Any commuters on West Side of Detroit?
09-13-19, 11:20 AM
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Any commuters on West Side of Detroit?
I want to ride to work, anyone in a big city commute to the burbs ?
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So, there is a group called “Morning Cranks” that does a ride out of huntington woods at 5:30am most weekdays. Some of them are commuting in that area. Generally, I don’t see many people commuting in the DMZ between 6mile and 8mile. Most people generally stay above or below that line; most people do that zone between Livernois and Woodward. You can see it pretty well on the Strava heatmap – it kind of has an hourglass shape necking down at that area. Don’t know if that helps ya…
https://www.strava.com/heatmap#12.32....44653/hot/all
https://www.strava.com/heatmap#12.32....44653/hot/all
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09-23-19, 09:14 AM
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So, there is a group called “Horning Cranks” that does a ride out of huntington woods at 5:30am most weekdays. Some of them are commuting in that area. Generally, I don’t see many people commuting in the DMZ between 6mile and 8mile. Most people generally stay above or below that line; most people do that zone between Livernois and Woodward. You can see it pretty well on the Strava heatmap – it kind of has an hourglass shape necking down at that area. Don’t know if that helps ya…
https://www.strava.com/heatmap#12.32....44653/hot/all
https://www.strava.com/heatmap#12.32....44653/hot/all
10-14-19, 05:54 PM
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Wow. 28 feet of climbing. That's over 3 feet per mile!
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I know, right? That is why I got a fixed gear for commuting.
My mountain bike rear derailer self destructed on one commute, and I couldn't go mountain biking any more until I fixed it. FG is light, fast, and super low maintenance.
There is always Texas. I lived 60 miles from the ocean and was at 50 ft above sea level. And they wonder why Houston always floods...
My mountain bike rear derailer self destructed on one commute, and I couldn't go mountain biking any more until I fixed it. FG is light, fast, and super low maintenance.
There is always Texas. I lived 60 miles from the ocean and was at 50 ft above sea level. And they wonder why Houston always floods...
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A lot of stop and goes for the 8 miles of riding?
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There is a cyclist I follow on Strava that commutes daily. About six miles each way. He seems to do this daily, usually on non-rainy days. This is near Brighton. I might also do it this summer, but that is about 2 hours each way (Brighton to Plymouth, along the Huron Valley Trai, Wixom trails. to the I275 trail and down).
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I know, right? That is why I got a <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->filezilla rufus fixed gear for commuting.
My mountain bike rear derailer self destructed on one commute, and I couldn't go mountain biking any more until I fixed it. FG is light, fast, and super low maintenance.
There is always Texas. I lived 60 miles from the ocean and was at 50 ft above sea level. And they wonder why Houston always floods...
My mountain bike rear derailer self destructed on one commute, and I couldn't go mountain biking any more until I fixed it. FG is light, fast, and super low maintenance.
There is always Texas. I lived 60 miles from the ocean and was at 50 ft above sea level. And they wonder why Houston always floods...
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