Artificial results - cyclists quickest transport?

[MisterD]

Why don't we get a look in at these (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10370691) things?

I'd be interested to see if a big sportbike was quicker through traffic than a smaller scoot....

[Lou Girardin]

We are the forgotten ones aren't we.
Mind you, we'd embarrass the hell out of all of 'em.
There was no mention of the bikes complying with all traffic laws either, strangely enough.

[Motu]

A push bike coming from Henderson could beat a bike no problem I'd say - they have a clear run down the North Western,don't even have to stop at the lights anymore,they have a bridge all to themselves.I commuted from Henderson for a year,and it's the most erratic commute I've ever done - half an hours difference from one day to the next for no reason...on a bad day the pushie would get a couple of coffees in before you got to work on your bike.

[GR81]

for all those cyclists wearing lycra to stay cool while riding... wait till it rains ya little buggers ;)

[Jabez]

A push bike coming from Henderson could beat a bike no problem I'd say - they have a clear run down the North Western,don't even have to stop at the lights anymore,they have a bridge all to themselves.I commuted from Henderson for a year,and it's the most erratic commute I've ever done - half an hours difference from one day to the next for no reason...on a bad day the pushie would get a couple of coffees in before you got to work on your bike.
Don't agree.
I leave from Upper Queen st to Glendene & I caught up to a push bike at Te Atatu off ramp that left 10 mins before me....:ride:

I have my wife on the back most of the time, so I am not taking any risks..:ride:

[oldrider]

Motorcycles and scooters etc are noticeably absent, worthless stacked test!

[HenryDorsetCase]

I have to go across the christchurch CBD to get to work, from the leafy streets of suburbia.

because of the one way system, it is a dead heat for me if i cycle to work or bring the motorbike. public transport would take me an hour (and Im not a fan of it). Car is ten minutes longer than the bike so say half an hour.

I actually like commuting by pushbike.. its fairly low stress the way I go, not to many mongs in breeder boxes, or schools, or arse pucker intersections.

but I bought the 400 to work today... didnt wake up till ten past 8.....

[marty]

geex took me 13 minutes to get home from work today.

it is 24kms though

[FlyingDutchMan]

It normally takes 15 mins to do my daily commute... walking. On the bike its a rediculously short 3mins... not even time for it to warm up.

[erik]

There's been a couple of times when I've noticed one of my lecturer's leaving AUT at the same time I was leaving on the Zeal and then saw him again on Gt North road just after getting off the motorway in Waterview. So I'd say bicycles and motorcycles must be fairly equal though.

My knees wouldn't cope if I tried to cycle 16k's to and from uni each day.

[Karma]

I do CBD to Kohi on Tamaki drive... 15mins of fairly sedate riding... no way I'm fit enough to cycle at the moment... maybe next summer.

[avgas]

In rush hour traffic it can take me up to 45 mins to go into town from home (in car), i can WALK this same distance (approx 4-5k) at the same time in 55. The motorbike (without weaving through traffic) takes up to 25 (or as quick as 3 mins ;) ).

[texmo]

I couriered on a cbr250rr and a belladonna. there are no two ways about it scooters are faster in heavy traffic and around town a tuned scooter or a giler runner is faster than a bike on the motorway in med-heavy traffic as well.

[Rashika]

Christchurch: 10kms each way, morning cycle 25mins vs 12 mins by car (with option of going along a 100kms road for about 5kms), afternoon cycle 25mins vs 25-30 mins by car.

Much nicer by pushbike too, nice bush areas to pass through, and I dont break any road rules to get there either.... better than having to wait in traffic in the car :Punk:

Worse part: attempting to make it through the sockburn roundabout without being hit..... fkn awful!

Best part: saving a tank of petrol for the bike a week by pushbiking :woohoo:

[Grahameeboy]

A couple of interesting points.

Cyclists run red lights which they should so that would have helped the margin.

Okay for a car to use bus lane if they pick up 2 passengers......incentive obviously to reduce traffic congestion which is what motorbikes do but the bus lane law seems ??....funny that.

[Rashika]

A couple of interesting points.

Cyclists run red lights which they should so that would have helped the margin.

SOME cyclists run red lights.... i personally dont...and I get as fucked off as everyone else when some cyclist comes up behind me waiting at a light and then runs straight through the red light. :2guns: I guess there are retards in every form of transport ;)

[Drunken Monkey]

SOME cyclists run red lights.... i personally dont...and I get as fucked off as everyone else when some cyclist comes up behind me waiting at a light and then runs straight through the red light. :2guns: I guess there are retards in every form of transport ;)

pah! I s'pose you stick to speed limits on your motorcycle while out on the open roads as well...why bother, ya might as well drive a cage...

[Rashika]

pah! I s'pose you stick to speed limits on your motorcycle while out on the open roads as well...why bother, ya might as well drive a cage...
:ride: sometimes... :laugh:

...but it is grand being able to pass all the cage drivers on the left as they sit and wait at the lights! Especially as they had just hooned past me at 60+ :Punk:

[Swoop]

A push bike coming from Henderson could beat a bike no problem I'd say - they have a clear run down the North Western,don't even have to stop at the lights anymore,they have a bridge all to themselves.

Combine the best of both worlds!!!
I have witnessed a minibike using the pushbike path alongside the m'way!!!

Clever (while it lasts)

[slob]

I personally prefer cycling to work (Penrose - Viaduct Harbour: 11.5km) over motorcycling - mainly because I feel invigorated when I get to my destination. It takes a bit longer (35min vs 15min), but I don't mind. I hate the stress of filtering in-between queues of cars on my motorbike when I could just hop on the pavement on my pushbike. The only downside of cycling IMHO is having to hold my breath when there's a bus, lorry or other filthy diesel contraption in front..

[Lou Girardin]

when I could just hop on the pavement on my pushbike.

I take it you mean the FOOTpath, that thing for PEDESTRIANS to use.

[Rashika]

I take it you mean the FOOTpath, that thing for PEDESTRIANS to use.
generally YES
...altho there are a lot of wider footpaths in chch now that have cycles painted on them as well and people, combined ones. Mostly at intersections, I use them occasionally.

But I still do at times have to sit and wait to cross large, busy roads...bit of a pain but better than driving still :Punk:

[R6_kid]

North
Start Highbury, corner Hammond Place and Birkenhead Ave:

1. Car - 23mins (David Herrick, Honda marketing manager, driving Honda Jazz).
2. Bus - 26mins (Joel Cayford, Auckland Regional Council transport chair, Birkenhead Transport bus).
3. Bike and ferry - 28mins (Judy Barfoot, Cycle Action Auckland member).


well from my point of view i would have beaten that by ages... i live more than 10km further from town than that, and it takes me about 25mins to travel the 20km distance to university at that time.

[TygerTung]

Go through redlights on my pushie all the time, did it in front of a cop once, he didn't seem to mind, just check theres no cars coming and away you go.

It's pretty good riding a pushie, but no so good if you want to take heavy loads in your bag, picked up a couple of evo 3 brake discs once, that was a mission.

[Milky]

I bicycle to uni quite often - 8 or 10 k depending on the way I go, and it takes me about 20 minutes, only running one red light along broadway where remuera road comes in from the right. Probably saves me a minute or so overall travel time. Motorcycling takes maybe 10-15 minutes depending on traffic, so the bicycle compares pretty well, and keeps me relatively fit too.... I generally motorcycle when the weather is bad, and bicycle when it is fine.

[Damon]

I used to go from Mt Wellington to the CBD, by car it would take about an hour to drive,find a park and walk to work, by bike it was 20mins and i could park at work, and i doubt a pushy could have gone the 13+kms in 20mins

[Motu]

Who's heading to Henderson from the city tonight? Want to race a pushbike??