Ride or Cage?

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:14 pm

And that's my point. Why would you want to spend anywhere between 15 - 20% of your waking hours getting somewhere you don't really want to be.

ross79 · Post by **ross79** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:53 pm

I ride to work every day, about 40km each way, takes me 30mins. Driving the car takes about the same.

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:10 pm

drive 1 hr each way..it's farked

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:20 pm

I'm a 45min drive and it's only 15km... Syd trafic is shit where ever you go!!!!

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:26 pm

yea i figure it must be worth ur time to travel 2 hrs a day??

i really hate travelling... for work...

except when i lived in the hills and it was a fuun ride to work...even the ute was fun in the hills!!

QLDZX6R · Post by **QLDZX6R** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:31 pm

Ride 10 mins each way rain or shine,can't lane filter in a car

blackninja · Post by **blackninja** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:37 pm

[quote="NortikittyKat" all depends on how I feel when I wake up...
all depends on if the Gateway is shit house or not....[/quote]

i imagine you would feel nice when you wake up

as for the gateway its shithouse all the time

bonester · Post by **bonester** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:43 pm

I work from home, so I walk to work.

Takes about 30 seconds from upstairs to downstairs, less if I trip down the stairs...

phizog · Post by **phizog** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:42 pm

10 minute ride to work.
50 minute ride to uni.
35 minute ride to uni when riding very illegally.

Ratmick · Post by **Ratmick** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:34 pm

10-12 minutes to the station via car or bike, there's no traffic so it makes no difference except it takes less time to get out the door when taking the car. 15-20 minutes if you have to dodge escaped cows (I budget 20 minutes to get to the station otherwise you end up sprinting to the platform). 25 minutes if you encounter a runaway horse and you have a mexican standoff. +65 minutes on the train (I have sleeping soundly down to a fine art). +5 minutes walk at the city end.

Approx 50-75 mins door-to-door on the bike, depending on how late I leave home. The earlier I leave (to or from) the less time I spend dodging cars and lane-splitting. It's 60-odd minutes in the car on the weekend.

It's 86km one-way, 60-odd of freeway, 26km of traffic, the last three or four km actually in the city centre

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bassmaniac69 · Post by **bassmaniac69** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:36 pm

24km ride evey day when I can, ubless I have to drop off more than one kid at school then its the cage.

esie · Post by **esie** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:57 pm

10-15 minute drive to work, but I ride occasionally, depending on the shift I am on.

5 minute ride to uni - riding to uni saves on $130/annum parking fee, or $5/day.

Barrabob · Post by **Barrabob** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:11 pm

30 km ride to the city daily then i ride around in circles for maybe 8 hours....i am a motorcycle courier....then 30 kms home and i dont own a registered cage.

Average around 210km a day.

ty · Post by ty » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:36 am

Glen wrote:... Once you start getting over an hour you really want to love your job because that' a long time commuting.

That's a bit black and white.
That means you either limit yourself to finding a job within what, 30 minutes(?) of where you live, or you move house to be closer to where you need to work. Moving house seems more in line with loving your job than traveling a distance.

For me, work is in the city/north sydney - there isn't work for me anywhere else (other than other capitals). Couldn't afford to buy a house any closer than Gosford.
So it's where I need to work and where I can afford to live which then sets my travel time. Nothing to do with loving my work (though I don't hate it).

I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat.
ty

Lozza · Post by **Lozza** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:15 am

30 min ride to work.

45 min drive to work.

and work is only 9ks away- have to go though the CBD to get there