Hello, im Jeff, aka El Capitan. I have been commuting by bike for 5 years now, my commute has changed numerous times, from Point loma to down town, down town to PB, City Heights to Ocean Beach and now its only three blocks, i am a little bummed, but it gives me more time for other riding besides the daily commute, so i am pretty stoked at the same time. I have a few bikes, I started on my late 80s early 90s Specialized Rock Hopper, then moved to my early 80s raleigh super cross, started working for a bike shop and bought a GT peace 9er, road that for about a year and a half and sold it, built up a surly long haul, toured the coast with one of my best friends for a month, built up a Volkscycle SS when i returned, and now i am slowly piecing together a surly cross check that i plan on doing CX and commuting on. Oh an my long haul has a freeloader adapter on the rear. One of the few xtras in SD.

Sweet Surly. Maybe you can help Velo Cult haul around beer kegs to add on extra miles http://www.velocult.com/index.php/blog/post/hauling_two_kegs_with_a_bicycle/ .

Welcome!

Hey all, I live in University Heights. I work from home (and various cafes) so I don't actually have a commute, but I do a faux commute out to the co-op in OB, then downtown then back to UH. Sometimes I go around the other way out to 30th then downtown and back up.

The Ride the City tool is very cool! MUCH better than the outdated PDF I have with bike routes.

Bienvenue, caribou.

welcome Batmick, this forum is pretty young still so you didn't miss out on too much. how'd you find us? i always wonder how people stumble upon this forum.

ah, now i recognize the face.

hi hamed, glad you're back!

yo hamed!

Hello, my name is Kevin and I have a biking problem.

I commute on my 07 Specialized Allez Comp 4 to 5 days a week. I live in Rancho San Diego, and commute to downtown where I work at Montbleau and Associates as a Green building guru.
The ride into work is aprox 13 miles, and I usually strech the ride home to 18 to 20 miles depending on my route.
I am a mountain biker at heart with a road biking habit. Wednesday nights, and the weekends I am offroad on my Chumba XCL.
Mon, Tues, Thur and Fri are commute days.
I started commuting late September, and will have my first 1,000 miles under my belt by December 1st, I haven't decided how to celebrate this yet (suggestions welcome), but it feels like a big accomplishment to me.

Hi everyone

I'm Mike, and I'm a former mountain biker from the Midwest who hasn't touched a bike since moving to CA 6 years ago :face-crying:

I'm planning on finding a new-ish bike and changing my commute routine to include biking. Right now I take the Coaster from North County to Sorrento Valley or Old Town (depending on where I am working that week) and would love to find a way to bike from the Coaster stations to work.

I stumbled on this website by using The Google... glad to be here :face-smile:

I don't have any pics of my yet-to-be-found ride, but I do have a pic of my son biting my nose:

Welcome, folks. Glad you found us, Mike.

Bev:kev mortensen-
welcome fellow east county commuter. We're really picking up in numbers! There are at least 3-4 that I know of that do the Rancho San Diego-downtown/Coronado route. Do you also take the colorful route through Imperial? I'm always curious about people's routes.

Hey Bev, Nice to meet another Easty County-ite

I start at Jamacha /94 - take Jamacha to Calavo to Del Rio to Campo rd (thru casa de oro) to Broadway (under the 125 / 94 interchange) to Lemon Grove ave. - That turns into imperial, I will turn right on 69th and to Akins and it shadows imperial but you skip all the stop lights, and Akins turns into market, (this avoids the Euclid 4-lane change to turn left on Market) I take market to Raven and there I am at work.

I reverse that going home, but at the Campo rd - Del Rio - Avocado interchange, i will go over the 94 on avocado, turn right on fury, turn left on Weighorst, Right on Calle ALbara, to Jamacha, to Hillsdale, to Willowglen, back to Jamacha, and home to a shower and recovery drink. . . Ride home is my favorite, great stress release and a couple good climbs on the way.

It was a welcome surprise the other night when on my way home I met up with 2 others heading my way at a stop light. We stuck together for most of the way, each of us splitting off at our appropriate locations. Made the commute go so much quicker when you have someone to talk with. . . .

Hi all. My name is Bobby Hilley. I will post pics soon.

<blockquote><cite> kevmortensen:</cite><blockquote><cite> Bev:</cite>kev mortensen-
welcome fellow east county commuter. We're really picking up in numbers! There are at least 3-4 that I know of that do the Rancho San Diego-downtown/Coronado route. Do you also take the <em>colorful</em> route through Imperial? I'm always curious about people's routes.</blockquote>

Hey Bev, Nice to meet another Easty County-ite

I start at Jamacha /94 - take Jamacha to Calavo to Del Rio to Campo rd (thru casa de oro) to Broadway (under the 125 / 94 interchange) to Lemon Grove ave. - That turns into imperial, I will turn right on 69th and to Akins and it shadows imperial but you skip all the stop lights, and Akins turns into market, (this avoids the Euclid 4-lane change to turn left on Market) I take market to Raven and there I am at work.

I reverse that going home, but at the Campo rd - Del Rio - Avocado interchange, i will go over the 94 on avocado, turn right on fury, turn left on Weighorst, Right on Calle ALbara, to Jamacha, to Hillsdale, to Willowglen, back to Jamacha, and home to a shower and recovery drink. . . Ride home is my favorite, great stress release and a couple good climbs on the way. .</blockquote>

Kevin, you're right in my neck of the woods! I ride out via Campo 2 - 3 times week! We probably have crossed paths at least.. once? Cool to see more east co to west co riders!

Hi Hillbilly, welcome to the forums and congrats on being a one car family! If I see you around town, I will say hi or at least give you my usual wave (the Queen's wave)

Hillbilly, I'm almost certain there's a bike polo group that plays in Balboa Park/Morley Field on Sunday, late afternoon. I've seen riders headed towards the velodrome with mallets. I've never joined in, though, but that might be a place to start.

nice Miyata Hillbilly. reminds me a lot of a Merckx in the shop. Miyata's are cool bikes

I am starting a portfolio on Commuters and their favorite commuter bike, i would like to take some portraits of you and your "baby" in your favorite spot on your commute, or at your place of work. If you are interested please contact me by email. jgrody@gmail.com THANKS!

Hi, I've been "commuting" for about a year now, (it's in "" because I really only live about 2 or less from my workplace) and I ride from my apartment (32nd & Harbour) to North Park/ South Park/ Velo Cult via 30th St. once a week or so. I also ride to rosecrans at least once a week just riding that loverly bike path up the coast (though I'm not really a big fan of being off road).

I'm otherwise fairly new to the biking community, though everyone I've met is pretty cool. I went full-time cycler when my car broke down, and just never felt like fiking it, this is a lot more fun and heck of a lot cooler anyway!

I'll post some pictures as soon as I get on from my own computer. I think I should probably get one of me on my bike anyhow.

Welcome MattFireproof!

My commute is pretty short and boring too (3 miles one way). I ride through some really pretty areas, but the distance is teeny (N.Park to Banker's Hill). I redeem that by riding slightly longish rides on the weekends.

I don't have any pictures of my bike yet (I'll take some today) but here's a picture of me:

I'm on Mt. Whitney at the time, I've got a picture from the summit, but I like this one better.

I think that was Consultation Lake off the western Mt. W route, it was a little before the 99 switchbacks.

Velo Cult:commute length doesn't mean much. i try to tell people not to get hung up on the commuting to work thing. using their bikes for daily chores is something i like to see and if you can turn that into commuting to work than even better. some people only thing of commuting as the going to work thing and not everybody can do that. with some folks thats the end of the conversation. they don't even think about the farmers market, coffee shops, video shops, etc.

I see what you're saying too. I hardly have any commute to work but I ride for at least 20 minutes to go anywhere else. I like the ride though, I'll be moving a little bit further away from my job soon-ish so I'm looking forward to more time on the road.

Welcome, Matt. My "commute" to work is across the street - about .5 miles, maybe .25... But I ride for everything else. Its just about riding for transportation. Cool "getter" bike.

Welcome everyone!

thanks for joining the forum Mark. you will fit right in around here.

great spread of bikes by the way!