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| Thread ID: 99150 | 2009-04-22 05:11:00 | Does anyone else cycle to work/uni? | forrest44 (754) | PC World Chat |
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| 767217 | 2009-04-22 08:39:00 | Have cut down from everyday to 3 days a week as was getting too tired to do other stuff at the weekends such as tramping, caving, more cycling etc. To work 5.5km 12 mins, home from work 5.5km 18 mins other 2 days I drive | gary67 (56) | ||
| 767218 | 2009-04-22 09:05:00 | If you cycle every day... How far do you cycle each way? How long does it take each way? I'm just wondering how far commuting by bike every day is practical. I currently do about 5km each way every day, but I'm thinking of moving which would mean it goes up to 10km each way. Thoughts? forrest, you already have the answer to your question. If you currently ride 5km per day then 10km will take twice as long. If you're reasonably fit now the physical effort will be no greater just because you'll be on the bike for twice as long. In some of the cycling forums on the internet I've seen some say that over thirty km each way begins to be enough, even for the fitter cyclists. All the benefits will increase too....... You will get fitter than you are now and be healthier and can depend on saving even more by not using a tonne of metal to commute in. Even though the doubled distance may be a little formidable at first, by the end of the first month you will be used to it and think nothing of it. About four years ago I took up serious recreational cycling again after a gap of over fifty years and after a shaky start am convinced that if I can enjoy cycling over the hills here in the Coromandel and cover 50km in an afternoon at age 75, then there's nothing to stop anybody with the incentive from doing the same...... your 20km per day will be a breeze |
brig (1359) | ||
| 767219 | 2009-04-22 09:45:00 | I love biking to work, but I don't often get the chance since I do a lot of onsite work for clients, and you never know when you will get an urgent callout. I usually get contracted out to the bank for a couple of days a month & use that as an opportunity to get on my bike :) I think it is about 5KM & it takes me 10 minutes. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 767220 | 2009-04-22 10:55:00 | No commuting, just recreational riding, often in excess of 200km a week (especially when there's an event like Round Taupo coming up). Saturday morning rides (Tamaki Drive in Auckland) - distance approximately 50km - average speed low to mid 30's. Sunday rides with our group (the Pickled Pedallers (www.pickledpedallers.co.nz) - a bit of shameless self-promotion there! :)) average between 70km and 90km and we aim for an average speed of around 25-27km riding together in a bunch of 20-35 riders as much as we can, with the wide range of abilities we have in the group. Safer for us as a group - there are many multi-wheeled motorised vehicles that like to hunt cyclists who ride by themselves.... But we try to single up quickly when traffic approaches from behind. Coffee and lies at the end... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 767221 | 2009-04-22 13:59:00 | What about days when you feel tired or it is raining? Ken Nobody should have to go to work in those conditions, I dont. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 767222 | 2009-04-23 09:25:00 | Unions are gone, you work come rain or shine. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 767223 | 2009-04-23 10:52:00 | Interesting, I only work when I've got nothing else better to do. I would play golf in light rain. Unions, are they similar to onions, I would hate to see the end of onions. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 767224 | 2009-04-23 13:00:00 | The ends of the onions are alright to see (in the peelings) but they are not too good for flavour / texture etc. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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