Commuting with a bike

[scaryjim]

... They are just so expensive tho

Tell me about it Apparently when we first started thinking about getting foldies to go on holiday my wife went on the website and specced up her ideal Brompton. I think she got very close to £2000! Even second hand basic models can go for upwards of £500. I guess that makes them a reasonable investment, but it makes it hard to get on the ladder...!

I'd consider bromptondock as an alternative if there's one close by: at only £2.50 a day it's a very reasonable price for bike hire. The only issue for me is that they're the L-spec with front luggage clip rather than R-spec, so you have to have special brompton luggage to carry your bikes on them. If they did the R-spec so you could use ordinary panniers they'd be ideal (IMNSHO).

[kopite]

I live in runcorn now so the commute is only about 15-17 miles door to door

I'll either use my road bike (Jammis Xenith Comp 2013) Or might buy another bike to use

With me not using the trains then the need for a foldable bike is no more.

[smashshuttle1]

30 miles isn't so much ;-) I probably would commute that if I had a shower at work.

My country don't even has a decent pathway for bicycle...i envy you folks at the other part of the world...

[Bingomaster]

I do all my miles commuting and have only been "training" properly since Christmas. Ive made great gains by using interval training - isnt Strava a useful tool here. If youve got a 2, 4, and 8 minute segment on your route then work out a plan when you target one or more of these every other commute?