how early in the morning do you start your commute?
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby waramatt » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:18 pm
If it's raining and looks like it'll stop soon, I'll hang back for 30 mins. If still not stopped, on comes the rain jacket and off I go.......
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby Crowella » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:57 pm
When I feel more up to it and need practice for future events, I'll start commuting the entire 104km ride and catch the train the way back.
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby ave a go » Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:02 pm
Can you ride to a train station that is further from home but closer to uni??? That way you could increase the distance as you feel able to go that bit further.Crowella wrote:If I want more km, I just have to get up earlier and do a separate ride.
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Postby BarryTas » Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:08 pm
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby Crowella » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:37 pm
I can extend it to 15km on the first leg but with the amount of sweat I generate with clothes and a heavy backpack, I want to be kinder to people on a crowded 7am train. Not to say I wouldn't do it though since it's so pleasant riding along Gosford waterfront while the sun is coming upave a go wrote:Can you ride to a train station that is further from home but closer to uni??? That way you could increase the distance as you feel able to go that bit further.
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby TailWind » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:08 am
Morning commutes are in full darkness for almost 10 months of the year , but I get to see some daylight in the afternoons, as I try to head back at around 3:15pm.
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby DavidTomic » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:21 pm
My preferred route of late is around 20KM, and takes right around 40-45 minutes, meaning that I need to leave not much later than 7AM.
If I'm late and/or lazy I can take a shorter 10KM route which I can normally knock over in about 20 minutes.
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Postby Blackrock » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:27 pm
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby Verdigriis » Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:39 pm
Anyway, I'm out at 6:30 am on days with an 8am start - 15km commute which on a good day takes me 50min and on a bad one 1hr 10min, with half an hour for a shower/clothing change at work (What can I say - standing under the hot water after the morning ride is fantastic). If I'm starting late (say 9:30) I'll leave around 7:50-8am, but I've found my earlier trip is much quicker. I ride down the upfield train line which crosses about a million roads so cross traffic makes a big difference to my commute time. If I line up with a train on the way in and race it to work everything gets a lot faster...
I kind of like the lack of traffic on Murray road early in the morning too - there's no bike lane for the part I have to ride, and two lanes of peak hour traffic can get fairly intimidating when you're on the road sitting in a lane. And early mornings (like rain and cold) mean less bikes, people and dogs on the paths so you can belt along. And I've found the lightless bike ninja don't come out until the evening generally. So when I make the effort to pry myself out of bed for the early ride it's generally worth it. Especially if I also catch the dawn part way and watch all the balloons over the Melbourne CBD - beautiful!
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Postby Xplora » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:10 pm
Geoff, there is a limit to how far a person can reasonably expect to cycle commute. I'm definitely at the limit of what is reasonable for me.... I do this every day as well.rokwiz wrote:Was interested in your comment as you must assume all commuters work in offices ! 9-5 !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.
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how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby gabrielle260 » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:45 pm
However I seldom leave later than 8 and recently I have left as early as 5.30 to get extra kms in. I live in Glen Iris and work in Docklands. The extra kms are done by taking a detour to Mordialloc and then riding into Port Melbourne before the traffic gets too heavy. Once in Port Melb. I do laps of 11kms or variations thereof around the industrial areas until time for work. As I mentioned in another thread my best so far is 90km before work.
My short term goal is to leave home around 5am and get 100km ridden and at my desk by 9am. The only thing stopping me is getting up that little bit earlier.
Finally - for 8 yrs I ran Spin classes 2 or 3 times a week at 6am and my mornings were centered on my alarm clock. Now I don't set it and I only do those extra kms if I wake naturally. I feel so much better as a consequence!
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby greeny23 » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:04 pm
you people leaving at 4 are mad.
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby giantguy » Tue May 01, 2012 9:44 pm
This means I need to leave home at 5:20 am with the ride taking 30 - 35 minutes to do the either 9 km or 11km route. I am still getting used to waking up, drink a quick coffee and off I ride into the dark.
I didn't think I would see any other cyclists at that time but have seen a few early riders around the Edgewater station area. I am also amazed at how many people walk the streets in the dark at that time of the morning.
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Re: how early in the morning do you start your commute?
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Wed May 02, 2012 5:48 pm
The rest of the time I would mostly be leaving home a few minutes before 6.
After thirty or forty minutes having coffee I get to work around 8am, give of take. Cycling does NOT save me time, though I still wouldn't do without it.
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