It's over!

Bryan <[email hidden]> wrote:

: p.s. just for the record fasted time to work 1hr 19 minutes, faster
: time home 1hr 15 (it's a bit more down hill), number of traffic lights
: en route about 130, number of crashes 2, typical time 1hr 30, time for
: ame journey on tube 1hr 10.

That was some serious commuting. It's that final line that makes it
seem sensible - if it's only 10-20 mins longer than the tube then
that's much easier to justify than if it took an hour longer

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Arthur Clune said:

Bryan <[email hidden]> wrote:

: p.s. just for the record fasted time to work 1hr 19 minutes, faster
: time home 1hr 15 (it's a bit more down hill), number of traffic

lights

Quoted message said:

: en route about 130, number of crashes 2, typical time 1hr 30, time

for

Quoted message said:

: ame journey on tube 1hr 10.

That was some serious commuting. It's that final line that makes it
seem sensible - if it's only 10-20 mins longer than the tube then
that's much easier to justify than if it took an hour longer

Too true, I think that much time on the tube could be worth a whole lot
more cycling time. Especially if you consider how many colds and flu
you can pick up down there.

LSMike said:

Arthur Clune said:

Bryan <[email hidden]> wrote:

: p.s. just for the record fasted time to work 1hr 19 minutes,

faster

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

: time home 1hr 15 (it's a bit more down hill), number of traffic

lights

Quoted message said:

: en route about 130, number of crashes 2, typical time 1hr 30,

time

Quoted message said:

for

Quoted message said:

: ame journey on tube 1hr 10.

That was some serious commuting. It's that final line that makes it
seem sensible - if it's only 10-20 mins longer than the tube then
that's much easier to justify than if it took an hour longer

Too true, I think that much time on the tube could be worth a whole

lot

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more cycling time. Especially if you consider how many colds and flu
you can pick up down there.

I must admit that when it was pouring down in the moring, I was tempted
more often than not by the tube, theres sometihing about arriving cold
and wet, even when you have a shower at work that really doesn't set
you up well for the day. I was never tempted in the middle of summer,
unless I had to be somewhere in London in the evening, stiffling heat
and no air-con, and they say the tube is modern. I must grudgingly
give TFL credit for getting more tubes on the 'delayed' Met line
working recently, when I have used the tube this year, I've only had
one day when it took me over 2 hours to get to work, these used to be
quite frequent (now you can see where the inspiration to cycle came
from)

Bryan

yorky said:

I must admit that when it was pouring down in the moring, I was
tempted more often than not by the tube, theres sometihing about
arriving cold and wet, even when you have a shower at work that
really doesn't set you up well for the day.

I reckon that by the time I've done the 15 minute walk to the tube, at the
very least my feet will be wet and then I have to squelch about for another
40 minutes /and/ put up with the hell that is the Northern Line (Bank
branch). Even worse if my trousers are wet as well. No, don't like that at
all.

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I was never tempted in
the middle of summer, unless I had to be somewhere in London in the
evening, stiffling heat and no air-con, and they say the tube is
modern.

Only /ever/ use the tube for that purpose. King Ken is apparently offering
a Substantial Reward to anyone who can devise an air-con system that can be
retro-fitted to current trains.

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Graham Dean said:

Gosh - that's been some commuting! I'm slowly trying to manage 17

miles a

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day....

I'm currently doing about 150 miles a day.

Unfortunately, about 140 of those miles are by train. :-(

d.

Arthur Clune said:

That was some serious commuting. It's that final line that makes it
seem sensible - if it's only 10-20 mins longer than the tube then
that's much easier to justify than if it took an hour longer

A colleague of mine spends an hour each way on the tube every day, plus
an hour in the gym three or four times a week... I've suggested the
obvious time-saving strategy to her, but it hasn't yet sunk in.

d.