Originally Posted by
MUDDY88YJ
Say you are on a long tour say cross country how many miles do you average per day. I am on a tour now from Boston MA to Jackson WY I will be in Jackson tomorrow completing 3000 miles in 36 days or average 83 per day. I am traveling on a surly LHT with 4 panniers handlebar bag and tent slapping bag and mattress pad. I will stay in Jackson for a week then it's off to Denver then back to Boston.
That's not how I approach tours. Our tours are usually more like ... let's go over there and see that, and then we just ride till we get there, however long that takes.
But if I'm making an estimate of how long it might take, I'll often use 50 km/day every day as an approximate way to calculate. That way, whenever I want to take a day off, it's not too difficult to make it up ... and I do like to have a day off every 4th day or so.
It is, after all, a tour not a randonnee.
