how early in the morning do you start your commute?

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how early in the morning do you start your commute?

Postby giantguy » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:58 pm

Just wondering how early you guys / girls head off on your commute in the mornings ? I start work at 6:30 am so usually need to leave at 5:40 - 5:45 to ride the 10km to work and allow some time to change clothes and cool down. Usually I only see a maybe 3 cyclists on my route with most of them heading to the city or train station while I'm heading in the other direction.

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how early in the morning do you start your commute?

Postby MREJ » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:09 pm

I have a flexible start time and a 30k ride. I like to leave by 6.30 so it still feels a bit like early morning, and I can be at my desk around 8. Didn't work out this morning though - too much procrastinating over breakfast.
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Postby teak81 » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:12 am

I work shift work, so some days i might be on the road at 1am or other days later. Some shifts i am riding to work in the afternoon. So for me depending on what shift can be any hour of the day or night.
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Postby queequeg » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:21 am

I am working early starts/early finishes at the moment, so I am leaving home at 5:45am to be in the office at 7am. My commute is 26km each way. I see a couple of other cyclists on route, but I ususally see no other cyclists until I am at least half way to work!
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Postby csy75 » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:21 am

6am on my commute for the early starts I do...it means little traffic, less buses in the bus lane to the city so i can sit in it most of the way in for a very quick ride in. on the ride home i wouldn't dare take military road back to manly ( side streets for me! ).

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Postby jasonc » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:26 am

I aim to leave at 5:45. Sometimes it's earlier, rarely later. In Brissy that means I don't need to use my lights til about april or may

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Postby DaveOZ » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:34 am

I start at 6:30 so I leave early too. I love that time of day.

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Postby Schmenz » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:59 am

wow everyone seems to go earlier than i thought!

5:30 for me
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Postby J-Tim » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:12 am

I try to start before 6am. That way, there are still not too many motorists trying to get in or out of their cars by the time I get to Inner West.
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Postby Mugglechops » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:11 pm

I leave anytime between 5.20 and 6.15 all depending on far I want to ride.

I start at 7.15

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Postby blossy84 » Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:28 pm

It depends on the day and how early I want to be (or if I want to ride a little extra)... I start work at 8:30am so I can latest I can leave is 7:50am. Only take me 20 odd minutes to get to work, but then I like to have a shower and cool down etc.
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Postby KonaCommuter » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:16 pm

4.30 am to allow for things to go wrong, if they don’t (touch wood) then I get plenty of time to cool down and eat breaky.


I start at 5.30am, my ride takes about 15 min give or take. But there’s also time to be added to get changed and to lock up my bike.
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Postby Sydguy » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:46 pm

Gym mornings kick off at 6am for the 18km ride to gym. Normal no gym morning can leave as late as 6:45am.

Wednesdays will be crazy day, kick off at 5:1o or 5:15 to get to ride start point, cycle into city, out to Bondi and then back to city and the dreaded work station.

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Postby Xplora » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:27 pm

Interesting how the big commuters are leaving well before sparrow's fart... I leave around 7:30-45 for a 8:50 start, 20 clicks in. Mainly to ensure I've got time for a rinse, I seem to get in within 50 minutes most days.

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Postby DavidS » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:25 pm

Geez you lot must all be morning people.

I start at 9 so leave around 8 to 8.10 and get to work pretty much on time. I'm crap in the mornings so a ride in is a good idea. That said I normally go to bed about 12.30-1am.

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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?

Postby biftek » Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:11 pm

when i do shift work it's 2:35am leave time for commute of about 5k's to work, get to work in plenty of time , sit around have a chat have a few cups of milk,

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Postby Baalzamon » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:40 pm

7am typically, if I use my touring bike however I need to leave 6:45. I start at 8:30
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?

Postby PB12IN » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:39 pm

6 on tuesday to start at 7, 5 on wednesday to start at 6. (I only work 2 days a week :D )

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Postby KonaCommuter » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:12 pm

DavidS wrote:Geez you lot must all be morning people.


I’m most definitely not a morning person but I do like getting home at 2.30 :D
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?

Postby Dropbear20 » Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:02 am

I usually leave anytime between 6 and 7. It depends on what time I go to bed, and how many times I hit the snooze button in the morning. I don't start until 9 but if I leave any later than 7 I risk missing out on a spot in the bike locker down stairs. I've been leaving closer to 7 lately as I ease my way back into commuting but this morning there were only a few spots left.
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Postby duncanm » Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:27 pm

Xplora wrote:Interesting how the big commuters are leaving well before sparrow's fart... I leave around 7:30-45 for a 8:50 start, 20 clicks in. Mainly to ensure I've got time for a rinse, I seem to get in within 50 minutes most days.
Not this little black duck.

When driving in, I always leave before 6:45 to miss traffic (which isn't really that early).

Cycling is more traffic agnostic, so I can sleep in (no specific requirement to be at work by a time) and don't leave till ~7:30 or later (depending on when the youngest pushes me out of bed for her breakfast)

Having said that, I did have to come in early the other day; left at 5:40 and the ride in was bliss! Very little traffic, so I took all the main roads and cut 20min out of my 25k ride in!

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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?

Postby Christina Brinkmann » Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:12 pm

I leave at 4-45am (no a little dark, no DLS) to fit in a 2km sea-swim on the way :D . Get to work just after 7am. Try to leave work by 3-30pm to miss the 5pm traffic. Home brew about 5-30pm!

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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?

Postby Rex » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:39 pm

On the rode by 5:30am and in the office by 7am.

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Postby rokwiz » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:56 am

Xplora wrote:Interesting how the big commuters are leaving well before sparrow's fart... I leave around 7:30-45 for a 8:50 start, 20 clicks in. Mainly to ensure I've got time for a rinse, I seem to get in within 50 minutes most days.
Was interested in your comment as you must assume all commuters work in offices ! 9-5 !
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?

Postby Jezza75 » Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:48 pm

I leave by 6:30am to be at my desk showered and caffinated by 8:30. I also include a 10 minute buffer for changing flats ALTHOUGH since changing to Schwalbe Ultremo DD's, I havent had any flats going to work..
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