Southampton to Swindon on B road C roads and unclassifieds in a Honda Intregra type R – Bliss

or do you mean on a bike?

20 miles isn’t a hassle. go for it..

yeah, as mentioned depends whether those roads are through towns or through countryside… if it’s through more rural areas, I’d love that as a commute (if I was driving to work!). I used to drive 13miles in urbanish areas – cutting across main artery routes as that’s where i had to commute from-to. It took 45 mins at least most of the time and was one of the most frustrating drives ever. Was often quicker to ride…

i have never lived within an hours drive of where I work. One of my cars does about 7.8mpg around town and the Integra Typre R is only slightly more economical when really pushing on. 20 miles is nothing

well i went from doing 45 min each way for 5 years to 10 mins in the car or twenty by bike. i did a couple of years of that in a v8 open-topped sports car and i know which i prefer.

I do 30 miles each way every day. If if gives you a better lifestyle go for it.

I used to commute 52 miles each way and it was soul-destroying…..I was doing 520 miles/week and it took anywhere between an hour (if I left work very late) to my longest of 3.5hrs.
Then my job moved 20 miles up the road so it went to 30 miles each way and missed out most of the gridlocked A14. Much better.

I wouldn’t have thought 18 miles each way would be a problem, unless as already said the roads are dog-slow.

I’d agree on the time element. I’d say a reasonable commute shouldn’t be more than an hour. I travel about by motorbike and currently considering a commute of 50 miles verses my current 17. however the new commute is on motorways and the old commute is through central London, so the only real difference is fuel cost and some tyres.

i also agree, its all about time not distance. i used to drive 13miles around the oxford bypass and it would take anywhere between 20mins and 1 hour due to traffic. this was then increased again in bad weather, during roadworks or because of accidents. i could actually cycle it in 45 minutes so some days this was the quickest way!

i went from one extreme to another and now i live next to the office, and it saves me so much time. i used to leave for work around 8 and get back around 6.30 but now its more like 8.55 to 5.35. if you add it up, thats alot of time spent sitting in traffic that i can now spend doing my own thing.

For about 6 months I drove 52 miles each way along A roads to work. It was surprisingly not that bad. Lovely countryside, good driving roads, reasonable car – not so bad at all. Having said that I was staying with my parents so they did all the required housework etc, and all I had to do was veg out in the evenings. And I wasn’t training then either. The real problem there tho was the way people drove. No traffic jams, but dozens of scumbag reps in flashy cars driving like utter dicks. And about one major accident a week too. The police took to leaving the smashed up burned out cars by the roadside for a while to remind everyone. It worked too, people were much calmer for a while after the accidents.

I wouldn’t do it now though, I have more of a life. But if I were faced with 20 miles on open country roads , I’d do it without too much worry.

Living right next to work is brilliant tho 🙂

(much like half of fintrys population i think!).

Car share with a neighbour. Problem solved. Sort of.

25 miles across dartmoor every morning is great fun. takes me about 45 mins.

even if the roads are busy I just sit back and enjoy the views.

I decided wasting a whole day of work time commuting was a better option than riding for ten minutes each way and wasting a whole lifetime in the civil service…

Takes me about 25mins on a 18 mile commute on A, B and minor roads.

If I was having to travel the other way at that time of the morning though it would be nearer 50 mins.

You need to find out how busy it gets on the route both ways at what time you’ll be doing it.

38 miles each way a day on mixed A roads. About 1 hr. Its OK.

Conks

4.5 miles on a flat cycle track – its tough.

Thinking about making it longer just for fun really.

got to beat my old 30 miles most of which were on M62 or M60 1-1.5 hrs normally 🙁

26 miles each way across the Peak district – Dark and white, takes about 45 minutes by car and anything from 1hr10 to 2hrs by bike depending on weather, fitness, and amount of cake. Used to be 11 miles each way into sheffield – bike was faster most days and much more fun! costs me 25 quid a week in fuel so bike usually wins – even on the grimmest days. . . and nothing beats that first coffee sat at your desk while all the other drivers come in cursing their journey in!