Originally Posted by
TuckertonRR
Greetings & salutations,
I haven't commuted in almost two years - or ridden regularly for a great while. I will now have a new commute which will be roughly 6.9 - 7.3 miles, and need to get into the swing of things. I remember riding regularly that distance with no problems. How long did it take you to get into riding a similar distance on a daily basis, to get your fitness levels up? A week? two? a month?
Depends more than anything else on terrain. 7 miles (roughly 6.9) on flat terrain is a cake walk and anybody should be able to do it at something over 10mph average. However, 1 long or steep hill changes the rules entirely and for someone not in shape changes a cake walk to a death march.