Originally Posted by
GuitarWizard
I figured 5k miles to start since that isn't really all that much....works out to around 100 miles per week, which isn't too bad for someone new to cycling.
Yep - 5k is a good target. But if you can only get in 4k/yr but they are focused training miles, you can go pretty far. Same with time (re - merlin's comment) - a lot of us do quite well on 6 or 7 hours per week of training although 10 hrs would be preferable.