Originally Posted by Bud Bent
It is, indeed, relative. My 5,000 annual miles seems like a lot to me, but lately I've been riding with a man who almost finished RAAM in 2005, and had over 24,000 miles that year. His serious accident in May kept him off the bike for 5 months, but he still had over 15,000 miles in 2006. He even works full time like I do!
color me skeptical, but in order to ride 24K miles in one year it would be necessary to pedal in excess of 65 miles each and every one of the 365 days in that year. the 15K in 7 months (5 months off due to injury) is even more incredulous. using 30 days as an average month times 7 = 210 into 15000 = 71.4 per day.
and this guy works full time, too! simply amazing!