lala

I'm curious. How many fellow riders do you see in a day on your commute? Please mention your city.

I'm going to start keeping tabs starting tomorrow, but I have to say, it would be 10 on a good day in cleveland. ()

slvoid

Seeing as how I'm in NYC, even though I bike on a particularly desolate patch of road, I'd still guess 10-15. In the busy areas of midtown manhattan? forget about it, you lose count at 50.

drroebuck

1, if I happen to pass a store-front with reflective windows.

Zin

Yep, this would be a normal day for me too. Now and then, I see one or two others. Not very often.

rykoala

Here in Reno, I generally see 3-5 during my afternoon commute home.

OhiOH

In the summer it is 4-5. In the winter 1, but I know there are more (2-3) out there in the winter because I see their tracks in the snow.
That would be in/around Dayton Ohio.

lala

Sigh. That's sad. Where are you @ drroe?

Moonshot

If I see another person on a bicycle they're probably riding for fun not transportation. I ride three miles to work in Opelika, Alabama (pop. 30,000).

And I've never seen anyone else riding a fixed gear, which I've started commuting with.

There's a fair amount of cyclists here, but most of those into bicycle commuting are in neighboring Auburn where the University is at.

Seanholio

I generally see 5-10 other cyclists on the road in San Jose. Most of them are roadies, with a few MTB's thrown in. They span the spectrum: A few are in matching shorts and jerseys, with bikes that weight less than my cranks. Others are poor, riding beaters with no helmets and their lunch hanging from the bars in a shopping bag. Still others are commuters, and then there's me: A dude on a recumbent with his mirrors, an amber strobe, and a red bag.

ridealot

Not many here. I know they are out there, maybe at different times or routes. I may see another commuter once a month if that.

Dahon.Steve

I live in New Jersey and commute into New York City. In my neighborhood, the only people riding to work are poor Mexicans going crosstown because there are no buses that head in that direction. People think I'm broke and down to my last cent but that's the attitude of this car culture where the cyclist is considered a broken loner.

When I arrive in New York City, there are so many bike commuters, as one poster made a point, you'll lose count real fast.

Stubacca

There are 3 guys I usually see every day on the commute - 1 in the morning, the other 2 in the afternoon. On a busy day I've seen up to about 7 or 8.

drroebuck

L.A. To be fair, though, I don't commute every day, as I'm a consultant. But on a commute to a client from Brentwood to Beverly Hills I see no one.

The Wanderer

Hmmmmm.....to live in the Bay Area.

From my house in Oakland to the shuttle I see about 3-4 on comfort bikes.
On the shuttle over the Bay Bridge there is 10-14 of us, mostly messengers and a few office types like me.
Then from downtown SF to the Golden Gate Bridge I'll see another 15-20, some casual, some hardcore roadies.
Over the Golden Gate Bridge and into Sausalito I see another 6-8 roadies plus a handful of tourists on rentals.

All told about 40-50 each way. Maybe 1/3 are regular faces (ok, really I mean regular bikes, I can tell the bikes apart much easier than the riders...) and the rest rotate.

Just ride...

cyclezealot

Sometimes my work commute takes me home on Saturday mornings..That is when all the clubs are out...Of course,few of them are commuters...But on Saturday am, i might see 50 to 100....Normal work day...2-5.
My commute to work starts at about 3 PM..Coming back about 6:45 AM...So not normal work hours, I think..
My commute is between Fallbrook and Temecula. One semi rural and the other suburban...

kerny

very rarely.....most of the guys I see are on 10 speeds with the handlebars flipped over and wearing cowboy boots.....




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caloso

It depends. If I just ride directly from Curtis Park to the Capitol, I'll see 3 or 4. If I take a detour or pre-work training ride on the American River Bike Trail, it could be 30 or 40.

RicardoJM

It varies between the morning and the afternoon. In the morning there are 5-10, in the afternoon there it is more like 15-20. My route is along a heavily used trailway and I think the additional afternoon people are out exercising versus commuting.

Wiswell

2-3 (and the same 2 or three people). One always coasting down the coblestone street near City Hall (at least he resembles a commuter). Albany NY

Not a commuting spot, but I did see a fully loading tandem over the weekend. Man I wonder where they were going. at least five panniers.

iceratt

Off subject: How does the shuttle work? Can one get from the East Bay to the West at any time? Does it cost anything? When I lived in Marin and commuted to Richfield, I never biked. Maybe I should have looked into it?

Cynikal 

I only see 3 or 4 and commute on the designated route through E.Sac to the capitol. Very disapointing. I never see another fixed gear unless I see a messenger. Sacramento is an ideal city for bike commuting, flat and good weather (except for the heat).

Cheers

randya

I easily see one to two dozen cyclists or more each day on my 3 mile commute, it doesn't matter what time of year, and I ride at an off-peak hour (~8:45 to 9:00 AM). It's gotten so bad in the bike lane on the Hawthorne Bridge viaduct that they really need to install a second bike lane for passing...

TeleJohn

Not enough.

I see 1-2 other commuters in good weather.

tonyedgecombe

I see 1 or 2 in the first 14 miles then I loose count on the last mile to the centre of Oxford.

mtessmer

Working at four different offices a week it depends which way I go. But anywhere from 5-15. I've never really counted. The city of Minneapolis claims there are over 1000 year around bike commuters and you can double that or more in the summer. It's hard to find a parking place in the summer downtown because all the racks are full. That figure the city gives doesn't count the ones coming from the suburbs and that's where I'm coming from. It's very bike friendly with miles and miles of trails and bike lanes.