Did yer have far to come?
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Postby casual_cyclist » Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:29 am
I am lucky too because they have awesome end of trip facilities where I work.
Cheers
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Postby familyguy » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:59 am
Crows Nest - Cromer via Spit Bridge and North Sydney Council guided cycleways: 19.00km each way
Crows Nest - Cromer via Roseville Bridge and Frenches Forest: about the same, more climbs
I dont do it that often, but aiming for once a fortnight. No showers at work so its wet towel and deodorant!
Jim
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Postby gdl_gdl » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:23 pm
Will make the return trip tomorrow as son's birthday means I have to be home at a reasonable time or else!
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Postby giwi2 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:48 pm
I find though that I end up going the long way (about 15km) cos the direct run ends up annoying me that it is not enough time on the bike.
In fact i reckon if i had a good run on my bike (as in tried hard) on the direct route i could alomost beat myself driving to work (assuming the traffic was heavy and i got reds at all 3 sets of lights)
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Postby Tale » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:44 pm
Good on you. Over the next few weeks it'll become a bit less of a workout, but remain really good for you. It'll become something you love about your day, but still a mental battle to make yourself do it. And you'll get the time down!suzieQ wrote:9kms each way
as a newbie I'm finding it a definite workout but not so difficult that it's beyond me, just looking forward to getting the speed/time down now!
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Postby Gregory_carroll » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:03 pm
21km (1hr) home down the beach bike path.
To be honest I'm happy to take the time hit on the way home to take in a bit of scenery!!
Been doing it for 4 years and the novelty hasn't worn off. Anyone noticed that you can nail it the whole way, kill yourself and shave a whole 2 mins off your normal hour commute time? bloody laws of physics
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Postby singlespeedscott » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:20 pm
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Postby rjk » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:16 pm
i carry laptop and clothes in panniers about 15kg of gear
i am 52 havent ridden for 10 years as i have a f**n big hill at my front door makes cycling home an absolute pain
But i cheat now i have an elctric assisted bicycle, feel fit and healthy now
i would add the picture of it but i dont know how as i am new here
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Postby lukas » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:59 pm
I stay adjacent to the Illawarra rail line until Wolli Creek where I cross the Princes Highway and go down Qantas drive on the bikepath. Up Coward then left onto Bourke Rd and I'm just about there.
Alternatively I can go through Sydenham, near Enmore then through Sydney Uni.. this way has more hills.
Haven't commuted for a month or two though.. Will probably get back into it once daylight savings disappears and I can't ride after work.
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Postby RobRollin » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:48 pm
Got up and raced out the door, nice morning, slight wind. Hardly any traffick on the roads or bike track.
10.84kms this morning in 21mins took it easy. Still avg 30.1kmh.
Ride home will be a training ride of 42kms. Round trip today of 52.84kms.
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Postby ColinOldnCranky » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:15 pm
Plus whatever special circumstance applies like detour to doctors appointment, detour to shops, etc.
My wife brings in a truckload of shirts on request and takes the old hangers. Daks are drycleaned at work.
Never any grief from the train staff. Never any grief from motorists. Never any grief from other cyclists. Some grief from my kids who get embarrassed when a teacher says "I saw your dad on the path at...". that's not important, they embarrass me all the time.
It works really well.
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Postby Unko » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:53 pm
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Postby DaNmAn » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:38 pm
5 days = 160km a week
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Postby Master of Sinanju » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:27 pm
Reasonably flat, mix of shared path and on-road (mostly path inbound, mostly on road homeward).
I've only got the one bike (2003 NRS) so it's a bit slower than a roady but I like the option to transit from road to off-road in an emergency. Usually about 45 minutes each way plus a little on days with the child trailer for the first 2.5km.
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Postby ColinOldnCranky » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:03 pm
I took a ride on Saturday morning and ended up finishing in the city (Perth) at my regular weekday haunt at Sassys on Swan for a coffee. That's a fraction over 14km in, averaging 11kph. Rode about three km around the shore area before taking the train to Canning Bridge, hopping off and riding the rest ofthe way home, all up abut 28km over an elapsed time of 3 hours, and, surprisingly, the bum wasn't too bad at all! There being noreally siginificant hills and slopes and zero wind at this time iof year, it's not that big a task, just time consuming.
I got a half dozen "hello colin's" as riders flashed past me but I only recognised one so sorry if I should have done better. However I suspect some were members of this forum who, reasonably enough bearing in mind the nature of my fixed wheel, assumed who I was. Hi to you all anyway.
I reckon I have managed in excess of 120km over the last week and a bit, which is really starting to look respectable. Methinks it's time I washed the sheepskin cover though.
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Postby Aushiker » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:21 pm
You weren't out on the SOR Freeway PSP by any chance early Thursday morning? I passed a uni rider between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM.ColinOldnCranky wrote:I got a half dozen "hello colin's" as riders flashed past me but I only recognised one so sorry if I should have done better. However I suspect some were members of this forum who, reasonably enough bearing in mind the nature of my fixed wheel, assumed who I was. Hi to you all anyway.
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