Biking to school on daily basis... good idea?

[Slavanna]

Now, I live 11 miles or so from my school - that's not a lot, but public transport between my town and the city where my school is located is... pretty much terrible. I have of get up at FIVE AM to get to school on time. And no, there's no way around this - my dad goes to work at 9-10 AM, my mom doesn't work at all and trains and buses both depart at either 5:50 or 7:00 (my classes start at 7:30 and it takes 20-25 minutes for the train to arrive at the station... plus 15-20 minutes to actually get to school). So I thought "what the hell, might as well move my ass and bike my way there".
Now I know when I get there I will probably be sweaty and tired, but then again that's one hell of a good exercise, I'll save some money on monthly tickets and get to sleep more... And the road is a relatively safe one (for the most part there are biking tracks). So... what do y'all think?

[Red_Arrow]

A large part of the year it will be dark when you are riding. Even with proper lights that can be dangerous. I have no idea how hilly your ride will be, but that will make a difference.

Make sure you have proper lighting and wear some reflective clothing. Be safe. See if you can use the showers at school to take a quick one after the ride to school. You do not want to smell bad in class.

Make a test ride on that route some out of school day just to see how you do and to makes sure you are familiar with the things about the road that a cyclist needs to know.

How long does it take you to ride that distance?

[Slavanna]

I'd mostly ride on biking tracks (about 80-90% of the time) and it takes me about an hour to get there.
I know that it's going to be dark most of the time, but then again once the days start getting shorter it also gets colder, and I'm not going to bike when it snows or rains. I only wanna do it in the springtime and maybe early autumn.

[Red_Arrow]

The exercise is good for you. Just always be safe. We would not want to lose your lovely and gracious presence from out conversations. :-)

[Slavanna]

Oh gosh, I guess I'm getting famous xD

[Red_Arrow]

I don't know about famous, but your posts are always interesting to read. And the ones I have read have all been very polite. It is nice to read people's thoughts without the drama some people throw in.

[bleedingquadrophenic]

I used to jog to school, which was about 3 miles from my house. Although it was largely uphill, the jog didn't take too much effort on my part but then again, I was in decent physical condition back then.

11 miles might be tiring. And you'll definitely need to hit the showers once you get to school

[Izzy2102]

Sure it's a great idea. I used to bike when the weather was nice. I don't know where you live but biking to school in nasty weather, really really sucks, so I'd keep the bus ticket as a back up.

Maybe you can go fast on your way back from school, so you get a good workout an slow on your way there, so you're not sweaty or something.
My way to school was actually all down hill and then going all uphill back home, so that worked quite well for me

[Anonymous]

Yeah, it's worth a shot to try out. You'll get to sleep a little longer and leave a little later from your house. If you try it and find that you're too tired to pay attention in classes or you feel too sweaty, then you could always go back to taking the train again.

Give it a shot.

[KhaysunDei]

go for it, i had more difficulty because i had no biking tracks and an idiot once honked her horn at me for riding on the FCKING side of the road... I had to use the side walks but you can imagine how much of a pain in azz that was... and then there were accidents, oh those were funny.

[Hans222]

If it's safe, do it. Exercise is so important.
And the 50 days or so a year that the weather is so bad it's not possible, you can still try to get that rusty bus or terrible train :-)

[blondfrog]

I thought those were only worn when you go to the beach? I guess if you want but you don't need to you're cute anyways =) you would be cute even if you dressed up as a nun.

[Slavanna]

Dude, I think you answered the wrong question xD

[Stark]

hahahaha, you high bro?

[blondfrog]

Oh whoops lol I thought she said bikini lol.

[Slavanna]

Oh. My. God. XDD You totally made my day... night... whatever.

[blondfrog]

I am sorry sweetie XD =) but to answer your question yeah bike there if you wan't and it's a healthy exercise too good luck honey =)

[Slavanna]

Careful with those sweeties and honeys, I'm genetically at high risk of diabetes XD

[blondfrog]

<3 how about angel? Cause that describes you

[Stark]

Sounds awesome. I'm going to bike to uni when I start this year :D

[Dandeus]

You ought to be able to maintain about 15 mph without much difficulty. You could probably be there in under an hour without getting sweaty and messy.