Commuting - Do you use your bike?

[Im-a-Ridah]

Do you commute on your bike?
How far do you commute?
What is your job?

[damz]

yes
2 milesish
pizza hut

takes around 5 or 10 mins depending on time, hate public transport and i gave up on cars when i passed the bike test.

i'd only commute by car when its shit weather and cold as i cant imagine waking up early to get to work/college/uni when the weather is shit is any good.
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[keyser soze]

yes
about 17 miles there and 15 miles back
van driver so I get paid to sit in traffic. so I won't in my time.

[Marcg868]

Yes
20 miles there and back (Student Nurse Placements & Uni) or 9 miles at the Nursing home.
Student Nurse & Care Assistant.
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[iooi]

Oh yes....

20 miles each way and what a joy to pass all the muppets in the "Q's"

Work wise, making money
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[Whosthedaddy]

Commute in the city on the trusty little 100 2t scooter. Its only a 10 mile round trip or so but is only 40mph all the way so does me proud.
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[SlimRick]

Yup - 18 miles each way on a ZZR600. It rocks!
IT consultant / project manager.

[b-f-c]

16 miles each way, all year round & I'm a design engineer

[neil.]

Yep, 32.1 miles (according to sat nag) each way all year round and I'm a Music Technician/Apple Certified Trainer (Logic 8). And what about the OP, eh?
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[thewildblue]

Yep,

3 days a week = 25miles each way

2 days a week = 60miles each way round the M25 and into London.

IT contractor...

[MarJay]

I use my bike when it is dry. Its about 8 miles away, and I work for a company that makes broadcast equipment.
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[kingrico]

My place of work is about a mile an a half away from where I live but I still use the bike , walking is such an outdated mode of transport these days, especially when your lazy, like me.

[TheFoxyDuke]

Very occasionally.

Work as a Community Nurse so have a Grand Cherokee as my work car and get 44p per mile allowance from the NHS which effectively means i don't pay a penny for petrol

Sometimes take patients along so a Ducati wouldn't be that appropriate (or safe ).

However, if I'm office based for the day then I sometimes ride along. 8 miles there and back. Don't mind sitting in the office in Kevlar jeans and a base layer t-shirt.

FoxyD.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Unemployed I.T. whore, last job was was only 2.5 miles away and prior to that the main office was 40 miles away. Used the bike whenever I didn't need to wear a suit or wasn't absolutely pissing down on the way there. Didn't really care what the weather was doing on the way back as I'd change when I got in.
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[Darth]

Yup, unless weather is really shitty or i need the car to lump something/someone around too.

About a 20 mile round trip.

Warehouse supervisor for an Oilfeild chemical company
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[yen_powell]

Always!

52 miles each way, my 12th year of this particular commute, bum starting to hate me. The petrol station know my numberplate by heart.

45 minutes on the bike, or up to 3 hours in a car (someone always dies and has a motorway closed around him when I get car keys out). They decided to put my office on top of Blackwall Tunnel which goes wrong every few hours and blocks east London.

On my bike I can laugh at the concerned faces around me at work when they look out the window at standstill chaos.

Traffic Engineer and general tea maker.
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[robbieguy2003]

Yep as much as possible.
Distance is 140 miles round trip.
I work in the office/client locations a couple of days a week and other days work from home.

I'm a Solutions Architect (IT/Business based).

I'll take the car if the weathers really crap (30mph+ winds or heavy rain) as currently only have leathers rather than any decent waterproofs. Also have my laptop/suite in a large rucksack to get changed at the other end so ideally dont want to get it too wet.
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[TheFoxyDuke]

[Dezeaz]

Mon-Fri All year
10 Miles each way

Electronic Design Engineer

I do have access to a car but it gets boring!

[Feasty]

Yes.
10 miles each way 5 days a week.
Technical helpdesk support.

The only reason I ever got into biking was for the commute, I used to have to take 2 buses to get to work and 2 back again, and it would take me an average of 1.5 hrs every day to get there and then another 1.5hrs to get back again. The bike takes 25mins and worked out cheaper than the bus until I decided a moped was too slow and dangerous!
I ride whatever the weather except for 1 or 2 days this year of serious snowy/icy conditions that could've killed me. Today it's absolutely pissing it down and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride in, I'm just annoyed my recently new jacket lets water in at one specific point every time, making it look like my belly button is leaking!!
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(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[Acemastr]

Yes
12miles each way all year round
IT Analyst
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[robbieguy2003]

[The Tot]

1.2 miles each way; usually 3 times a day!

Reason; I live just off campus, but my department is on the other end! It gets me to lectures in style whilst setting off the speed trap readings in campus; why? Cos it's a private road and I've paid the privilege of using it (bloody useless permit).

We'll it's not as bad as when I used to live 1km away and still commuted on my Ninja!

That pretty much sums up how lazy uni students are.
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[Mal]

Yes.

40 miles each way, every day in all weathers (except snow/ice).

Computer programmer
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[wizzzard]

Use the bike all year round whatever the weather. The only thing that stops me is if i have to do deliveries in which case its a sexy white transit

Its only eight miles either way but the traffic is usually at a standstill for four of those miles.
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