Originally Posted by
wobrien
How far do you all tend to go before you take a break when riding? I typically don't take breaks and my longer rides tend to be in the 25 to 35 mile range. But, I recently started riding with my 13 year old daughter and she likes to take breaks, have some water and talk a little bit and back down the road she goes. Turns out that while I don't need the breaks physically I am enjoying them and the rides are much easier (partly because we are also riding slower than my typical pace). I am going to try adding them to my longer rides and hopefully those rides will be able to get even longer. So... I am interested in how you all take breaks while riding.
In temperate weather during daylight hours I stop long enough to urinate and refill my water bottles every 4-5 hours.
With changing temperature, sunrise, or sunset I add or remove warmer and more reflective clothing.
Riding all day, I get a few hundred calories of regular food around dinner time and sit to eat it.
When it's inferno like, I go as far as 50oz / 1.5 liters of water take me. That got down to an hour returning home over the Santa Cruz mountains on a sunny 105 degree day.