Fifty Plus (50+) - Help me decide...How far did I ride?

I woke up this morning to a georgeous day, mid 60's and a clear sky,
and I had a strong urge to ride some old steel. I pumped up the tires
on the '86 Raleigh Marathon, complete with stem mounted friction
shifters and put in an enjoyable 25 miles. I arrived home just as my
bride was thinking about brunch. Sooo, after cleaning up a little we went
down to the local diner and had a nice meal. An hour later and I'm
out on the LWB recumbent and I end up doing another 35 miles.

Here's the dilemna...did I ride 60 miles or just take two short rides?
As far as I'm concerned I rode my age (+3) for the second time in four
days...but I can't help but wonder..Is it official?

Did something like this earlier in the year. 40 miles out and back home- then realised that I was still pretty fresh- and hungry. So changed bikes and went 11 miles to my cafe for breakfast and 11 miles back. 62 miles so Ride my age was done and I also stopped for a meal.

I counted my ride as one, even though a change of bike was done- but I only stopped for about 5 minutes to change water bottles over and have a comfort stop. Now whether a 3 hour break in the middle for a 7 course lunch will still count- I don't know- but Riding again after eating is hard.

You should have done a poll.


Edit- Don't think I could have managed pie aswell.

Only if there was pie involved

Why does it matter?

That question applies both to your distance ridden and to my opinion.

Miles are miles...I count them all. :D

You took two rides in one day for a total of 60 miles. That's a 60-miler to me.

But it doesn't really matter ... what does matter is how much fun did you have and what did you see (check my signature).

Ask saikaitai :innocent: -purity of ride thread reference- NO OFFENSE MEANT - perhaps a poor attempt at humor but I couldn't resist. i saw these next to each other!:twitchy:

When riding across the U.S.A. if you stop along the way to get a motel, was the ride over 2,000 miles or do you just count to the motel, then count to the next motel. In short, did you ride across america or just to a motel to another motel etc.? The answer is obvious. You count up all the miles you rode.

It was one ride with a long break. You did a 60 miler. Congrats!

Let your conscience be your guide.

Sounds like a 60 mile ride to me:thumb:

Wow, this is complicated.

Did you consider how your bikes feel about this? If you call it a 60-mile ride, which bike are you going to "credit" for the ride? If you give each bike credit for its part of the ride, you will end up saying it's two rides. If you want to say it was one long ride of 60 miles, you will upset your bikes by giving each of them credit for one-half ride.

I think you have to do whatever your bikes say. If they are willing to live with one-half credit, then they are nobler bikes than mine.

Wow, this is complicated.

Did you consider how your bikes feel about this? If you call it a 60-mile ride, which bike are you going to "credit" for the ride? If you give each bike credit for its part of the ride, you will end up saying it's two rides. If you want to say it was one long ride of 60 miles, you will upset your bikes by giving each of them credit for one-half ride.

I think you have to do whatever your bikes say. If they are willing to live with one-half credit, then they are nobler bikes than mine.

OMG!!! I never gave this a thought. You mean all the bikes that I left in the garage are
envious. Do I need to keep a log to insure equal road time for all the bikes?
Please say it ain't so. This could get very complicated.:eek:

Tony (Michagan) pretty much said it all, but I'll throw in my own twist. If you set out and ride North from your home for 25 miles then stop, eat lunch, take in a movie and then trade in your bike at the not so local bike store, then ride another 35 miles to the North from there, how far are you from your house? Compute that, and you have your answer to how far you've riden that day. (Hint, you could get home in an hour at a mile a minute :-)

If someone asks "Hey cranky how many miles did you ride on Sunday?"

The answer isn't "I rode 25 miles and 35 miles." The answer is "I rode 60 miles."

Speedo

OK then, it's official. I rode my age +3 on Sunday.
I didn't intend to, it just kinda-sorta happened.
I just went out and played bicycles, looked at the odometers
at the end of the day and there is was.

Life is being fun for a change.:)

60 miles.

If a rider in the Tour de France can change bikes within a day's ride, I think it's safe to assume that you can too.

In point of fact, my Dr. (a cyclist) claims that 2 rides a day results in better fitness than 1 ride per day. I would say there are too many variables to arrive at a decision; but I'm not one to argue with my Doc, even when he is wrong.

Miles are miles...I count them all. :D

+1 there was a story last year on the road forum about a guy who rode a century in one day that involved 4 or 5 different rides in the day. Almost all agreed it counted as a century.

For me, it's all about the shower. If I come home from a ride, take a shower and then, for some unplanned reason, go out again. That's two rides. Now, (and I've thought about this), if I was on, say, a double century and had the opportunity to refresh halfway through with a shower and a change of clothes, I'd do it and call it one 200 mile ride. I spoke to my bikes about this, but they didn't answer.

I ride 25 miles to work in the morning... and 25 miles back at night-- my log gets 50 miles. When I ride in and leave the bike at work overnight, I get 25 miles on that day, and an additional 25 the next. My log gets 25 miles each of those days. I guess my log (an excel spreadsheet) sums up daily miles and then I divide by the number of days I rode to get my daily average. Because of the commuting miles, I often have many more rides than days ridden.

I hope that made the original post a little murkier :)

train safe-