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I started my musical theatre course today...
Bought a bike yesterday and decided to ride it the couple of miles to college in Springburn. Google maps said it was only 15 minutes away on bike... Bull
Took me an hour and fifteen minutes and I got a bit lost. Was late to my first day, knackered myself out AND had a ballet lesson first thing.
Does anyone else ride a bike to work/school/college? I don't think I'm quite fit enough to do it yet!
i was thinking of doing it for my second year at uni cos the house i'm moving into is like an hours walk away but i don't think i am or ever will be able to do it lol. i'd get tired after 5 minutes and can't be dealing with being sweaty when i get there
I know a guy who unicycles (uphill!) to uni lmao
there's some super weird lad that lives here and he drives a unicycle EVERYWHERE
get a car ;l
I sort of have... I cycled to the station and then from the other station to uni. Thought about cycling the whole way but effort
Within a week of buying my first road bike I decided at 14 mile ride to work would be easy, but that I'd set myself an extra hour or so in case anything went wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimmy
It did, I had flat tyres for the majority of the journey so it took me like 3 hours to get there.
I got lost, so a 14 mile ride turned into that of an 18 mile ride.
I was an hour late for work. I ached.
But then because of that, once I was shown the route home it was easy in comparison.
I lost that fitness however, and would struggle again. xD
I used to do a paperround and found it was quicker to walk it than it was on the bike (lot of getting up and off as well as being unfit so having to stop to give my legs a rest). When the recession hit, our family was hit rather hard and we couldn't afford bus fare. I started walking to school which took bout half hour, then to college which took an hour then to uni which took an hour and a half to train station then another 20 minutes to get to uni. I actually liked doing it, it was a good time to think and it woke me up. Doing it on a bike would've killed me lol
This is exactly what I did on the way home today because no way was i trying that againQuote:
Originally Posted by FlyingJesus
From where I think you're travelling from to Springburn?
Not 15 minutes, 15 minutes by car maybe.
i walk a mile to work everyday and a mile back if i have a half day
It's not where you think it is. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mikey
Definitely a 15 minute bike ride (according to maps)
says it's a 9 min car ride and a 40 minute walk
That difference seems a little awkward haha. How fast is Google Maps expecting you to ride?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimmy
A bike ride that took me an hour and 10 mins excluding stopping at lights/traffic is apparently 1 hr 14 mins by bicycle and 30 mins without traffic by car.
Only a 6 minute difference doesn't seem enough xD
and walk is like 4 hrs + 32 mins lololol
Probably like a professional cyclist... In reality, it takes me about 35-40 minutesQuote:
Originally Posted by Hannah
I can't ride my bike sadly ( I would though) You should continue bike riding. I bet you might have taken a longer way by accident well good luck. I know some people ride bikea to my school, but they might get hit by a car easily since its near a really busy street.
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Google maps was about spot on when I was cycling home from work for a while. It said it would take 28 minutes to cycle 5 miles and I was doing it in about 30-35. Admittedly it took a bit longer the first day or two while I found the right roads to go on, bloody thing telling you to turn too early ://
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I like cycling but won't cycle on the roads so I stick to pavements. Haven't gone on bike for ages though as friend who usually does is away atm.