lengh of commute

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length of your commute each way

0-5ks
16
11%
6-10ks
45
30%
10-15ks
91
60%
 
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby RideLikeTheWind » Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:36 pm

I ride Penrith to Burwood via the M4, then Parramatta Road to James Ruse Drive and back onto the M4 to Parramatta Road. All up, it's 43km. The fastest ride I have done is 1hr 12m, but the average is 1hr 15m.

The ride is pretty easy though, almost no hills above 3% and the shoulder is pretty wide. I know people think I am crazy for riding on the M4, but to be honest I find it better than many other roads in the area.

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Re: lengh of commute

Postby SquareWheels » Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:48 pm

I ride 23 km from Spearwood WA, to Bentley WA. About 2/3rds of it on the kwinana freeway PSP. The start is hills..uggh and I can usually get along at around 26km/h but today almost killed me for some reason (may have been the excessively heavy backpack full of cloths for work) and only managed to 21.7km/h. I was pretty disappointed with that. I like the ride but really detest the fact that the morning is always a headwind and in the afternoon it has swung nicely around and is.....a headwind.

oh well there is still the trip home this afternoon
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby heuston » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:05 am

Toongabbie to Sydney CBD 34.5 kms bit under 1.5hrs
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby michael_w » Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:35 pm

I catch the train from Upwey to Box Hill and ride to St Kilda Rd or Abbotsford. Bot hare about 18km each way on a mix of road/bike track. On the road alone to Abbotsford it's only 12km - so it's a 50% increase on the path.

Some days I ride the 45-50km (depending on the route). The last 5km are the killer on the way home.
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby matt_h1 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:31 pm

Generally I go up through Marrickville via Livingstone, then cut across back streets to Crystal, run along Parramatta Rd till I hit Pyrmont Bridge Rd, then that takes me over the bridge and into work just on the other side of the harbour :)
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby pakula » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:33 pm

26kms each way with hills, or 30kms with one hill.

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Re: lengh of commute

Postby B'Ridin » Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:22 pm

Started up the commute now the humidity has (kinda) dropped off again, 11km each way and being Darwin its pretty well all flat. Its not far but it almost killed me on the first ride last week! Amazing how quick the body wakes up to it though - might have to try the extended version tonight
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby kunalraiker » Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:30 pm

Maidstone to Melbourne, 13Kms
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby mnh86 » Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:52 pm

My commute is anywhere between 29kms and 44 kms each way from Kwinana,WA to Fremantle,WA

I can choose either the flatish Kwinana PSP with river views and 3 or 4 hills at the end (44kms) or the 30cm shoulder along Cockburn Rd with ocean views and minimal hills (29 kms).

I like to change it up a bit so it doesn't get boring.
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby Rex » Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:46 pm

mnh86 wrote:My commute is anywhere between 29kms and 44 kms each way from Kwinana,WA to Fremantle,WA

I can choose either the flatish Kwinana PSP with river views and 3 or 4 hills at the end (44kms) or the 30cm shoulder along Cockburn Rd with ocean views and minimal hills (29 kms).

I like to change it up a bit so it doesn't get boring.


Nice commute. Kwinana to Henderson isn't the safest of routes, although it does have a nice shoulder with a lot of road crap on it.
Have you tried Kwinana PSP to Cockburn then left onto Beeliar straight through to Cockburn Rd? It's a lumpy but fast cross to Cockburn that sees less heavy haulage.

My regular commute is from Piara Waters to Perth CBD. Jandakot Rd then straight up the Kwinana PSP into the city which is 30kms for me.
Once or twice a week I'll do something different like the above straight to Cockburn Rd then through Dalkeith into the CBD or lately I go to Freo via Berrigan/Northlake/Forrest Rd then go up Curtin Ave then into Subiaco for 45km's.

I get very bored of the same route every day.
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Re: lengh of commute

Postby franjae » Thu May 09, 2013 8:48 am

SquareWheels wrote:I ride 23 km from Spearwood WA, to Bentley WA. About 2/3rds of it on the kwinana freeway PSP. The start is hills..uggh and I can usually get along at around 26km/h but today almost killed me for some reason (may have been the excessively heavy backpack full of cloths for work) and only managed to 21.7km/h. I was pretty disappointed with that. I like the ride but really detest the fact that the morning is always a headwind and in the afternoon it has swung nicely around and is.....a headwind.

oh well there is still the trip home this afternoon


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