Whats your average speed?

How long do you recon it will take to do 8.4 miles?

 

far too long....get a taxi to the boozer

 

lol, new leaf in my life, get fit and healthy and save me a wadge in train fairs!

 

Not that long to be honest mate, is it flat or up/down hill much? Tho to be honest when walking or driving you dont notice as much as on a bike.

A while ago when all my cars were fucked I used to ride my bike to my Mrs's house 10miles a day every night (5miles each way), was up and down hills the whole way, nothing killer on foot, but riding a bike fast as fuck you sure noticed it.

used to take i dunno, half hour i think but riding fast (if its relativley flat you will be able to ride fast as fuck and no effort, but gradiants you feel much more than youd think and you will end up going slower for a bit), was fooked for 10mins once got there just because of the hills, but keeps you well fit, and like you said, costs fuck all.

 

Depends if you ride hard all the way, if so not long at all! probably 30 mins or so!

 

i do the ride to work every day 7.5 miles each way climb for about 2 miles on a moderate climb then slight downill for 1/2 mile and rest flat takes me 22 mins and i ride quick big ring 9th all the way on the flat up hill big ring 4th

hope that helps but as said above you wouldn't think stuff was as steep as it is once your on the bike

 

I average about 27ish km /h on the commute into work chap - 21k ride (each way)- thats on a mountain bike (normal gearing) with slicks:



8 Miles shouldn't take you any mroe than half hour at most mate, but it depends on how often you ride etc.... - you could be mega fit, but being bike fit is something completely different!

 

So long as it saves me Ł180 on train fair and gets me there in less than an hour and a half door to door I'm happy

Its a bit of a mixed ride, but not to many hills, one steep one and a couple of light ones.

Im gonna die the first week or so I think, but then... hopefully Ill get my fitness back up

 

Remember to take a couple of spare tubes, pump, and tyre leavers in your back mate - just in case!

 

When I bought a bike last summer my arse was in agony, I had to move from one cheek to the other every other minute. And I was getting nowhere. But, come the end of the summer and I could ride to my friends house along the prom at full speed and I wasn't even out of breath when I arrived!

It's hard at first, but does get easier, Benni.

 

Off topic, but what slicks are you using there (make/width) as I'm on the hunt for a narrower set than the Conti 1.6's I'm using at the moment.

 

Pro-comps I think they are - 1", made by Specalized )

 

Cheers for that

Oh and I've always wanted to say this line from Terminator 2

"Say, nice bike!"

 

Nice bike, I will stick with the normal tyres to start with then when the summer comes along get the slicks. Nice bike that.

Mine arrives at halford on monday, its one of the first 20 in the country, a full carbon hard tail Carrera Titan 20" bike, costing me Ł550 though the company scheme, normally its Ł1,000!!!!

Yep gonna get plenty of gear to take, lights, pump, spare tubes ect!

 

slicks make a massive diffrence i love mine and mine are wide too there 2.3 but were free so am not bothered they roll a lot quicker than any of my other tyres too

 

I cycle just over 20 miles one way. It takes under an hour if I push, and just over if I keep a moderate pace. That is on a really nice Colnago racing bike though.

 

When you change from off road tyres to slicks it's like riding another bike....

 

i ride every day to and from work 7 mile round trip 3 and half each way!as said u will notice to little hills etc that u never thought was there!my journey is quite hilly! takes me 10 odd minutes but the first few weeks it was horrible!!plus the wind is always against u!and the wind makes alot of difference to the effert u have to put in!!i ride a mountain bike but still got off road tryes which dont help but u will get alot fitter and saves u alot of money