Commuting Profile

[Suzuki]

On my way to work this morning, I was imagining all the other bikers in the country making their way to work, and wondered what sort of journeys they had.
Nice twisty backroads? Boring motorway? Hectic city traffic?

So, I decided to put this poll/thread up to find out!

My commute includes some 30mph town driving, some NSL A roads in the countryside, 15 miles of motorways (M5 and M42), some 40mph dual carriageway, and then a bit of industrial estate.
However, if the motorways are really bad, or it's just a really nice hot day, I'll take the long route round the outside of the motorways through the few twisties that there are around here.

How about you?
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[firefox]

whats work

[Davo]

My normal commute involves:

1 Mile of busy town riding
2 miles of twisty roads
3 miles of Motorway
18 miles of Back Roads
1 Mile of Dual Carriage ways
Back to 2 miles of twisty backroads

Takes me about an 30 minutes by bike.

People think I'm strange for turning up to work with a smile.

[feef]

15 miles of back-roads, thru villages and with some nice bendy bits.

about 3 miles of A-14 filtering/slaloming and a couple of miles of main road in-town filtering to the office.

on the whole, a nice routs

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[Finglonga]

Ok...

10miles of country lanes
6Miles of duel carrageway
20Yards of carpark.
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[Rookie]

2 miles of bendy back roads and 8 miles of the A38/Cheddar bypass.

[Bendy]

Short blast from the bed to the door, then a fearsome left/right, long drag along the landing and a hairpin to my computer.

[kawakid]

My mate has the best commute, something like 40 miles over tops of Holmfirth along snake pass every day.
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[Lawnie]

My last commute was a mixture of 30, 40, 50, and national limits. Mostly A road (A4 and Bristol ring road).

I used to get to ~180 miles before I was warned of low fuel (3.5L reserve) on this route. Currently, my biking is mainly pottering about local roads and into town, except for the occasional longer trip involving A roads/motorways. This figure has now plummeted to ~150
Just shows what lots of stopping and starting, low gear work, and idling in traffic can do.

[dainesefreak]

A road, country B road, A road, Dual Carriageway and Business Park in that order. All comes to about 11-12 miles, but can add another 50 miles of B roads to that if the mood takes me on the way home.

[SimonB]

Thats a bit strange because I was thinking the same thing this morning as well! I only have to travel about 6-7 miles mostly town driving.

My route consists of couple of very straight 30 and 50 speed limit roads and then a town centre and a bit of an industrial estate.
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[Itchy]

4 miles of Suburbia , through some minor towns, then 6 miles of busier built up slums and industrial areas and 0.5 miles of city centre to where I park.

the stop start low gear filtering (at highish speed to utilise the engine brake) , utterly crushes my MPG though , £23 can get me 300 miles on motorway work, £11 has been getting me in and out 5 days a week.
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[veeeffarr]

5 miles straight line down a A Road, and then a roundabout.

What fun.

[Lawnie]

[CoronaBoner]

2 miles of the finest pot holes in the SE.
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[beast rider]

My way to work is pretty boring, about 4 miles through slight town traffic.

Now coming home is a different matter, it only takes me 10mins to get to work and 45 to get home.

I love working lates i finish at 1am and the roads are empty.

[NSR Mick]

1 mile to the motorway 28 miles of the M6, M65, M61, M60 and M602 then 1/2 a mile to the office. All in the car though.
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[TheShaggyDA]

"Between projects" at the moment, but usually...

4 miles country lanes
1 mile dual carriageway
30 miles motorway*
4 miles country lanes
1 mile town

* which is why I sold the Enfield.
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[89CBRChris]

about 1/2 mile to the motorway then 20 miles M25 + 10 miles M40/A40
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[LustyLew]

My ride is 9.2 miles of South London's finest congested roads.

Still, I'm damn good at it. When it comes to twisty country lanes however, I'm embarrasingly crap!
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[chris___]

A boring one mile walk down a main road.
Unless I'm at my GFs in which case its 3 miles of Nottingham city centre followed by 6 miles of town riding - great
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[Dan 4RR]

Hi, it's a mixture of country roads, twistys, NSL single carriage ways, A + B roads through villages and towns.

[Dazbo666]

3 or 4 miles of residential areas, in 30 - 40mph areas
then another 3 or 4 miles of inner city riding
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