How long to bike from Davis to Sacramento

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>I’m starting to think I shouldn’t bring a car, but I want to commute to Sacramento from Davis on the weekends. Has anyone ever done this on a bike? It’s a about 15 miles and I wanted to know how long it would take me to bike. Thanks.</p>

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<p>What part of Sacramento? Maybe 90 minutes for 15 miles.</p>

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<p>Going home every weekend will not be god for your college social life, meeting people, being involved, etc. Keep the “going home for the weekend” weekends to a minimum.</p>

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<p>My house in Sacramento is 20 miles from campus. The first time I rode that route, it took me 2 hours. It depends on your level of fitness, your bicycle, and the heat.</p>

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<p>There are buses that can take you to Sacramento for free. They’re called YoloBus and all you need is your AggieCard.</p>

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<p>I know of someone who bikes home from Davis to Sacramento every day :0 Not sure how he likes doing that, though. Lol</p>

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<p>The YoloBus will only bring you as far as downtown and my experience so far with Regional Transit in Sacramento has been very mediocre. But it will save you quite a lot of bike miles, and if you can get a spot on the bike rack you should be all set. Not sure yet how tough that is during the school year.</p>

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<p>On the facebook UCD transfer page, someone is commuting from San Jose to Davis (two days a week), another from SF to Davis, and a few others from Fairfield, etc. I myself am commuting from Sac everyday but I’m used to traveling and having a car. I don’t think I could bike from Davis to Sac though. I’d probably get as far as the Yolo fruit stand and fall unconscious on I-80 lol.</p>

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<p>^Oh great; now I’m going to be checking for unconscious bikers on the causeway…</p>

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<p>If you enter your exact departure and arrival places in google maps and select bicycle as your method of transportation it usually gives a good estimation of the duration of your commute. <a href=“Google Maps”>Google Maps;

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<p>I’ve ridden 15 miles from north Davis to Winters in 100 degree weather, accounting for the heat and stopping for water breaks every 10 minutes, it took me about an hour.</p>