I went to a family reunion over Labor Day Weekend. It was 112 miles away and i rode my bike up there. My wife followed later in the van with the bike rack on back to haul me home at the end of the weekend. At the reunion, one of my cousin's saw my wife letting the bike rack down to access the back of the van.

"You should have made him (me) ride all the way up here," he joked to my wife. "He did," she replied. He just laughed and walked on. He didn't believe her!

Secondly, don't get caught up in the Mileage Juggernaut. A good ride is one that you actually get to take. Unless you are unemployed or independantly wealthy it is hard to find time to ride much more than 20 miles per day.

Or more specifically it is hard to find more than an hour and a half to ride. I usually ride my mountain bikes in the early mornings this time of year. I am lucky if i get to ride more than an hour and one half. Actually I am lucky that i get to ride every morning. Many don't.

Don't listen to what others tell you is a "good ride." Eventually your body will outgrow your watch. IOW, you will be able to achieve distances fairly easily every day that exceed what you have time for. I try and stretch my rides to 2 hours on my mountain bikes every chance i get. I can get in a little over 25 miles on dirt/gravel roads. I have done it sooooooooo many times that I don't even really get a workout. But i do love watching the sun come up and seeing nature unfold before my eyes every sunrise.