Can に乗る contain a place/direction and is it the same as [vehicle]で 行く?


In the Busuu course I'm taking I learned the word **乗る** and that it means
something like "take" or "ride". For that purpose I used the structure
**[vehicle]で 行く** up until now.

I understand, that the difference between the two is, that with **[vehicle]で
行く** I'm basically saying "I go by bike/train/etc" or just "I'm using a
bike/train/etc." With **乗る** on the other hand I'm saying "I take the
bike/train/etc."

However, with 行く I learned to construct sentences containing a target location
or a direction such as 仕事へ自転車で行く "I go to work by bicycle". Can I use the same
structure with 乗る? e.g 仕事へ自転車に乗る "I go to work by taking the bicycle"

Has the first one more or less the same meaning as the second one, is the
second one with 乗る entirely wrong or does it have it's own meaning?

I'm open to help, since I don't quite get the difference...




乗る on its own only describes the action of mounting or boarding itself. The
"destination" marked by に must be a vehicle (or a boat, a horse, etc), not
some geographical location. 東京に乗る or 仕事に乗る does not make sense (although "to
ride to Tokyo" is a valid expression in English). 車に乗る does not necessary mean
you travel to somewhere; you may just sleep in the car after 乗る.

You can combine 乗る and 行く using the te-form. For example, 自転車に乗って行きます is
almost the same as 自転車で行きます, and 車に乗って東京に行きます means the same thing as
車で東京に行きます.




乗る on its own only describes the action of mounting or boarding itself. The
"destination" marked by に must be a vehicle (or a boat, a horse, etc), not
some geographical location. 東京に乗る or 仕事に乗る does not make sense (although "to
ride to Tokyo" is a valid expression in English). 車に乗る does not necessary mean
you travel to somewhere; you may just sleep in the car after 乗る.

You can combine 乗る and 行く using the te-form. For example, 自転車に乗って行きます is
almost the same as 自転車で行きます, and 車に乗って東京に行きます means the same thing as
車で東京に行きます.

