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Originally Posted by Baldy1953 (Post 21104260)

At any time. If you feel up to it, go for it. I ride between 3-5 times a week because I can. No definite amount is required. Just enjoy the ride.

Excellent response to the OP's question, especially since the OP made no mention about why he wants to increase the frequency of his rides or if raised fitness level or any other "fitness" related goal is the reason he started back riding.

I am very fortunate in where I live. I can ride a residential loop of about 2 miles right from my house,or within 5 miles of my door hit a national forest and ride dirt roads 50 miles into the next county if I want. I also have a closed dirt road of about 20 miles just 2 miles from my door. I have been riding about 8 months and ride every day at least 3-6 times around the 2 mile loop. I'm up to around 20 miles on a day long trip and have been going on those longer trips about every 3-4 weeks. I average about 50 miles in 7-10 days. It's all mountain biking though on a 2017 Marlin 5.

This is the first time on a bike again after 30 years or more of bad health. I have lost 160 lbs in one year,just trying to get healthy and eating right. Biking is freaking incredible!! I am 51 and more than twice as fit as I have ever been. I do twice as much now as when I was 25. Did I mention biking is freaking incredible!!! LOL.

Ride Frequency

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Originally Posted by Ronno6 (Post 21104255)

I started back riding in late May, typically getting in 7-10 rides a month since then.
I have aimed to ride 3x a week, but sometimes weather and life gets in the way.
Ride length has increased from 10 miles to 20, with speeds averaging 14 to 16 mph.
Heart rate averaging 130 +/-

At what point do I look to increase the frequency?

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Originally Posted by Baldy1953 (Post 21104260)

At any time. If you feel up to it, go for it. I ride between 3-5 times a week because I can.

No definite amount is required. Just enjoy the ride.

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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike (Post 21142699)

Excellent response to the OP's question, especially since the OP made no mention about why he wants to increase the frequency of his rides or if raised fitness level or any other "fitness" related goal is the reason he started back riding.

If fitness is your goal, FWIW here is the concensus opinion of two Fifty-Plus all year round commuters:

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Originally Posted by tsl (Post 18779040)

Last month, out of the blue, I was asked to interview for a different position in another department of the City…

I was concerned about getting decent miles in. This is the time of year when I'd take my 17-mile long loop to work, and a 13-mile cut of it coming home.

It's not that I chase miles for the sake of numbers. It takes me 50 miles a week just to feel good and normal, I feel fantastic over 100 miles a week, and like Superman over 150.

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston (Post 18779153)

Thanks for this post. I too think gratefully about my commute, and all the variety it presents.

I particularly agree with your assessment of weekly mileage, though at over 150 miles per week, I call it hyper-fit.

I ride 6 days a week, sometimes 7 days a week. Weekdays are solo rides so there is no benefiting from anyone's draft: 1-2 days will be an all out effort for about an hour straight (think time trial effort). Other days will be tempo, and a zone 2. I usually rest on Friday so I am ready to go hard for group rides on the weekends. If I don't rest on Friday, it will either be a zone 1 recovery or another zone 2 depending on how I feel. In another life, I trained extensively in a different sport so I have learned to listen and understand what my body is telling me. I rest when my body tells me I need it, which averages about one day a week.