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bristolbiker - MemberSnap Wave if you see a white Pompetamine.....
Will keep an eye open 😀
1. Once every eight days compulsory, twice is an achievement, as it has to be two consecutive days.
2. 32 miles, most off-road
3. North Notts
4. 18mph on the way to work, 16 on the way back (do I subconsciously like work more than home ?) - this is moving average, have to stop to cross the A1 which can be time-consuming...
Kudos to those commuting most days - any helpful hints to stop me always pedaling flat-out everywhere I go ? Maybe I could commute more if I could walk the next day ?
br1zz - MemberKudos to those commuting most days - any helpful hints to stop me always pedaling flat-out everywhere I go ? Maybe I could commute more if I could walk the next day ?
I find it easier to drive in on Monday with all my kit, food, money, lock etc for Tue/Wed/Thur and then drive in on Friday to collect it.
I carry nothing but: a phone, a credit card, a pump, a tube, some headphones and my ID.
It's much easier to repeat commute without all that crap on your back
Padded shorts (+ lycra bottoms) are often a must when you're starting out.
Kudos to those commuting most days - any helpful hints to stop me always pedaling flat-out everywhere I go ? Maybe I could commute more if I could walk the next day ?
I used to ride 200 miles a week (20 miles each way across London). Rubbish train connections and not owning a car made it mandatory.
Hurt like hell for the first few weeks but then got easier.
In short, just do it and ignore the pain, oh and sell you car 😉
1. 4
2. 10
3. Oban - Dunstaffnage
4. ~15 on a fixie.
1. 5
2. 15
3. Sweden stockholm
4. 20 summer, 12 winter
On fixie mtb, front brake cos I am wus
I think i should get bonus points when in the snow and minus 15
Kudos to those commuting most days - any helpful hints to stop me always pedaling flat-out everywhere I go ? Maybe I could commute more if I could walk the next day ?
Used to commute 170 miles a week, and then add on another 80 or so over the weeked.
That got me ftrong, but doing the same all winter then got me ill.
Headwind tonight wasn't half as bad as I expected. Well it was bad but it was dry, reasonably warm and I had a rider in the distance to chase resulting in being only 4 minutes something down on average.
5
7
Bournemouth
13
22 sets of traffic lights on a round trip though!
And round trip used to take 4 minutes less with gears!
1. Number of times per week, 2-3
2. Distance (round trip) 8 (direct route)
3. Location, Edinburgh
4. Approximate MPH, 19-20 in, 14-15 home
well i used sportypal on my way home on my phone
so
1 5 x a week
2 6.62 miles
3 London
4 12.65mph
5
10 on the button
London with hills up to 50m high!
15mph (20 mins each way, dependent on 23 sets of lights and pedestrians - another 4 zebras)
5 days a week
4miles each way
Manchester
23 av on the way in, about 14 on the way home going up back up the hill I came down in the morning
1. Was 4 days per week, down to around 2 at the moment.
2. 17km round trip (with 72m of climbing each way since you asked - I believe that includes a Cat 5 😉 )
3. Black Country
4. Around 25km/h on the fixie, depending on how tired I am etc.
1) 3-4 times a week
2) 3 miles each way
3) Wirral (Flat all the way)
4) 22-23mph (It's only 3 miles so you can keep those speeds easy for 3 mi)
1. Averaged out over last 2 months as 2.75 per week
2. 13
3. Buckfastleigh to Totnes
4. 16-18mph
1. varies from week to week can be anything fromonce to every day.
2. Minimum 10 miles each way
3. Wakefield to Leeds
4. approx.14mph (fastest speed on commute = 37.2mph. Must have been windy)
Touring bike with at least a full rack bag, mostly with at least rack bag and one medium pannier, sometimes rack bag and large pannier and sometimes, but not often two panniers and rack bag. Put simply its heavy.
FCN = 9
0-4 days depending on weather, rotas, other commitments
27 miles round trip but often do one way combo of car, train, bike depending on weather, rotas, other commitments
leeds-liverpool canal (Bingley-Skipton)
average 13mphish
1. 1
2. 19
3. Leigh, Wigan
4. 18
1. 6
2. 12.78 miles or 15.53 miles
3. Isle Of Man
4. 12 -14mph
That's on a Kona Unit singlespeed with a rucksack.
1. 1-4
2. 12.5miles - 42miles (depending on splitting it with a train ride)
3. Birmignham - Leamington Spa
4. 13 - 15 mph
Oddly its much the same whether I do the full cycle or the easy days with the extra public transport.
1. 4-5 times a week.
2. 16 miles in, I sometimes extend on the way home to push it up to about 24 on the way back.
3. Leigh in Lancs to Warrington, mostly offroad but pretty flat
4. 15-16mph average
3-4 times a week
Anything from 12-25 miles each way on the road to 15/20 miles over the downs
South Downs Sussex area
Computer said 16.78mph avg last night on the fixie gently spinning
0-4 times a week
16.5 mile round trip
Cornwall
14-16mph
1. Was doing 3 times a week but an injury has stopped me. Just starting again.
2. 40miles both ways.
3. NW.
4. About 16mph depending on traffic lights.
1. 4-5
2. 4-5 miles
3. Sheffield
4. 12-16 I reckon... though it's that bloody hilly, one bit is 7-8, whilst the middle half mile is 30!
1. 5 days a week
2. 5-10 Miles on the way in, anything up to 25 miles on the scenic route home
3. Birmingham
4. 13-15mph
1. 5
2. 15.4 miles round trip direct. Have been known to extend to 45 miles on way home, and/or 20 on way in.
3. North Glasgow
4. 16-18mph (moving average)
1 - Every day if I'm working in the office
2 - 12 miles by the shortest route but that's only for winter.
3 - Brighton
4 - Depends entirely on the weather, one way can take 30 mins in the summer or an hour in the winter when the mud gets really sticky and the chalk really slippery.
1. 3-4 times a week
2. 24 or 30 miles per day, depending on how scenic I make it
3. Ilkeston-Nottingham
4. 12-15 mph
2
13
North Manchester
15
1. When I can. ( average 3 times/ week)
2. 1.7m each way.
3. Derby.
4. 11mph - really go for it (I use this as my main training schedule) 😯
PS - MCTD feeling better?
1) 5
2) 14
3) +1 for Brizzle fixie massive
4) near zero in the snow to 20mph (commonwealth and world record, all green lights, light wind assistance etc)
1. 1 or 2 depending on the weather and how knackered I feel.
2. 30 miles.
3. Across the Quantocks.
4. 13/15 mph.
This mornings example:- [url= http://connect.garmin.com/activity/89561879 ]http://connect.garmin.com/activity/89561879[/url]
1. Number of times per week, - 6
2. Distance (round trip) - 14
3. Location, - Central London
4. Approximate MPH, - 18mph
1. 5 plus 1 in 4 saturdays
2. round trip 29miles
3. Newbury, Berks
4. 17mph
from near Reading choice of 9routes although above is usual kennet/avon canal - a4, woolhampton - newbury
1. 3-5 times
2. 16 miles
3. Valleys to Bridgend Train Station, (6.5 miles) then Cardiff Central to Cardiff Bay (1.5 miles)
4. Ave 16/17mph but depending on mood/how fit I feel as currently doing it on my fixed gear
1. 1-4 normally 2 OR 3
2. 40 miles
3. mid-Derbyshire
4. 9 mph