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Honeydutch, first off ... not wanting to insult you or anything ... but I find it strange that a 20 year old calls 16 miles a "long ride".
16 miles may seem like a lot for a commuter, but for a cyclist this is peanuts.

To give you an idea of how fast people ride ... in 1 hour:

-slow riders go about 10 miles
-normal riders go about 14 miles
-good riders go about 17 miles
-fast riders go about 21 miles
-cancellara goes more than 30 miles"

So, by your own criteria, Honeydutch's first long ride was and is in fact perfectly respectable (verging on your category 'good rider'): about 16 miles (about 25kms more or less), in about an hour.
I agree, but consequently don't understand the gratuitous comments you make at the beginning of your post, especially from someone whose typical ride (apparently) is around 25kms (or16 miles).