LowCel 

Damn!!!!

NoRacer

I wasn't planning on going over 10,000 miles this year, but I started doing this:

https://www.endomondo.com/challenges/2115480

Now, I've committed myself to finishing even though I started a week late.


Wow, just noticed that it's up to 17,000+ people participating in this challenge!

wphamilton

10 hours per week +/-.5 I never realized how consistent it was until you asked. Ten commutes plus 3-4 hours on weekends, rarely missing.

bobbycorno

+1 or maybe more to the point, "too much, but it isn't enough".

SP
Bend, OR

pallen

most of my miles are commuting. I get 100mi a week just getting back and forth to and from work - thats 45 min each way, 1 1/2 hrs a day.

dstrong 

2 - 4 hours per week...or I should say per weekend, as I'm pretty much limited to Saturday mornings.

triumph.1

I am jealous and do you work? If not I am double jealous and if you do you are a total animal. You are a total animal anyway..........

javal

Well over 3000 km between april and now. Average 5-6 h. "serious" riding per week. Utility riding excluded.

znomit

BF time/10

halfspeed

It's what I tell non-cyclists who think I'm way over the top with my riding. Puts things in perspective.

Machka 

Never "too much" ... we could always do more.

Seattle Forrest

Meh. People ride for all kinds of reasons - getting a workout is just one of them. I mean, I'm a devotee to the church of the big chain ring, but I'd also rather be tootling along on the MUP than watching TV.

Anyway, in starting the thread, I wanted to know how much time people spend on their bikes, however they see fit. To be honest, I really wanted people to say how much of their days they devote to our hobby, to include time they spent on rides, but not riding, like if you go out for a few hours, but spend twenty minutes stopped for pictures.

bikejrff

I ride 5-7 days per week March - October and average 16-25 hours per week. More in June, July & August (1481 miles this Aug). Don't ride in the rain or the cold. I am a weenie. Might reach 7,000 miles in 2011. Don't ride a trainer, use an elliptical in the winter.

halfspeed

Recovery is training, too.

Mikevt1

Wow, most of you folks are racking up the hours/miles. I just started riding (after a 25 yr. layoff) and I am getting 3 to 7 hrs a week. The lower number earlier and the larger number in recent weeks. Doing my first 75 mile ride this coming thursday.

JoelS

So far this year: 5559.82 mi, 345:54:54. That averages to 21.57mi per day, 1:20:32 for time.

Last year totals: 6380 mo, 414:12:05

I expect to blow away last years numbers, but last year I had an operation and associated recovery time.

LowCel 

Good luck with the ride.

jsutkeepspining

Stupid school, getting in the way of riding!

gbiker

According to Endomondo, 175h or 7.3 days this year.

John00

My usual ride takes 3:30 hours, I try to make it at least 3 times a week. At the beginning of the season it took well over 4 hours.

I_Like_Bike

At the moment I am riding about 8 hours a week. Need to up it now that I know how much some of you are riding.

Machka 

Then you should have asked that question in the first place.

For the most part, my totals would include total time for the rides. I don't count ride time. For me, when I roll out of the driveway, or away from the van, or whatever ... that's when my ride starts. When I wrap my ride up for the day, that's when it ends. And if I happen to notice how much time has passed between the start and finish, that's the time for my ride. And, of course, that time will include riding, stopping for lunch, stopping for photos, etc. etc.

Machka 

That's not bad for early spring and late autumn (building up and easing off).


For most of the year (except maybe a few weeks in the middle of winter) I try to aim for a minimum of 10.5 hours of exercise a week.

A number of years ago, a study was released that suggested that people need to exercise at least 60 minutes per day, 7 days a week in order to maintain a decent level of fitness, and a minimum of 90 minutes per day, 7 days a week in order to gain fitness and/or lose weight. As expected, there was an outcry among the sedentary who said that was way too much exercise and they couldn't possibly be expected to do that. Unexpectedly (to me) there has been an outcry among cyclists ... who presumably exercise a lot ... just about every time I've mentioned this study, telling me that they couldn't possibly be expected to exercise that much.

The thing was, the study did not suggest 90 minutes of continuous exercise every day, it suggested adopting an active lifestyle where a person might walk to work (30 min), walk at lunch (30 min), go for a ride after work (30 min), or go to the gym in the morning (30 min), walk on breaks (15 min x 2), go swimming in the evening (30 min), etc. etc. Plus, of course, all the usual suggestions like taking the stairs, parking at the far end of the shopping centre parking lot, going to the park with the kids and throwing a ball around, etc.

I multiplied 90 minutes * 7 days and divided by 60 = 10.5 hours ... and so I aim to exercise 10.5 hours per week. And for me, that includes about 15-18 km/week of walking (3 hours, 20 minutes), which leaves me with a little over 7 hours to make up with cycling. Most of the time, I make that up and then some.

surgeonstone

The more you (I) ride the more you like it. The more you like it, the more you do it.

petalpower

I'm riding about 8 hours a week using the TCTP. Usually 1.5 on Tue/Thur, then 2hr/3hr on Sat/Sun. Good results thus far.