How far is your commute and what type of bike?

veganrun

My commute is currently quite short, I'd say about 5k per day and I use a hybrid. It's a good sturdy bike for commuting with 35c tyres, mudguards, lights etc.

I'm looking at buying a place in the not too distant future which will inevitably mean a longer commute.

Just wondering what people here cycle to work (road, hybrid, mountain, something else) and how far?

Alanstrainor

15km each way and I have a road bike with disc brakes (Giant Contend SL 2 Disc). Mudguards, lights and cameras all on the go. I run 25 wide tires and I find that setup fantastic.

jethrothe2nd

17km each way on a Trek 1.2 from Maynooth to Mulhuddart. Over the years I have changed the groupset to 10 speed 105 and the wheels to Aksiums. Getting mudguards on next week for the autumn/winter.
I tend to leave all my stuff in work so I don't have to carry anything on the commute. I'll occasionally commute in on my good bike and do a long cycle on the way home.

ted1

30km each way. , road bike , use dynamo wheel in winter, race blades mudguards.
Use 25mm tyres.

Just bring in shirt, jocks, socks and lunch box each day in a back pack

retalivity

2.7k each way., Road bike with 105 groupset
I dont have the space or money for a second bike!

Grassey

17km each way. Roadbike, 25 front, 28 rear tyres. Panniers too, and a child seat behind the handlebars for crèche runs.

Planning to upgrade to a disc cross/gravel soon as roads get icy enough here in winter so would like to also run bigger tyres

silverharp

25km per day since july , a 10 year old Trek, road/city bike but not too heavy, cost around ~450 euros new back then, recently got a back carrier on it so it could take a pannier bag and changed the saddle for comfort . could get a new bike but current one is working fine and dont have to be overly protective of it getting nicked, though i have 3 U locks for the bike, i leave 2 of them on the stand at work.

Fighting Tao

2018 Trek 1.2 Road bike with sora group set. 12.5 km daily total.25mm tyres. Sometimes go for a 20k lunch spin with a group from work so it’s good for that.

Fuzzytrooper

Just over 14k each way. Specialized allez with entry level dora group set. 25mm tyres. Keeps me going

Raam

11km each way on a 2006 Spesh Allez Elite.

macnab

45km each way. Electric hybrid bike mostly these days, but I use the Trek 5.2 or the Ridley Icarus road bike sometimes.

Hani Kosti

25k roundtrip. Roadbike with childseat, 25 tyres, 8 speed
Love the frame but some parts need upgrade after 5 years.

De Bhál

2k walk ew, sometimes I cycle

triggermortis

19km each way. 2010 Cube Aerial with some upgrades - Ultegra / 105 when it's dry, 2011 Boardman Road Comp when it's wet - Tiagra (both road bikes).
I've only mudguards on the Boardman as the cruds finally disintegrated off the Cube and I didn't want to replace them.
Two sets of lights front and back as well as a camera on the back. No panniers, just an Ortlieb rucksack.
I wear lycra and change in work

TychoCaine

5km each way on a Cannondale Bad Boy hybrid-type thing. It's a great way of waking up in the morning.

AndrewJRenko

10km each way, plus 1-2 km depending on which route I take. Scott city bike with rack, panniers, mudguards and lycra.

Couldn't do it any other way.

Marty Bird

30km round trip on a S Works Peter Sagan camo venge... only kidding a trek 2.1 road bike.

fatbhoy

- 20K each way: Drimnagh <-> Mulhuddart
- Through Phoenix Park.
- Carrera Gryphon Disk (hybrid).
- 700c Aksium wheels.
- 50-teeth front ring.
- 28mm Schwalbe Marathon Plus or Durano.
- Usually drive though: Peugeot 607 petrol.

DanDublin1982

12-13km each way (I go home a different route) and I only just a few weeks ago picked up a Cube Hyde Race. Love it!

https://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=119119

deceit

20Km each way
Cube 2017 pro mountain bike.
https://www.cube.eu/en/2017/hardtail/ltd/cube-ltd-pro-2x-blackline-2017/
Only do 4 days a week as usually very tired by Wednesday so drive that day.

bingobars

15km E/W with 180m climb on each end
Alu Cannondale synapse disc
28mm Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires
Orlieb backpack with change of clothes and portable computer
Cycling lycras. Good seasonal options
MTB pedals and shoes
Ride Giant defy on duranos as a backup
2 sets of lights

Sidi rain MTB boots coming. Very excited to not having to put on overshoes

3 years + every day

Best thing I’ve ever done, saved €10,000 and spent it all on bikes

Colonel Panic

11km each way on a CX bike with 32c tires.

magicbastarder

bingobars wrote: »

15km E/W with 180m climb on each end

that's a decent climb - that part of the world is that?

i only go into the office twice a week; 20km each way on a genesis equilibrium. 25c tyres - it can take 28s, but not with the mudguards i have on it.

saccades

62km each way on a "gravel" bike (relaxed, old man geometry road bike with massive clearances).

28c at 85psi, two bottles and a saddle bag. Use exposure red light and racemaxx so people can see me early doors/late evening.

RonanCFD

21km each way, Merida CX bike with 32mm Conti 4-Seasons

Cookie_Monster

6.9km at the shortest. Tends to be about 10. Downhill in the morning so nice and easy, not all sweaty for work. 160- 400m up on the way home depending on route too. Mostly been using the road bike as doing extra recently and being the middle of winter it makes sense to gear up. Use the cycloX from time to time too.

jjpep

10 km each way. West side of galway to east side. Hybrid bike. Shower at work so sweating or weather not a worry.

Takes just under a half hour each way. Add ten minutes on for shower, getting changed. Next door neighbor does nearly exact same commute. Her times vary from 30 minutes to an hour and a a half. Generally an hour to get home on the evening. Won't cycle as she doesn't like it. Each to their own I guess.

P_1

4k on a singlespeed

tomasrojo

I had two round trips until June: four legs of 7.5 km on a cargo bike; kids to primary school, back home to work, and then back to get kids and bring home. Didn't leave me that much time to work, but it was pretty nice.

I'm in full-time work now, so it's 7.5km to school to drop off, then about 3.5km to work, then about 8.5km home. Still using a cargo bike, though I only need it for the first leg. Guess I can bring beer barrels home.

Thinkingaboutit

5 miles / 8 km from south Dublin to Smithfield on a Trek Marlin I've had for good while. My route in is via Stannaway, Sundrive, Clogher and South Circular Road with a return down Queen and Ship Streets and then the Coombe and Crumlin. Shower at work.

Crippens1

10km round trip.
I set up a single speed (46x16) on a steel frame to use up bits and pieces from the shed. Single speed needs hardly any servicing and I find Dublin is very suitable for that.

Subcomandante Marcos

5k each way, old CX bike with old 9x3 tiagra groupset and 32 wide delta cruiser tyres, full mudguards and rear rack.
Does the job.

Yourmama

6k each way on road bike. I usually try to go as hard as I can and make it sub 12 minutes. I tend to drive with any sign of damp though.

LollipopJimmy

P_1 wrote: »

4k on a singlespeed

This will be mine shortly. Once the singlespeed parts arrive

Idleater

15km each way. At the moment I do 3-6km on a Brompton with the rest by bus.

When healed I will be back on the SS franken-commuter with dynamo and pannier rack.

ofthelord

36km into work - Wicklow to Cabinteely.
I cycle once or twice a week during the summer months to get to work and rarely during the winter. Might look to get some proper gear for cycling over the winter months this year as I definitely prefer cycling to work over driving!
When I do cycle, I then take the scenic way home through Enniskerry and Roundwood to make it 50/60km to get home depending on the route.
I'm lucky that I have shower facilities in work, and storage area for leaving a change of clothes etc.
I'm currently cycling a Giant Defy2 - with all the basic kit it came with from the shop, no extras or changes..

Alanstrainor

P_1 wrote: »

4k on a singlespeed

This was me for years. I'd say I had over 20K km city/urban cycling on my single speed. There's no better bike for urban stuff, even if the commute is a bit on the longer side. What changed it for me was having a route that took me down the coast from Portmarnock, the strong winds just made the singlespeed difficult to use. But if I ever moved closer I'd be back on my trusty single again.

SCOOP 64

Not a cyclist, but often thought about a bike to work, are most of you doing these journeys live in towns to work, i would have some narrow dark country lanes most of the journey would this be suicide during the winter, would be about 13k each way.

micar

23km each way. Santry to cherrywood.

I drive on Wednesday as it's my rest day

Job is moving to city centre in a few weeks. Then it be 8-9 km each way.

Have road bike. Lights front and back. Have camera on the handlebars.

Take relatively small back pack for lunch, shirt, socks and jocks. On Monday, I also being a pair of trousers and leave them in work for the week. Have good shower facilities...have towel and toiletres there.

Duckjob

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Not a cyclist, but often thought about a bike to work, are most of you doing these journeys live in towns to work, i would have some narrow dark country lanes most of the journey would this be suicide during the winter, would be about 13k each way.

Sounds a bit dramatic tbf. Part (5km) of my 25km commute is along an unlit country road and funny enough, it always feels safer to me in the darkness once I have a good set of lights. Drivers, not seeing me clearly, seem to actually slow down and wait behind me before waiting to overtake, whereas in daylight, and seeing me and the road in full they just try to charge through whether its safe or not.

Dr_Colossus

saccades wrote: »

62km each way on a "gravel" bike (relaxed, old man geometry road bike with massive clearances).

28c at 85psi, two bottles and a saddle bag. Use exposure red light and racemaxx so people can see me early doors/late evening.

Holy moly some savage commutes in here but have to question above as presuming a typo since otherwise you'd be clocking up 620km per week. How long does it take you is correct and you must be wrecked by the end of the week.

Mine is 14km each way on a road bike, used to use an old mountain bike and switching to the road bike saved 5-10 mins each way and a lot of effort.

positron

60 Kms each way, Boardman CX with disk brakes and 32 mm Marathons. Brooks Cambium seat and lights. Laptop on backpack.

Its a white lie of course, I only do this like once a week, a handfull of times a year. I do one-way commute more often, either get the bus in or the bus back with bike in the undercarriage. Rest of the days I ride an 800cc twin cylinder motorbike with adjustable suspension, abs and heated grips. Feels way more fun after spending 4 hours on the Boadman the previous day.

tomasrojo

I had assumed some of the 50km+ each way journeys were a joke!

bingobars

magicbastarder wrote: »

that's a decent climb - that part of the world is that?

i only go into the office twice a week; 20km each way on a genesis equilibrium. 25c tyres - it can take 28s, but not with the mudguards i have on it.

Cork southside on the hill (think Cork airport) into the city and into the northside to Hollyhill.

I’m 90 kg, the commuter bikes weigh a ton plus 10kg of gear almost.

When I take full carbon out on the weekend I feel like a champ

mloc123

Duckjob wrote: »

Sounds a bit dramatic tbf. Part (5km) of my 25km commute is along an unlit country road and funny enough, it always feels safer to me in the darkness once I have a good set of lights. Drivers, not seeing me clearly, seem to actually slow down and wait behind me before waiting to overtake, whereas in daylight, and seeing me and the road in full they just try to charge through whether its safe or not.

I feel safer in pitch dark also. Lights stand out more. In built up street lit areas you are more likely to blend in.

C3PO

30km round trip every week day - hail, rain or shine! Steel Specialized Langster single-speed. Backpack with iPad, socks and jocks + lunch. Drop trousers, shirts and a towel into the office on a Sunday.

Wishbone Ash

40k round trip on a Genesis Flyer singlespeed/fixie with Tannus solid tyres (bike previously owned by RAAM of this parish).

Lemming

12.7km each way on a Klein mtb rocking nobbly tyres with some 50/60% of the commute being on river paths (and the like) or off-road.

iwillhtfu

I do one commute day a week over the summer months. It's 72km EW I couldn't imagine doing it regularly with a tough 8 hours between trips. :eek: Sometimes drive to the gym and have a swim first then commute in so reduces it to 2km swim 21km EW plus a half hour drive Sometimes I'll just hit the pool and steam room in the evenings a nice way to finish a commute :cool:

Wishbone Ash

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Not a cyclist, but often thought about a bike to work, are most of you doing these journeys live in towns to work, i would have some narrow dark country lanes most of the journey would this be suicide during the winter, would be about 13k each way.

Much of my commute is on busy unlit roads. As a previous poster has said, travelling in the dark on unlit roads feels a lot safer than on a bright summer's day. I can't ever recall having a close pass in the dark on an unlit road - motorists tend to slow down and proceed with caution as their visibility is limited.

py

16Km round trip on a hybrid with 38c tyres, panniers and child seat.