Commuting to work by bike benefits your fitness, mental well-being and reduces emissions within cities. However, cycling can be daunting and many find excuses NOT to cycle to work. These excuses shouldn’t prevent you from cycling, as the pros far outweigh the cons. Si gives you some top tips to help you cycle to work!
00:00 Intro
00:39 Why you should cycle to work
01:52 Cycling isn’t too scary
02:48 Commuting bike
05:30 Are roads too busy for cycling?
07:18 Get fitter cycling into work
08:43 Is my commute to work too far?
09:45 Locking your bike up at work
10:38 Carrying equipment to work
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44 Comments
Have you got any tips for cycling to work? 🚲
I have a 6 mile (10km) ride to work every day. I’m on month nine of cycle commuting. For super snowy days I have studded tires, and so far I haven’t missed a day. Videos like this gave me the confidence to try and now I never want to go back to driving
Well I can't cycle to work because I'm going to get sweat. People are going to run away from me and joke that I have a beautiful smell 😅
i heard that the positive health effects are gone when you breathe in polluted air on congested roads. especially deep breathing from sporty cycling?
Genuine beginner question to everyone, how do you handle the hygiene/sweat when arriving at work when no showers are available?
You could also split your route with public transit. Assuming you have some access to public transit on your commute.
I started commuting to work 3 weeks ago. Its only 3km one way but i love it ! I bought used cheap decathlon singlespeed on steelframe and i have so much fun riding it and occasionally bulding my strenghth 😉
I mean the biggest not covered point is "my office doesn't have a shower and I don't want to sit sweaty all day"
I have a physical job and the solution for me was an E-bike. My commute is 20km each way and I start work at 7am most days. The E-bike enables me to do the commute in, roughly the same amount of time and energy every day, whilst still having energy for work.
I have a great set of panniers with plenty of room for my backpack, lunch, raingear and so on.
Also the early mornings riding are really refreshing and a full week of 200 or so km looks good on strava 😀
The only thing keeping me from doing it everyday really, is my own laziness and desire to sleep and extra 30mins in the morning…
If you have a flash job and can afford a £2k min bike then I'm sure this is great. You'd also need a place to keep the bike securely and a room to dry wet clothes. This is simply not doable for everyone. Try and cycle in glasses in heavy rain lol
My only gripe with cycling to work is managing all the sweat and wet clothes, there arent places to change at my workplace. Dealing with the sweaty odor isnt fun for me or the people around me either
I live in a town with some of the WORSE infrastructure for bicycling. Very few bike lanes, and it's not uncommon for me to pedal in traffic. Yet I pedal 10 miles to work and back. I just have to be defensive and aware of my surroundings. It beats driving ANY day!!
How can you ride in jeans… or are they some kind of special cycling jeans..?
Theyre hot, stiff, don't breathe, and the 4-way junction of the the legs is right under your <ahem> and does terrible damage…
Hi from Beaverton, Oregon, USA. Even though I do not live in the UK (hope to visit one day), I enjoy watching your videos. I live about 1.5km from work and I ride my electric scooter. I also live about 20.5km from a program I attend and will occasionally ride my electric bicycle. The trip to work takes about 10 minutes and the trip to the program I attend takes about 1 hour. I have never owned a car nor have I ever owned a driver's license. If the weather is is not great for riding my electric scooter or my electric bicycle or I do not feel like riding my electric scooter or electric bicycle, I can ride public transportation basically for free. About a month ago, while riding my electric scooter in the bicycle lane on a road with hardly any traffic on my way to work, I got hit by a car. I scraped my right arm up and cracked my helmet. I did not need to go to the hospital and now feel a lot better than I did then. I still ride my electric scooter to work despite being hit by a car; I am more cautious now. I hate it when most people who want to go from point A to point B automatically get in their car and drive. Consider riding a bicycle, scooter, electric bicycle, or electric scooter and you will thank yourself later for the exercise.
I can't cycle to work due to distance [around a half hour] and i have to start at 5am, which means I'd be riding in the dark. Just riding in the dark is too much of a risk.
In Belgium we get paid to cycle to work. Around 0,30€/km. And It is tax free (Max 3500). We also can lease à new bike and pay it with our gross salary.
2 hailstorms today on the way to work and the forecast for the return is even worse. But yes, I commute😜
I am cheating somewhat with an eBike, but I've been riding to work consistently for several months. Sure, there have been some problems, but every problem has a solution! Great video!
I did a test ride on a nice day it is 24.8 miles and it took 2 and a half hours. I do have options like ride to the train station in my home town and ride from the station at the town where my job is that takes an hour if I catch the train on time which allows for reading, music listening or even a 20 minute nap (do set an alarm).
Instructions unclear. Now my wife is pissed because the bike caused damage to the house from riding to my livingroom for work.
I commuted to work 14 years, ultimately 10k each way rain or shine, though I admit even the coldest wettest day in Sydney has nothing on a mid winter rainfall in Britain. I used a road bike because there were sections where you could let rip and that was fun. After a couple of years I was punching out 50kph up York St from the Bridge end to the Town Hall because the Mayor made the bus lane a bicycle lane also. What it will do for you is develop your situational awareness. Assessing the danger ahead, suspect drivers, reading pedestrians, knowing when to change lanes for your turn. I was a little lucky though. I had a dedicated parking spot for the bike at work which they created for the cyclists. So off the street and secure. I always rode in lycra with my shoes in a locker at work. Towel and trousers changed once a week, shirt and underwear in my backpack and that was me sussed. Quite simply, as my dietician said, I could sweat in the arctic so I could not ride in my work clothes. One tip though. I got a camera after I was monstered by a public transport bus and threatened by thugs in a car. The difference in behaviour when they see that camera on your helmet is astonishing.
thanks for this video or information, now i have happy adventure in my life. i never scared and adrenaline rush on road. l leveled up on biking
20Miles daily on my Brompton round trip. No prob. Easy peasy.
Can I cycle 2 5foot (152cm) milwaukee tool stacks, a bosch table saw, concrete mixing drill, 6 stabila levels, festool shopvac with cyclone seperator, stack of festool tools, and air compressor?
No, I cant cycle all that to work.
I cycle 10 miles each way through Leicester city centre and by far the biggest risk is Uber/deliveroo cyclists, the speed the wrong way along cycle lanes on illegal overpowered ebikes whilst looking at their phones! It's crazy!!!!
I remember once I parked my bike for a day, and some charmer nicked my seat! I couldn't really afford it at the time, and it simply hadn't crossed my mind that someone would do such a thing. Fortunately, I'm still riding bikes, and I now have lockers in which to park my bike. I guess I'm grateful that it wouldn't cost as much to replace as a stolen tyre on a car, but even so, I hope karma looks down on that 'person'.
I live in the Netherlands and key to safety are separate bicycle lanes. Luckily we have a lot of them. And Once you have them its just about fitness and rain gear.
Yang penting bawa kunci2 untuk jaga-jaga jika kendaraan mengalami masalah di jalan.
My is more safe while I'm riding.
I cycle to the tram station, then take the tram to work
Jokes on you, I live in the US and have a 50 mile one way commute to work. Not doing a century every day for $28/hr
I cycled to work for 25 years, 17 miles each way, 5 days per week in all weather, all year around. In that time, I only suffered two broken collar bones, several broken ribs, an open fracture of my elbow, numerous contusions to my shoulders, particularly sliding off on snow and ice and a beloki style broken neck of femur (hip). Quite safe really.
The "alternative road" ("side street" in the US) trick is something I plan to do when I run errands on my bike. I see plenty of bikers doing this when I'm in my car turning onto the main road. There's no biking infrastructure where I am, so there's no point of going on the main roads, especially since I'm not that fast to begin with.
You need to indicate properly, flicking your hand out slightly to one side is not going to be easily noticed by a lot of motorists, especially if you are wearing black gloves.
I started cycling to work recently because I was sick of the buses, I go down the side streets rather than main roads (except when u start really early and there’s no cars), takes a bit longer but i hardly see any cars.
I took the third option RE: security, I got a folding bike I can store inside at work.
I cycle to work, and it is really scary but you just have to focus on the road, nervousness is really a natural feeling.
This is by far one of the best CGN videos, thank you for such vedio. I wish you have added Brompoton as I rode 3 bikes in my life mountain, road, and Brompton bike and all sold and now I have Brompoton for me and my family only. You can combine folding in jumping in the bus, folding it in the office and keeping it beside you for safety. I wish I had the same weather as you do, here in Dubai it’s too hot to ride and I work in UAE and Saudi and I fold and fly but I can’t ride in the heart with a 55 degree to 58 under the sun, but in the summer I work in Ruland Oakham and all my commuting is on my brompton, and if I am in London or Austria or any other country that is cool enough I don’t recall paying for Taxi.
Sadly Indonesia doesn't do too much for cyclists but I think it's definitely better then some countries out there
ive started riding to work and it has been great,. i think im going to try to ride everyday this week before the weather gets trash. Im actually kind of excited to get some good gear and ride to work on some rainy days to just see how it goes. Also i am lucky enough to work at the same place as my SO so if the weather really turns mid day I can car pool home and leave my bike in my building. Trying to get my GF into cycling to and would love to commute together just sounds fun.
United States is not a bike friendly country. Only places I know you can safely ride a bike to work, a store, or a religious worship building are the Pacific coast cities that have bike lanes, New York City, and college towns like State College PA. The United States is a violent nation; was born out of violence ( war against Britain ) and enlarged out of violence ( wars against the "Indians" and Mexico ). A person may be attacked, raped and killed while riding a bike, especially a young woman who is very thin and wears bikinis only cover the nipples of her breasts and the reproductive and digestive organs orifices.
I can't drive a car to work :p
1. I don't have a car.
2. I don't plan on having a car.
Public transport is fine. Walking is fine too, although mostly on the way back when I don't mind the ~75 minutes it takes. But switching to a small muscle powered or electric vehicle is better than just 'fine'.
I pedal to work n back everyday….for the past 5 years ..last year it's been on a single speed…busy building a fixie , light and simple….
I live in East London , South Africa and it's not flat ..40k a day…hate it when I have to drive a car….anyone moaning about unsafe road conditions , well , here in East London , must be the most non friendly to cyclists BUT….when you commuting, always be friendly , to pedestrians and motorists alike ….I have people in cars now that recognises me and hoot to wave etc etc ….as it says in the vid …JUST DO IT!!!!….people ALWAYS find excuses NOT TOO!!!
Reason i stopped riding to work for the past 4 years is because of crime. Neighborhood has turned to crap after the riot/protest for the sake of justice. I won't name the country i live in.
Totally agree with everything you said.
Oh, not quite – I think backpacks really suck. You end up with a horribly sweaty back. Get panniers; they hold more and make the commute more pleasant.