Who's got the best commute?

[Steam]

So who has got the best ride home then?
Every day I mean, not just a couple of times a week when you decide to ride to town from the farm or whatever.

My commute is good fun, up Tinakori Hill in Wellington, through the park, quite a lot of nice looping corners, sweeping from left to right to left to right, like skiing a giant slalom. Good smooth firm countersteering, body-leaning fun.
It's where I first touched my peg to the road.
But it's too short (10 mins) and in an urban area, too much danger of box-pilots backing out of driveways, or kids, etc.

Have you got a good commute?

[Disco Dan]

Im a temp, so I get sent all over Auckland... my commute is diferent each day!

[Moxy]

Home around oriental bay is great when the traffic is low.

[McJim]

Through east Auckland - 22 sets of traffic lights and then FINALLY the allure of the southern Motorway where I play dodgem with the Auckland Cager's Society. Then off the motorway and into the undulating suburbia that is Ponsnobby and only 2 more sets of trafic lights - 8 hours of pain and then do the whole thing in reverse.

Takes about 25 minutes each way - only seven of which are on the motorway.

So my commute is shit.

[TonyB]

I had a real sweet commute for a while 12 or so years ago. 75 ks each way:gob: from my parents place south west of Nelson, into Nelson. This was in the days before Spooners range was straightened out. It was an awesome ride.:yes:

[Keystone19]

Riverhead - Coatsville Highway northwest of Auckland

Te Atatu to Albany and return every day...60km return trip, 40km of twisties...ahhhhhhh


(at least, that's when I have a bike...:mellow: )

[Will]

Yes, in my dreams.
Meanwhile I am coping with the Southern Motorway and all the moving obstacles. So , no, I don't have a dream ride to work or home.

[boomer]

along the waterfront, the joggers on the bays are 2nd to none:love:

[Street Gerbil]

I've got a nice commute. I work in Ellerslie and live in Mt. Wellington. When weather allows I ride home via Autobahn :-)

[Pancakes]

I didn't think mine was anything to talk about but some of you guys have crap commutes! I have 10 k's of country then the NW'ern, no lights till town and only one set (after town) the way I normally go back. Have the option of Coatsville-Riverhead H'Way / Ridge Rd (that area) to albany and the northern into town which I do at least once a week, some times everyday both ways in summer.

When I have time I go NW'ern, old north, Helensville, Silverdale - opposite to the rush hour on the new M'Way, Albany then back thru Ridge Rd, Coatsville etc or just Upper Harbour H'Way (who can wait for the new link there?!) to home.

Yeah not actually strictly the answer to the "every single day commute" question but I don't have it bad at all I suppose!

[moT]

on the way to tech everyday i used to go welcome bay road nice and twisty but some of the road is lumpy as fuck even tho it was slightly longer...than the alternative routebut even that rout consisted of 6 roundabouts which was ok..

[NighthawkNZ]

I walk to and fro from work... kinda sux

[avgas]

I walk to and fro from work... kinda sux
And its good.
I try and take the bike atleast once a week though. On all 400m of the trip.

[dogsnbikes]

I only go too work 13 times a year:shutup: but the last 12months its been 150k's each way next week it will change to 200k each way so its fair to say that I am always looking forward to my trip home:innocent:

[Karma]

along the waterfront, the joggers on the bays are 2nd to none:love:


Yeh... used to enjoy that. Might have to come over to get my latte fix :D

[Drum]

30 k's each way daily from Storks Valley to Welly. Two lanes of half asleep 2ZB wankers in both directions. Not the best commute, but it keeps me on my toes.

Better than the cage.

[Holy Roller]

Used to ride over the Rotoma's both ways each day when I lived at Lake Rotoma, Now that I'm in Kawerau I miss the daily ride. With the bike being off the road for the last 3 months its been hitching a lift with a work mate 6km each way.

[BillyKnight]

Try commuting in England! It makes all your commutes sound like a dream fantasy. Traffic so thick you are better off on a bicycle. I can get the 6 miles to work quicker on the bicycle than on the CG125 (bragging now) let alone a car. I am afraid to say the golden age of motoring has passed here. Not bad out in the new forest but 40mph speed limit, fun!! NZ is great, my favourites are the Arthurs and the Lewis passes. Yes I'm from the South Island, but I,m sure just as good in the North. I made the mistake of doing too much highway one in retropect. I'm getting depressed now but never mind the bicycle is ready.

[Oakie]

I used to have a great one until 5 years ago (Twizel - Mount Cook) ...great road, sensational scenery. Now I'm in Christchurch and my current commute is from Parklands in the north-east to the foot of the Cashmere hills in the south of the city and the 1.5 kilometres in the middle of that trip (Anzac Drive / Dyers Road) is through the middle of the city's sewage settling ponds. Exceptionally smelly it's been over the past two weeks too ... so much so that I've regulated my breathing so as not to breath too deep and on a couple of occasions the week before last I just held my breath as long as I could.

[gammaguy]

I live on top of the hills in banks peninsula outside Christchurch.
I have a 25km or so commute to work thru first rolling hills with switchbacks,then a bit of flat straight stuff,then some more hills(the infamous Port Hills in fact)then a short drag straight up Colombo Street thru a few sets of lights with the usual cellphone yakking,blind as bats,deaf as posts and just plain stupid car drivers doing their best to spoil my day(or my life!).
On the hole tho,its a blast and makes going to work almost worth it and going home something to really look forward to.:yes:

cept in winter when the whole plot freezes over and its time to put the strokers away and jump in the car:baby:

[TonyB]

the 1.5 kilometres in the middle of that trip (Anzac Drive / Dyers Road) is through the middle of the city's sewage settling ponds. Exceptionally smelly it's been over the past two weeks too ... so Its bad alright- you can smell it pretty much anywhere in the city when the winds blowing the right way:sick:

[slopster]

Hop on my mountainbike. Ride 300m. On the back wheel. At work.

[90s]

Another typical Auckland one here - 20k. Nearly all through traffic (Titirangi Rd, Gt Nth Rd, lanesplit the SH16 into central Aukland). First and last bit home twistiest little bit of scenic drive. I breathe a sigh of relief as I hit the Titirangi village roundabout and I'm away! Worth it for that last few ks every day.

[steved]

Through east Auckland - 22 sets of traffic lights and then FINALLY the allure of the southern Motorway where I play dodgem with the Auckland Cager's Society. Then off the motorway and into the undulating suburbia that is Ponsnobby and only 2 more sets of trafic lights - 8 hours of pain and then do the whole thing in reverse.

Takes about 25 minutes each way - only seven of which are on the motorway.

So my commute is shit.
30 minutes of Otahuhu to Albany for me :zzzz:

[Mr. Peanut]

I live on the Coro loop.

My commute is the Thames coast.

No traffic.

[Grub]

Well .... when I'm not throwing bikes away, I've got a primo commute, Paekakariki Hill Rd against the traffc.

The whole ride is 30km each way starting with SH58 around Pauatahanui Inlet which is nice in itself and then it's on to the hill road. Not a shabby package at all - 11.1km from Grays Rd to SH1 at Pakekakriki, 157 corners which is a corner every 70metres or 14 corners per km ... and I miss it.

A couple of other KBers (Sparky Bills & RG100) share the route but in the busy direction. Me, I got really narked off when I had to pass 2 cars in one morning.

[sunhuntin]

i can go 3 or 4 different ways to work, but my most common route is the longest. from home, right along the river and over the cobham bridge [which is an 80k zone] through the roundabout and through some roadworks. up the long straight and arrive. takes about 30 mins, and was chosen due to the minimal amount of white paint, which is a bonus given its now wet and i finish work at about 7pm.

the other routes id be dodging cars and school kids who appear to be blind. and in the wet, those routes take twice as long.

[Baldyheed]

30 k's each way daily from Storks Valley to Welly. Two lanes of half asleep 2ZB wankers in both directions. Not the best commute, but it keeps me on my toes.

Better than the cage.

Is it really 30km from Stokes Valley into town? would never have thought so. Am actually moving there (Stokes) next month. Nice Zephyr by the way, saw it in TSS. Selling it?

[nudemetalz]

Me.
Bus from Newlands to town and bus from town to Newlands.

Lucky for me though, I get to hear the Guzzi get started, warmed up and gone off down the road with Mrs riding to work.
Betcha you can't compete with that !!

[speedpro]

5 mins to work at 8:20 in morning, spend all day talking, looking at, sometimes riding, polishing, and selling(yeah right) motorbikes, then 5 mins back home.

Used to have a 20min commute up & down West Coast Highway, Perth. Not too bad with all the windsurfers doing their thing with the Fremantle Doctor coming in.

[Jantar]

I reckon my commute is pretty good, even if it is a bit short.

It starts with a 1km long gravel driveway complete with 2 sweeping corners, 2 tight corners and a couple of mild bends. Then its 6 km of open back country sealed road with sweeping corners, a nice down hill 75km left hander, more twistys then a 1 km long straight before two final bends. Cross the highway, and 2 kms of urban back streets, before another downhill across a one way bridge, a chicane, a short straight into a tight right left combination then a down hill sweeper to work. Only 10.5 km, but I get to it in reverse at the end of the day. :ride: :ride:

[Nasty]

I don't mind my commute cos I leave home early so don't get the traffic crap that others on my route get - 28 ks of almost bliss. I leave home and get down to pauatahanui inlet and go out to paremata roundabout ... from there it is straight SH1 all the way ... off at hawkestone and into molesworth .. a good thing about the bike is free safe parking at work ... then in the PM I get to reverse it ... sounds boring .. but hey its still my idea of more fun than being in a car!

[Drum]

Is it really 30km from Stokes Valley into town? would never have thought so. Am actually moving there (Stokes) next month. Nice Zephyr by the way, saw it in TSS. Selling it?

Yep, 28 k's to Courtenay Place from the Upper Valley. It takes around 40 minutes in peak hour traffic. Good for honing your lane spiltting skills.

Not selling the Z mate, it's getting new front disks for a warrant. Let us know when you've moved into the valley and we'll catch up for a Sunday ride. There's a few KiwiBikers here.

[Baldyheed]

Yep, 28 k's to Courtenay Place from the Upper Valley. It takes around 40 minutes in peak hour traffic. Good for honing your lane spiltting skills.

Not selling the Z mate, it's getting new front disks for a warrant. Let us know when you've moved into the valley and we'll catch up for a Sunday ride. There's a few KiwiBikers here.


Sounds like a plan. Moving over on July 10.