I Can't Cycle To Work...Or Can I?

Have you got any tips for cycling to work? 🚲

I can't cycle to work - I work from home and my wife won't let me ride my bike in the house!

Love the timing of 'cyvle lanes are crap' line promptly followed by a van being parked in the cycle lane!

I bike-commute 40km in the morning and then use a bike-train combination to get home at night. It's very good!

When the shower at work became unuseable there was a reluctance to spend the money to get it fixed. A friend and I came up with a solution to get the funding to get it fixed. We told boss that if it wasn't fixed we'd just have to stay in our lycra. It got fixed on health and safety grounds. My legs were deemed to be a saftey hazzard!

Regarding fitness, when I started I had to stop twice each way. A few minutes off the bike drinking some water and I was ready to go. After 2 weeks I didn't need to stop anymore.

Find couple of ordinary people who are sure they can't cycle to work and help them overcome the fear/obstacles - would be an interesting experience and I'm sure will make a great video. Thanks for the videos , GCN! You're awesome!

I started cycling to work at age 52 the 1st couple of weeks were hard I sounded more like a steam train when i got to my destination. Its only 4.5 miles but now 18 months or so later I can do over 40 miles. I used Strava that I found good for motivation, mentally I split my commute into stages and congratulated myself on reaching the end of that section. Another thing i did to avoid heavy traffic 1st thing was to set off really early when the roads are empty to gain confidence, if you have to turn into heavy traffic its ok to get off and push your bike over a pedestrian crossing. Once you get into it it is a brilliant start and finish to a day at work

A tip for all. Stick front and rear lights on for your commute. Really helps! Been riding through the city Belfast for over 25 years. Despite drivers reading the paper, eating bowls of cereal, using phones and smoking grass, I've only been knocked down once lol. It's honestly still fantastic! Hectic, mental day? ...after a ride home it'll be nowhere near as bad! Get out and enjoy!

I live in a region that is not cycling friendly. I have had coworkers that were hit by cars and killed. Others that were hit and badly injured but survived. Our roads have almost zero cycling lanes and when you do find cycling lanes, they only stretch on about a mile or so, then you are back to no lanes. We have people cursing at us for slowing them down because of cycling on a narrow road. We have people throwing things at us and threatening us. We have hyper distracted drivers, looking at cell phones, smoking, drinking coffee, etc. It's not about being scared to ride, it is a genuine risk every time you ride on the open roads with car drivers.

I used to have a a long bike commute - 13 Miles (20 K). I was fortunate. I had someplace to shower and change. You might want to explore gyms near your place of work. It worked for me for over 20 years. Biking put me in an obnoxiously good mood, both at work and at home.

My cycling jersey has a picture of a car on the back and it reads this one runs on money and makes you fat. The front has a bike on it and reads this one runs on fat and saves you money.

Nice "Dirty Car Art" @ 7:10

Started two years ago thought I was going to die but now I've lost weight got another lovely racer and head out on my days off love it

Si, I just love your commuting support. Today was Bike to Work today here in Denver, Colorado. I helped coordinate a meet up with two other collogues. It brightened all of our days and brought us together. I used some of your earlier videos to encourage my two friends to commute. You guys are enabling more and more access to bicycle. Keep up the good work Si!

I do a 25km commute through the crazy streets of Los Angeles & love it! I find myself happier throughout the day when I ride vs driving!

I’ve been cycling for 30+ years but never found cycling to work an appealing or feasible option. However, about 5 months ago I started cycling to a new evening job and absolutely love it! Dedicated cycle track on the way there and road on the way back. Modern lights and reflective clothing make a massive difference to safety and I find that traffic gives me more space at night. I’ve even encountered drivers staying behind when they could overtake just to give me some protection, which is greatly appreciated. It helps that I have shower facilities and somewhere indoors to leave my bike when I get to work. I sometimes choose to cycle in the rain because it is so much more enjoyable than driving!

I live 37 kms far from Bordeaux. A normal day, i put my bike on train and i just have 7kms from train station to my work. But sometimes i ride the full distance after work or before work during hot summer weather. It's an excellent good way to stay in good shape (I'm 41 and i working in naval building) The main problem is to wear the good bike clothes (rainy, windy, cold, etc) and the good backpack (not too big:/not too small) Long life GCN. Hello from a french guy

It was only when I started cycling to work I discovered all the little short cuts, making the commute safer and more fun ;)

In copenhagen, the suburban trains have significant sections reserved for bikes. It is so practical, because in longer commutes you can just bike to the station, hop on the train with the bike, arrive to the closest station and then just bike to your destination. For me, it was a game changer, as it makes it very cheap to move around.