high wind, manflu). Have managed to average 4 excluding holidays.

Just fitted lights to the winter bike - God it's slow compared to the road bike. 55-60 mins instead of 43-47. I'm hoping that a bit of lubrication and adjusting the back brake might improve those times.

My commuter bike adds 10 minutes onto my trip each way too, but I try to look at it as a positive i.e. 20 minutes extra cycling each day.
I have however ordered 28mm tyres to replace the current 37mm power sappers.

Crippens1

Only 7km each way (Booterstown - Tara St.) and it's not enough! Just about breaking a sweat on arrival.

SerialComplaint

Crippens1 wrote: »

Only 7km each way (Booterstown - Tara St.) and it's not enough! Just about breaking a sweat on arrival.

Find some hills - take a route via Sandyford/Dundrum and you'll be more than breaking sweat.

New commute: Less than I thought, but still decent at 12kms on the way in, 14kms on the way back. I'm taking a less busy route on the way back. I'm still happy with that distance on a daily basis.

ednwireland

4km into work 7km, 15km or 30km on the way home depending on how i feel

fiacha

ednwireland wrote: »

4km into work 7km, 15km or 30km on the way home depending on how i feel

Lovely machine, which Planet-X model is it ?

ednwireland

fiacha wrote: »

Lovely machine, which Planet-X model is it ?

kaffenback (the old one - pre disc brakes)

AGC

14k in 15k home. Blanch to City Centre. No more than 25 minutes in and about 30 home. Have been doing it 5 days a week recently and upping the home journey by doing a loop of the park.

fenris

Old commute was approx 25km each way from Bray to City Centre once or twice a week.

Moving to Greystones in a couple of weeks so that will go up to approx 30km each way once or twice a week.

Currently living in Laragh until the house move is complete and the thought of that blood hill up out of Kilmac to Callary on the way home has pretty much sapped my commuting enthusiasm for the moment!
Although if I suss out somewhere to abandon my car in Killmacanogue and find my currently MIA (packing, moving, boxes everywhere) left cycling shoe then a half arsed commute is on the cards!

del88

18km each way from Saggart to Glasnevin and back 3 days a week and 60km twice a week from Saggart to Galsnevin to Baldoyle and back to Saggart....usually takes me 34 minutes in to work and 48 on the way home due to hills and common westerly winds.....best part of my day

Here's my ride ...Surly long haul trucker

Sagi

del88 wrote: »

Nice I commute on a Surly Troll, I left the rigid fork in in Ausria before I moved here, but I think I'll bring it over when I go there on holiday and equip the bike with proper musguards and a lowrider

My commute is just a bit over 5km, but [EMAIL="it@s"]it@s[/EMAIL] quite an uphill in the morning and a nice fast ride home

Maybe I'll build a mountainbike with the magura fork that's in the Surly at the moment.

OldBean

I've a pretty paltry 2-3km each way. It's mostly downhill in the morning, and I get to take on either Bridge St. Bridgefoot St. on the way home. If I'm up to it, I'll take a longer route through the back streets of the Liberties for some fun, though with the dark evenings setting in it'll be happening less and less.



I guess I'll just have to get a road bike for Winter, right..?

AdMMM

8k each way door-to-door.

Tonyandthewhale

OldBean wrote: »

I guess I'll just have to get a road bike for Winter, right..?

It's usually the other way around, but yes, you will.

OldBean

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

It's usually the other way around, but yes, you will.

I need a justification for herself...

billyhead

OldBean wrote: »

I've a pretty paltry 2-3km each way. It's mostly downhill in the morning, and I get to take on either Bridge St. Bridgefoot St. on the way home. If I'm up to it, I'll take a longer route through the back streets of the Liberties for some fun, though with the dark evenings setting in it'll be happening less and less.



I guess I'll just have to get a road bike for Winter, right..?

You would probaly be quicker walking:D

del88

Sagi wrote: »

Nice I commute on a Surly Troll, I left the rigid fork in in Ausria before I moved here, but I think I'll bring it over when I go there on holiday and equip the bike with proper musguards and a lowrider

My commute is just a bit over 5km, but [EMAIL="it@s"]it@s[/EMAIL] quite an uphill in the morning and a nice fast ride home

Maybe I'll build a mountainbike with the magura fork that's in the Surly at the moment.

ye i think there great bikes...I've clocked up 3000 km since April including a 3 week tour of southern France and northern Spain with no hassles what so ever....:D