Bike Commuting Long Distances? How To Do It
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2020
- Does your job have you bike commuting long distances from home? If you live several miles from work can you still bike commute to work? We can't all move close to work but there is hope!
5 tips for how to bike commute longer distances!
1. Alternate days. Bike some days. Drive or take the bus or train other days.
2. Drive or take the bus or train part of the way and bike the final mile.
3. Drive or take the bus or train one way and bike the other.
4. Avoid rush hour. Bike early in the morning or later in the evening.
5. Use an e-bike (electric bike).
How long is a long bike commute? 1 hour? 2 hours? Let me know in the comment section below and thanks for watching!
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my bike ride to work was 18 miles. it took me 1 hour and 30 minutes. i did it every two or three days in a week. loved it. i am retired now, but still ride my bike almost daily.
I did a long bike commute, 24 miles for 5 years before I lost my job at the Airport one way. It was overnight when the buses weren't running. Did it in all sorts of weather. The total commute was one way was 2:35hr.
Make sure that you have your Gatorade bottles full, spare lights, and go up and down multiple ways to find the rights routes and alternatives when you're preferred route is blocks, or in my chase, flooded for it was a bike path built in the flood zone.
Wow! That's a ton of riding! You must have been exhausted by the end of the week! Or did you get into amazing shape?
I respect that ride. I’m nervous to do 5 lol 😂 and here you are doing 24 miles.
When I changed jobs last year, my commute to work became a lot longer. I managed to lessen the distance by changing my route slightly, but I was still faced with a bicycle commute of over an hour. I was also climbing steeper grades of hills. So, I bought a new Trek e-bike to commute back and forth to work with - my problem was solved. Then the pandemic struck, and suddenly all those foul smelling internal combustion machines vanished from the roadways. I was cycling in paradise, but good things never last forever. Those cancer causing jalopies are increasing in numbers now as more people venture out onto public fareways.
cancer causing jalopies, lol
One thing about this Pandemic... your videos now have a lot more people cycling and walking. I used to think you lived in a Zombie Apocalypse...
54 mile round trip commute. I either use an e-bike or I take the bus part-way. It's long but the plus side is that it is a total dream commute, like 50 of those miles are on rail-trails. That's the one nice thing about Minneapolis metro.
Central Park NYC- (for those interested)
Traffic flows both East and west through the park. The west side of the park (Central Park West) traffic flows both North and South on the outer edge. The East side of the park (5th Ave) runs south only.
I have a long commute. It is twenty miles for the round trip and takes about an hour each way. The goal is to commute by bike two days each week. I watch your videos for tips and inspiration. Ride on BB.
10 miles is about 17km. You could get that down to about 35-45 minutes with proper training.
A hour would be my upper limit one way, which would be about 24-28km distance one way 5x a week would be doable and fairly easy enough once you adapt to it.
Sounds dumb but ride your bike more and it'll get easier. I live in a fairly busy area with traffic and not that friendly of roads with about 100m elevation per 10km.
Much like BB said if you can leave your stuff at work it'll save you SO MUCH effort and time. The difference between my roadie and my touring bike is about 8km/hour and about 25% effort difference.
My bike commute is 26km one way and takes me about 1hr10mins. Decent amount of climbing so its a pretty intense exercise first thing in the morning. I still can't commit to riding in the rain though haha.
Hey, it is warmer to bike commuting while it is raining hahaha. Mee too, 26km one way. Cheers!
Mine is 62 miles round trip so I only will do it 2-3 times a week, and only during the summer months. Back roads before the sun comes up can be pretty nerve-wracking. The ride home on the other hand is so great for unwinding.
New subscriber here! Just found your channel and i make similar videos too. I personally ride my fixie everywhere. Even on long distances, i just find the riding of fixed gears on long rides to be rather soothing and helps me clear my mind. Great video man! Looking forward to more!
Seems like a lot of fun. Must be young and strong, though, to ride like that five days a week or so. Great exercise. Some nice looking bike lanes here-and there. Seems like you'd be expending a lot of energy before getting to work, maybe too much, depending on the kind of work you do. Thirty minutes each way would work for me.
BB Greatest hits "On our way to work today" and "Bumpy the bumpy"👍😂 Used to commute, back when we went to work rather than worked from home, and ended up using a backpack, not ideal! Thought about it but glad I didn't buy a specific setup in the end. Would definitely consider a commuting setup if needed in the future though👍 Haha! When in the US people have said to us "You're not from around here are you?" Just because we're walking on the sidewalk 😂 The weirdest one was in Albuquerque when a teacher at a school gate stopped us for a chat, turned out he new the area we live in as he'd been in the UK for university. Spooky!
I'm only going in to the office once a week, so as long as the weather is not colder than 30 deg F or too windy, I bike 20 miles round trip. About 50 minutes to an hour 1 way.
Man, your streets are hella nice! Here in Manila, most streets are narrow and cars don't give you much space which sucks. New subscriber btw! Love your vids! One question though. I use cleat pedals while riding my bike but I'm thinking of using flat pedals to make it easier to commute. I'm torn on what to do at the moment. Badly need your input! Thanks!!
I use platform pedals (flat) because I make a few stops during my commute
Definitely should've invested in a mic for this kind of vlog.
1 hour definitely is long imo. I've never had a commute that took longer than 15 minutes by car, under 10 has been most common. 20 minutes by bike at a not-sweaty pace is pretty comfy.
@36:19 Nope! The stop bar is behind the train tracks! You should wait back there.
You posed a question on long distance commuting. You mentioned 20 - 30 min is about average for commuting. When I commute I travel between 12 - 14 miles each way, 24 - 28 round trip here just north of Ft. Worth, Tx.
Do you use a road bike or hybrid. I live in Fort Worth and thinking about commuting to work. 11 miles one way
@@austinzigzagtati I use a gravel bike (hybrid) for my commutes. It is one of those hybrid road bike/ mtn bike mixes. Road bars, gears and mtn bike geometry. I find it more comfortable for me. Choose what is most comfortable and efficient for you. I can reach my destination in less than an hour, sometimes 45 min. if I push it.
Side Roads a pretty rough man...which city are you? I'm in Melbourne Australia, I'll stop complaining about our suburban roads now.... Cool videos man! For some reason I have been unsubscribed from you channel... SUBSCRIBED again! All the best!
Your streets are so much wider than what we have in NYC
I have two questions. One how do you deal with flat tires? And second how do you deal with riding on higher speed roads where there is no bike lane and sharing thr road with vehicles. That makes me really nervous, especially where I live. Drivers are often hostal towards bikers.
I use a combination of bus and bike to where I need to go.
Me too
I have a habit of when I am not pulling a hill or wind on open road, 90 rpm fire one leg every 1.5 or 2.5 revalutions.
with that intersection with all the traffic..my mom would always say..."who let the cows out"
A note for people who might keep their car overnight at their work:
Ask if it's okay with your work, some parking lots don't allow overnight parking. If they don't find your closet Walmart or similar places.
You gotta go back to pov like the old days bike blogger!
How many miles was this commute? I didn't catch it in the video.
Do you take your lunch with you ? And how do you carry it ?? Thank you very much.
Topic cornering on bike
I don't know about that not-polluting thing. I had German Bean Soup for lunch, and I feel a bout emissions in my future...
For the mixed-mode commute, a folding bike like the classic Brompton, or one of the cheaper alternatives, would be convenient. Especially, the Brompton with one of those front storage bags, can fold up into a piece of ersatz rolling luggage.
I ride a bike instead of driving a car and women really respect it because I'm not polluting, I'm saving money and staying healthy... just kidding they hate it. They want me to have a car so I can drive them around and cater to their needs.
the struggle is real
Bike Blogger, you ask us to let you know about our commutes, and then you did not respond. Not even a heart :>( But, we still love you, even if you don't love us back. Happy Trails!
Hi Bike Blogger,i'm interested how many drivers in your city friendly to cyclists or no and conflicts rarely occur with drivers?
I live in the same city as bb and will tell you that no, it is not bike friendly as far as cars are concerned. It's a large, sprawled out city/metro area where people are mostly used to only seeing other cars. It does have a nice, growing number of bike lanes and bike paths.
@@billoberg6716 I live in a city where 300,000 people and here 50% of the drivers are not friendly to cyclists,especially bus drivers,many close pass and cut off situation I am watching.I'm cyclists too,but I ride in the countryside and some drivers too not friendly cyclists,it's makes me angry.I remember one situation, truck driver close pass me,it's very close.
What city/town are you located in?
I think he mentioned st. Louis
is 40km one way manageable?
Man, that's a lot!!! About 1:45 -2:00 one way.
that's a lot for a normal bike but a pedal assist bike or a throttle enabled ebike would handle it well if 35 kph ebikes are allowable where you are. . About a one hour and fifteen minute commute at that speed, so some time, but a lot less exertion than on a regular bike. Thats a commute where you might want to use the "bike one way drive the other way" technique too.
you could also use public transportation part way if your buses have bike racks up front.