Bike Hub 2019 Commuters Challenge

[EddieV]

Should you on any given Saturday decide to do a Parkrun and/or Marathon, you might use your bicycle to pedal to the Parkrun, and submit it as a commute ..   

 

I see someone logging weekend recreational rides as commutes. 

 

Can someone please explain the basis of how this works so I can start doing the same..  

 

This is a serious competition after all. 

[samson99]

I see someone logging weekend recreational rides as commutes. 

 

Can someone please explain the basis of how this works so I can start doing the same..  

 

This is a serious competition after all. 

i assume this is tongue in cheek? 

[Zub]

Should you on any given Saturday decide to do a Parkrun and/or Marathon, you might use your bicycle to pedal to the Parkrun, and submit it as a commute .. 

 

Commuting to and from a sporting event. Cool, got that... 

[Zub]

i assume this is tongue in cheek? 

 

About this being a serious comp, yes 

 

But honestly just asking for interest sake since I have made the observation

[samson99]

About this being a serious comp, yes 

 

But honestly just asking for interest sake since I have made the observation

 

recreational rides cannot be logged as commutes unless as Eddie says you cycle to Parkrun (if you cycle straight there and back as per the car and not extend the cycle), etc. But if you ride to your local trail, then do the trail and then cycle home again, then that cannot be logged as a commute. That is a training ride. Ditto if you cycle to a race. Commutes to collect milk, groceries, etc are encouraged. 

 

If you go training before work as part of your commute, then that counts as long as you you continue to work without passing home again.

 

But everyone must use their discretion. If not certain if a ride counts as a commute, rather ask and then make it as such. 

Edited September 3, 2019 by samson99

[cat-i]

Is the purpose of commuting not to choose to take your bicycle, rather than a car?

 

Was the purpose of this thread not to motivate more people to commute? Because the more of us there are, the more aware car drivers may (?) become, the safer we may be?

 

By it's nature it's not a fair competition. But by having a competition we encourage each other to ride just a bit more.

 

 

By commuting you save fuel, you arrive at the office in a better mood, you dont have to go to gym after work, you get fit. 'Recreational' means to do something for enjoyment when not working. So a commute could even be recreational - and should be. But all these are bonuses. In the end, you chose to make a difference to the traffic by taking a bicycle instead of a car. 

 

At least that's the way I understood it.

[Zub]

Time to open up the unwritten rule book of the Bike Hub Commuters Challenge 

 

My understanding is that in order for it to be a commute, the primary reason for the trip needs to be getting from point A to point B in order to carry out a task/duty that you would have otherwise required a car for. eg.

 

Getting to work and back, getting around in order to do whatever job you do in order to make a living, grocery shopping, dropping off kids, running of errands etc. and if you extend any of these trips in order to get in extra miles then training is secondary and can be accepted as bonus commute miles.

 

If the primary reason is training, then I don't see how it can be a commute, because getting there and back forms part of that training.

 

This was discussed before in this thread as well as prior threads so I really thought we all should have been on the same page by now. Let's try to keep the competition healthy as far as possible.

[Long Wheel Base]

My rule of thumb is if I have a bag on my back and/or start finish are different locations then it's a commute. The only time I have deviated from that(bag on my back) is after Argus I ride home from the finish to where I stay in Fish Hoek. Otherwise I don't log it as a commute. 

I always thought it was pretty self explanatory anyway. 

[Hairy]

Time to open up the unwritten rule book of the Bike Hub Commuters Challenge 

 

My understanding is that in order for it to be a commute, the primary reason for the trip needs to be getting from point A to point B in order to carry out a task/duty that you would have otherwise required a car for. eg.

 

Getting to work and back, getting around in order to do whatever job you do in order to make a living, grocery shopping, dropping off kids, running of errands etc. and if you extend any of these trips in order to get in extra miles then training is secondary and can be accepted as bonus commute miles.

 

If the primary reason is training, then I don't see how it can be a commute, because getting there and back forms part of that training.

 

This was discussed before in this thread as well as prior threads so I really thought we all should have been on the same page by now. Let's try to keep the competition healthy as far as possible.

If we could add training to the mileage accumulated I would have had at least another 147.3km I could add to my total endomondo log

[Zub]

My rule of thumb is if I have a bag on my back and/or start finish are different locations then it's a commute. The only time I have deviated from that(bag on my back) is after Argus I ride home from the finish to where I stay in Fish Hoek. Otherwise I don't log it as a commute. 

I always thought it was pretty self explanatory anyway. 

 

I commute with a few guys who don't carry any bag as they are able to keep everything at work.......

[ryanlenferna]

Hi Guys,

 

I am Ryan Lenferna a B-Tech Industrial Design student at CPUT busy working on an exciting project relating to cycling and commuting in CAPE TOWN!

 

My project revolves around: How can product design help manage the exposure to air pollution while commuting by bicycle in Cape Town?

 

I would greatly appreciate it if you could take 2 minutes to fill in my survey below, thank you.

 

Also any additional input is always welcome,

Cheers,

Ryan

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T929Q37

[Zub]

If we could add training to the mileage accumulated I would have had at least another 147.3km I could add to my total endomondo log

 

Did you perhaps make an error with the decimal placement there lol

 

I could probably add another 3 500km 

[EddieV]

My rule of thumb is if I have a bag on my back and/or start finish are different locations then it's a commute. The only time I have deviated from that(bag on my back) is after Argus I ride home from the finish to where I stay in Fish Hoek. Otherwise I don't log it as a commute. 

I always thought it was pretty self explanatory anyway. 

 

.... if I have a bag on my back ... by the same rule then, will it count if I carry my track bike over my shoulder whilst cycling to the venue? ...   

 

 

I think we are making this way too complicated ...  like the idea of "carrying a bag on my back", but would like a commute to be anything other than the training ride itself, thus getting there and back to a Parkrun, to the gym, to an event, to a morning open-water swim, to a track session, or even a MTB venue, these are all commutes?

  

Edited September 5, 2019 by Eddie_V

[Rouxenator]

I did log my ride to this years Stellenbosch MTB challenge as a commute - because I traveled there on the bike as opposed to putting the bike on the car. 

 

My afternoon rides home might also be seen as recreational due to the route I take, but I don't see why a commute needs to be as short and quick as possible. Enjoy it 

[Long Wheel Base]

I chickened out today and took the car. Some decent early morning rain up here on the highveld. First rain for the season often means the roads are slippery and dirty.

[Swany05]

Bucketing down, would have been a slip and slide on the bike. 

I chickened out today and took the car. Some decent early morning rain up here on the highveld. First rain for the season often means the roads are slippery and dirty.