Northern California - As the crow flies

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silentben
03-04-09, 04:21 PM
What's the farthest distance (as the crow flies) you've biked in a day? Perhaps this could be a "challenge" for another month where the flatlanders wouldn't have any excuses to be bitter :lol:

For me right now it's 40.74 miles on the recent Patterson Pass ride. Granted I did not finish where I started.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1131/patterson.jpg

I figure the Race Across America winners do about 250 (straight line) miles a day :twitchy:

If you limit this to rides starting and ending at the same spot, then I've only managed to get 34.13 miles away from home (Menlo Park to Santa Cruz) on the Sequoia Century last year.

subframe
03-04-09, 04:51 PM
Only 26.6 miles, it turns out.

That certainly puts things in a different perspective!
cccorlew
03-04-09, 05:06 PM
http://home.comcast.net/%7Ecccorlew/hosting/crowfly2.gif

rydaddy
03-04-09, 05:09 PM
If you limit this to rides starting and ending at the same spot, then I've only managed to get 34.13 miles away from home (Menlo Park to Santa Cruz) on the Sequoia Century last year.

Um, did you forget about Auburn? That's 36 miles and some change.

Auburn would be my longest for a round trip. I once did a one-way, Davis to Vallejo, which was 42.
rydaddy
03-04-09, 05:11 PM
http://home.comcast.net/%7Ecccorlew/hosting/crowfly2.gif


Try this (http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/)

Start recording, click your start point, then end point. Make sure it's on 'manual'

I'm sure someone else has something fancier.
uspspro
03-04-09, 05:14 PM
Some notables:

Well I used the train on the way home but, the Henry Coe ride starting from my house got me around 48.68 miles as the crow flies (> 110 riden miles).

Glen's Sierra Rd plus hill ride (which we did start and end at home) got us (only) 30.38 miles.

Grenoble to Alpe d'Huez on folders: around 18.5 miles (29.77 km) as the French crows fly.

Ron's Sierra Rd + Calavares + Palomares ride from home was probably a good one too.
uspspro
03-04-09, 05:15 PM
Use google earth's ruler tool.
silentben
03-04-09, 05:22 PM
Um, did you forget about Auburn? That's 36 miles and some change.

Auburn would be my longest for a round trip. I once did a one-way, Davis to Vallejo, which was 42.

Doh! I totally missed that one. Yup, Auburn Century is about 36.5 miles between the start and the farthest point.
spingineer
03-04-09, 05:34 PM
Mine was roughly 65 miles ... on the Solvang Double Century, which wound up at the north end in San Luis Obispo.
spingineer
03-04-09, 05:42 PM
Ok, so it's only 55.25 miles using Google Ruler ... damn, not as impressive.
bigbossman
03-04-09, 07:56 PM
52.2 - Martinez Amtrak to Old Town Sac Amtrak