First 30 Miles ride
 

Just finished my first 30 mile ride.
Age 56
Been riding about 4 months
30 miles flat with slight breeze
Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Bike Raleigh Gran Sport 10 sp steel.
Feel pretty good.

Good for you! :thumb:

You didn't perhaps take any pictures on the ride did you? If so, please post them. We love ride reports with pictures. :)

Sorry no pictures - it was a beautiful day though, in south Texas

Awesome. Keep it up.

30 miles is nothing to sniff at. i did about that yesterday and it pooped me out.

wut?

just saying he done good. 30 miles is a good distance.

Glad to hear this. You did well. Now the tough part of trying to keep it going.

My longest since starting back in July was 26 miles and I felt the same. Of course, it was on a mtb riding on the road and it was only a month or so into riding.

yep that's the tough part - next goal is the metric century. Looking at getting a new road bike around the end of the year.

You did good.
Now ride your age.

OK age next - then the metric century

dude...be nice.

Awesome. Show us your bike! (What year is it? There seem to be a bunch of Raleigh GS's making appearances lately.)

It took 4 months to ride 30 miles? That's like 0.01 mph. Keep riding you'll get faster.












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Congratulations on the 30, that's awesome! I started back into riding about the same time as you so I can certainly relate. Keep it up!

The more you ride, the easier the distances get. I do 40 at a stetch and it's no big deal. I've done a couple metric centuries, but still haven't done a 100 miler, although I'm pretty sure I could. The funny thing is when you tell people who don't ride how far you go on your bike and they get all goggly-eyed :eek: When visiting home this summer I told my mom that I ride a distance equavalent from her new home to the house I grew up in and back, each way (17 miles), every time I commute, and she didn't really want to believe me.