How far do you ride?
11-08-09, 08:57 PM
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How far do you ride?
I was wondering how far most people ride their fixed/SS bikes at a shot. Today I rode 17 miles and considered it a mild workout. The first 7 miles is uphill a shallow but continuous grade and it started giving me a spanking at about mile 3. What is your average ride distance? and your farthest?
11-08-09, 09:01 PM
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AVERAGe is to work and back so like 8 miles
weekend rides have avearged 30-40 miles, around 25KPH average
weekend rides have avearged 30-40 miles, around 25KPH average
11-08-09, 09:11 PM
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for booze cruisin', i ride about 2-3 miles from my house to the downtown bar district. still building up my legs. been riding my saint tropez for about a month.
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i ride 10 miles round trip to work. and occasionally i'll do a 20 mile stretch down the bike trail and back.
11-08-09, 09:17 PM
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100 Miles..good work! I have been riding 3 months. My work and back commute is 6 miles, but I take long weekend rides. My longest ride was last week on my Trek 21 speed MTB and it was 28 miles. On Wednesday I am going for 30 on my fixed gear/SS.
11-08-09, 09:22 PM
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Every day 8 mile commute for both ways
The farthest I have taken my fixed gear was about 70 miles. I prefer my road bike for the long rides, it's just nice to ride lower gears after several hours.
Is distance as important as hours on the bike?
The farthest I have taken my fixed gear was about 70 miles. I prefer my road bike for the long rides, it's just nice to ride lower gears after several hours.
Is distance as important as hours on the bike?
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11-08-09, 09:25 PM
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I usually ride seven miles in the morning, then do it ONE MORE TIME at night, plus other daytime rides. The commute takes about a half hour each way, not terribly fast because I'm not very AERODYNAMIC. But it's still faster than public transportation, which took me an hour. That is just TOO LONG.
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i just ride until i pass out. ambulance bills are getting expensive, though...
11-08-09, 10:39 PM
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My average getting around town day is like 40ish (17 miles to "work"). Workout rides can be either short and fast (I do a 20 mile perfectly flat out and back in 45 minutes that I'm pretty proud of) or I'll ride up into the mountains for 80 or so miles that takes me 6 hours. Just depends.
11-08-09, 10:45 PM
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Ride distance can vary from 7-200 miles but obviously most of them are commuting rides, so more like 10-20 miles at a time, twice a day. With regards to choosing a FG or SS over a geared bike, its not distance...its hills that decides it for me. I'll ride any distance on a FG or SS, but once I start adding numerous steep hills or huge climbs, there's no point. I have road bikes for that.
11-09-09, 08:29 AM
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Usually 10-20 miles round trip running errands and hitting friend's houses for bike talk, tea, and hang outs. Usually some diner hopping, etc. Weekends offer longer rides of course.
11-09-09, 08:34 AM
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This thread wins for Daft Punk content.
I average about 12 miles a day total, but I tend to go balls-out the whole time. Sometimes on weekends I'll go at a more reasonable rate and a lot farther, but I don't have a cyclocomputer and don't generally care to measure ****.
I average about 12 miles a day total, but I tend to go balls-out the whole time. Sometimes on weekends I'll go at a more reasonable rate and a lot farther, but I don't have a cyclocomputer and don't generally care to measure ****.
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1-2 hours of hills/trails. Mileage varies.
11-09-09, 09:49 AM
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home to work roundtrip is about 12miles a day.
weekend rides goes anywhere from 2 miles - 30 miles.
weekend rides goes anywhere from 2 miles - 30 miles.
11-09-09, 10:20 AM
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I usually ride 14 miles roundtrip to uni and back. Then im anchored at home doing homework, unless i have to ride and do some errands.
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Weekday commutes are about 8km each way plus a 20 or 30 km ride once or twice a week. Occasionally I do longer rides but not as often as I'd like.
This weekend past I did my first ride of over 100km on fixed gear. A brutal headwind made it feel much longer though.
This weekend past I did my first ride of over 100km on fixed gear. A brutal headwind made it feel much longer though.
