How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...

[bychosis]

Been off the bike for a couple of weeks. Back to it yesterday. Unremarkable commute to work, but it seems the weekend rains have settled the trails homeward into winter wet mode. Was quite muddy and I suspect it'll be muddy for a while now it's cooler. May have to reconsider MTB commuting.

[familyguy]

To paraphrase, it's light on and away we go. First commute since daylight saving ended, made sure all the blinkies are charged up to go home. Still debating whether flat bars are all they're cracked up to be (for me) and wondering if I put chuck graveleur drop bars on the flat commuter.

[Retrobyte]

Last day of school holidays, so a free-for-all for the unregistered trail bike riders before school resumes tomorrow. For some reason they decided to follow me, or maybe that was a coincidence? Once I realised they were behind me I was on full alert and ready to dish out some hurt if they attempted to knock me off my bike

[find_bruce]

Today's commutes had me wondering if Tesla aimers are the new Volvo drivers? This mornings effort was stopped blocking the bike lane who pulled out without indicating & then proceeded to undertake me by driving in the bike lane

Tonight's special person set off my spidey senses as they approached a stop sign - absolutely no sign of slowing down, so I hit the airzound as well as easing up so they wouldn't collect me as they drove through the stop sign at 50ks

[find_bruce]

My current favourite jersey is


My nephew is a strong rider but this week took an hour to ride his 13.3km commute

Challenged accepted! Today I took 54:40 to cover the 11.34km commute, giving a very average speed of 12.4 km/h. It was surprisingly hard to ride that slow.

As one of my mates put it, the only way to do that commute slower would be to drive

[g-boaf]

My 11km morning commute with an annoying diversion takes about 30 minutes, it's fairly flat. I'm not smashing myself to do that.

The afternoon longer commute if I do it takes about 1h 45 minutes but it is significantly more hilly and also has a lot of stops and starts. If it didn't have so many traffic light crossings it would probably be 90 minutes.

[Retrobyte]

My 11km commute is also roughly 30 minutes. In the car it takes 20-25 minutes plus 5 minutes to walk from the car park to the office, and parking is $10. The bus, which is practically door-to-door takes 35 minutes. So for me the bike is the best commute option by far.

[Mr Purple]

Today's commutes had me wondering if Tesla aimers are the new Volvo drivers? This mornings effort was stopped blocking the bike lane who pulled out without indicating & then proceeded to undertake me by driving in the bike lane

Probably. Even though Teslas are honestly probably the best EV out there they've become the default option for people who don't really care about cars or driving. It also doesn't help there's so many of them that a certain proportion of your near misses will now statistically be Teslas.

I wish I had a more valid option for a regular commute! Mine is unfortunately along Old Cleveland Road, which although it 'technically' has a bike lane is more like a shoulder with a bike painted on it. Because the speed limit varies from 60-80km/hr and no-one pays any attention to their driving on it, it's only a matter of time before someone takes you out on the shoulder if you do it regularly. Plus there's about four places where the bike lane randomly disappears and makes you joust with traffic for a few hundred metres.

My record for a commute on the bike is 35 minutes at 36km/hr. Typically a drive takes about 30 minutes. Which makes it even more annoying that 'fear of death' is the only reason riding is not a valid option.

[find_bruce]

Probably. Even though Teslas are honestly probably the best EV out there they've become the default option for people who don't really care about cars or driving. It also doesn't help there's so many of them that a certain proportion of your near misses will now statistically be Teslas.

I wish I had a more valid option for a regular commute! Mine is unfortunately along Old Cleveland Road, which although it 'technically' has a bike lane is more like a shoulder with a bike painted on it. Because the speed limit varies from 60-80km/hr and no-one pays any attention to their driving on it, it's only a matter of time before someone takes you out on the shoulder if you do it regularly. Plus there's about four places where the bike lane randomly disappears and makes you joust with traffic for a few hundred metres.

My record for a commute on the bike is 35 minutes at 36km/hr. Typically a drive takes about 30 minutes. Which makes it even more annoying that 'fear of death' is the only reason riding is not a valid option.

Teslas are not so common that they form a high % of cars on my commute, its more the general lack of care.

I hear you about your commute - I've ridden on similar roads and swore never again. I live in an inner suburb & ironically peak commutes are much safer as no-one is going anywhere in a hurry - cars are even slower than me so that if I drove it would take more time than riding, even though the stop start nature means my average speed is barely above 20.

[bychosis]

This weather! A minor injury niggle and weeks of wet weather has meant no cycle commute since late April.

Rode on monday into middle of winter weather. About as cold as it gets locally which was a shock. The horrible southerly, which is largely headwind on the way home too.

Rain yesterday so no ride. Appointment after work so drive today. Maybe pedal tomorrow?

[Retrobyte]

Sydney weather has been good for commuting this week. Have ridden every day and tomorrow looks good as well. Leg warmers, winter jersey and full fingered gloves make the short commute very comfortable. Being sunny always makes it easier during winter.

[find_bruce]

I'm a bit slack & work from home for an hour or so till its warmed up. Odd one tonight, I was on autopilot & rode the old way home. Forgot how slow it was riding up Victoria Rd

[jasonc]

After being sick the last two weeks I thought I was good. Nope. Couldn't get out of bed this morning. Slowly getting there. Still been commuting