my short term daily commute. Anyone go further??

So, doing some relief work which means i have to travel to Edinburgh everyday. This equates to a 76 mile daily commute. Anyone go further??

Also meant i had to leave at 4:30am to get to work for just after 6 and may i say its

A/ bloody cold lately and
B/ bloody dark (and lonely)

And the best part is, i love it ( especially the chocolate milkshake reward when i get home)

You're my hero!

holy s*!£ .you should do the tdf!!! 😀

Anyone go further??

Not me. I do just under 60 miles but don't ride it every day or I'd die.

Jeez you must drive really slow 🙂

relief work

Is that in one of the saunas on Gorgie Road?

76 miles, eh? Well, I've been saying you need to get yourself in shape…

Jeez you must drive really slow

cos i've just polished it for the winter and dont want it dirty. Takes a while dodging those flies you know!!

Glasgow – edinburgh charity ride on Sunday??

76 miles, eh? Well, I've been saying you need to get yourself in shape

i am trying you know. Aiming to be fit aroundabout 2012!!

Also went out with the local roadies tonight at a leisurely average pace of 24mph. A good 100 miler today for me just proving the point that i am in fact everyones hero!! 😛

Glasgow-Edinburgh afraid not, away North straight from work tomorrow for drinking not cycling.

Where in Edinburgh are you working?

An hour and a half for 36 miles – that is bloody fast. Even 1:45 is pretty nippy for a commute into a city. I take it you're quite a serious road rider? I was pretty proud of my 33 mile round trip until I saw this, and I only manage to average 17.5mph!

Joe

just proving the point that i am in fact everyones hero!!

pfff, nowt but a little wee fella……….. 😉

*swoons!*

And at the other end of the scale my commute is about 500m. (Flat)

I'd actually quite like a nice 10 mile commute, especially round the Lincs back lanes.

He is The Dude.

*Double swoons.* Raddog is teh hotteez.

An hour and a half for 36 miles – that is bloody fast. Even 1:45 is pretty nippy for a commute into a city. I take it you're quite a serious road rider? I was pretty proud of my 33 mile round trip until I saw this, and I only manage to average 17.5mph!

Well 1 hour 37ish according to my friend cateye. Tailwind there so a 23ish average, headwind back so a 'just wanna get home' average

Where in Edinburgh are you working?

portobello. You know the score, in past the lovely R10 Audi in the garage, over shitty road surfaces/potholes, go around the dump that is Princes Street, out past ' Oi hoy, on your bike' Meadowbank, up then down and your there

was an article oin a local paper earlier this year about a guy (training for triathlon) doing 100mile commute (i think london worthing) 3 times a week! 😯

See Radoggair someone doing more. Up your game fat lad and take in the two bridges.

I'd rather stab meslf in the in bollocks with a screwdriver than ride 76 miles a day to and from work. I wouldn't even ride 20 miles either way.

Tailwind there so a 23ish average,

you should take part in some TT's, you'd win no problem.

See Radoggair someone doing more. Up your game fat lad and take in the two bridges.

Dam it, thats it i'm finding another 12 miles each way. Fat lad, its not my fault, its Tesco doing half price sale on walkers sensations 😉

Tailwind there so a 23ish average,

you should take part in some TT's, you'd win no problem.

You've seen th size of my ears haven't you?? 🙂

I've just started a 21 either way commute. it takes all i have to manage 19mph average.

and thats only twice a week!

76 is just bloody daft especially at that speed.

i'm not worthy

I used to do a 27 mile each way commute averaging between 21mph and 23mph….I wasn't very fit then though… i'm even worse now. 😀 I'd have loved to known what i could have done it in when I was race fit…. ❓

I used to commute using the average setting on my computer… it's amazing how easy you can lose 1mph average but to get it back you have to bust your balls for nearly 10 minutes…. 🙁 great training… same distance but trying to bring your average up each time… I used to love the ride home!

Zone

I thought my 32 round trip was a long one but also knew I am slow averaging just 16mph but I really am unfit and dont spend the whole journey pushing.

GET A CAR!

wow – I'm doing between 35 and 60 miles a day at the moment but at nowhere near that speed but then my excuses are a) hilly sussex countryside and b) I'm doing it on an Airnimal folding bike. According to the Garmin I'm averaging nearly 18mph – up from 12mph when I started just over a year ago. Not sure I'd want to do that distance daily though as I struggle doing mine 4 or 5 days a week…

That said, I keep meaning to do Sussex > London (about 50 miles) one of these mornings whilst the weather isn't truly atrocious.

I cycle to work every day, 70 miles. Here, and here, are as red as a fire engine.

I'm impressed.

30 mile round trip for me.
Journey in is about 45 mins but it's downhill most of the way in. Ride home is closer to an hour although it's very dependent on traffic lights.

I used to do a 55 mile round trip about twice a week, I loved that, such a nice route. About 1.20 each way.

30mile round trip for me . That's insane!!! I average 17-18mph on my fixie and I am proud of that 😆

Do I detect some willy waving on here!? Perish the thought…

I know someone who commutes from near Dorking into Central London 4 days a week, just over 80 miles a day, and has done for years. He's an elite road rider and doesn't do it anywhere near that quick though!

When I'm commuting (only 10 miles) the last thing I want to do is absolutely rag myself mind!

When I'm commuting (only 10 miles) the last thing I want to do is absolutely rag myself mind!

Indeed. Even on a good day I rarely average more than 17mph.

For the next 7 days, these guys[/url] have a bit more of a hardcore commute than you!

Joe

Also, do you guys all have no traffic lights on the route? Or not many hills?

Doing my 16.5 mile commute at 17.5mph average feels like I am riding quite hard, although it is cunningly at right angles to the direction of the valleys round here, so I do get a bunch of sharp climbs, and quite a few of the descents have annoying traffic or junctions on them so I don't always get the full benefit of them.

Having said that, from my experience of going on road rides with proper roadies, I know I am way less fast than many people who regularly do group road rides.

Joe

20 miles each way for me around 4 days a week right through the year. Friend of mine does 34 miles each way a couple of times a week.

Don't get anywhere near your average speed, usually do it in around 1h10mins and the best has been 59minutes something.

Given that the tdf average isn't that far removed from yours and they obvioulsy have the advantage of riding in a group I think you should give it a go next year.

I remember an article in Cycling Weekly in the 80's about Ian Cammish (time trial God)who would cycle 40 miles to work in the morning and then take the long route on the way home.

No wonder he was so f'in fast. Still is by the sounds of it and he's over 50.

raddude is crap on a bike and incredibly unfit to. Always has been always will be. 😉

Does it make you fast, or does it give you good endurance? If you're 'average' rider starts doing mega miles they'll just turn into a diesel engine. Fit yes, fast no.

Radogg, the distance and speed are all out. I told you you to amend the wheelsize on your computer when you upgraded from your old bike.

It just occured to me, when people are posting these very high average speeds, are they off a cycle computer that stops when you stop at traffic lights, or proper averages that directly relate to how long it takes you to get to work?

Joe

Either people are fast as **** or their computers are cocked, or they've got incrediblt flat, dull commutes.