how long do you ride a day?

22-04.-2003, 10:18 PM	#1
redandblack Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 33	how long do you ride a day? just curious. I usually ride two 5 mile rides a day (on the weekends). I've put 40 miles on my odometer in 2 months. Its probably not as much as you guys/gals, but I was just curious how my riding compares to yours. oh yeah, my usual ride is 2 miles uphill, 2 miles down, and 1 mile on a flat road. __________________ ~Y2K Specialized Hardrock FS~

23-04.-2003, 01:43 AM	#2
MtnBikerChk Community Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: USA Posts: 291	Re: how long do you ride a day? I don't think I've ever ridden more than 10 in one day. Much of what we ride either ENDS or is so brutal that I just wanna go home after 8 miles

23-04.-2003, 01:46 AM

redandblack

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Much of what we ride either ENDS or is so brutal that I just wanna go home after 8 miles

I'm glad I'm not the only one. after 7 miles my legs feel like jello.

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23-04.-2003, 06:31 AM	#4
maarten Community Team Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lierde Flanders Posts: 296	Something between nothing and 170k (depending on speed 5 or 6,5 hours a day probabely going to do a little more in 2 months time as I am going to do some stage races. __________________ A winner is a loser who didn't quit!

23-04.-2003, 07:21 AM	#5
rek Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,200	Most of my rides are between 30 and 70km (and a very occasional 110-140km), and depends really on how sporty I'm feeling, and the purpose of the ride (e.g. a commute, a dawn ride before traffic sets in, an afternoon of mountain biking, etc.) In terms of weekly totals, lately I've been riding 130-200km a week. When I first really got into cycling a year ago, I had nowhere near that level of endurance.. I felt disasterous after 20-25km. The thing I learnt that harder isn't really "better" unless you're a competitor __________________ Peter Cannondale Synapse Carbon Scalpel Cyclocross Ultra

24-04.-2003, 04:02 PM	#6
dexmax Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 45	i normally go about 10-20km a day depending on my mood. and on special days, when i really fell good, i go up to 30-50kms. i ride everyday. its not constant but i get between 100-120kms/week.

24-04.-2003, 06:33 PM	#7
GearGrinder Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Queensland Posts: 134	any thing from near 300k to 600k a week

03-05.-2003, 10:41 PM	#8
sumguyhavingfun Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 17	10 - 15 km during the week (just riding to mates house on the road) and 15 - 20 km on the weekend riding XC in the forest. Trying to build up my endurance and ride longer all week long though.

05-05.-2003, 09:23 PM	#9
redandblack Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 33	Well, I cut my 4 mile time down to 20 minutes this past weekend. I was pretty stoked. __________________ ~Y2K Specialized Hardrock FS~

01-06.-2003, 01:10 AM	#10
zen_grrl Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 5	During the week 11 miles per day on the road commuting to work (on my mtb), then about 12 miles per day of offroad stuff on the weekend... __________________ Look where you want to go...

01-06.-2003, 05:05 PM	#11
Lazarus-g Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wales , UK Posts: 110	Week days I commute 4.5miles/7kms each way and now that the evenings are getting lighter I usually go for a 1 hour ride as well.Which could be 10 miles up the mountain or longer if I'm on the road ( I should say I intend to go for one hour rides somehow they never end after just one hour) Weekends could be anything, but they very rarely come under 20miles/32 kms. __________________ "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of mankind." - H.G. Wells

02-06.-2003, 03:48 AM	#12
redandblack Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 33	My computers odometer is close to 80 total miles for this season (april-may). I would think its pretty good for a weekend warrior. __________________ ~Y2K Specialized Hardrock FS~

24-06.-2003, 02:59 AM	#13
glenzx Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: santa fe, nm usa Posts: 6	Lot's of off road miles I ride 5-6 days a week, sometimes 2X a day at a minimum of 12-18 miles trip total on my MTBike ( I only have a MTBike... for now). In seven weeks on my new SC Blur I put close to 1200 miles on her! I guess I haven't spent a lot of time checking the computer ODO setting, and I was kind of floored when I did. Am I posessed? I'd say so. Here in Santa Fe, NM, USA, endless singletrack is only a few miles from my yard, so I am out there all the time. My wife is getting suspicious! For any of you folks in the region, my buddy and I are planning to the South Boundary trail Up and Back, as the shuttle / ride to Taos is more of a "pleasure" ride... anyone interested?

27-06.-2003, 12:54 AM	#14
jakestein Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4	i ride about 4 hrs aday solid riding and about 2hrs jumping and clowning around once a week some guys and i do sprints up a 130 metre long boat ramp normaly 20 times in 2 sets of ten great for power to get over huge gaps.

07-08.-2003, 08:46 PM	#15
Tutor17 Guest Posts: n/a	Most of my rides are between 30 and 70km a day top speed ever- 60.7 kmph avg. speed-15 to 30 kmph mtb 19'' frame, front suspension, wheels 26'', tires 1.95'' ... almoust forgot... the country is BELARUS!

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