Cycled to work yesterday and today. Bloody painful today but I expect I'll get used to it. It currently takes 45 minutes to do 6.5 miles. I've a choice of 2 basic routes - straight down the main road and cope with the traffic, not being able to get past buses and taxis in queues and too many traffic lights (yes, I do observe them) or the designated cycle route, longer and bumpier with pedestrians wandering aimlessly into the bike lane and cars driving straight across without checking but on the whole more pleasant.