20,000 miles a year, for real
05-07-18, 04:18 AM
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Dan Tonelli of Oakland used to ride that sort of mileage. But that was before traffic got so scary. He was not a particularly fast rider but extremely competent. Finally it got to the point where there were no country roads where he felt even vaguely safe and he switched to jogging and has run many marathons.
Note that nearly every cyclist I saw was obeying traffic control devices, as well as wearing reflective yellow or green. Even pedestrians on rural roads wore reflective vests.
It seems though that in the US it’s open season against pedestrians and cyclists, compounded by the failure of the police and local prosecutors to punish drivers clearly in the wrong.
05-07-18, 07:16 AM
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I do agree I could find far better things to do with my time, though.
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No kidding. I put in 10 hours a day and have a wife & kids on top of that. If I tried to do 10,000 miles in a year I'd likely come home from a ride and find my stuff out on the lawn and the locks changed. I wanted to do 2,000 miles last year and my wife complained that I was on the bike too much.
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Must have the lights figured out if she rides in the winter,not much daylight
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Riding 20,000 miles a year takes a lot out of person's life. I've never done it - but I have cycled more than 2000 miles per month - several months in a row.
Several factors that contribute to real "mega-mile" limits have a lot to do with family, food and keeping bicycle mechanical fitness.
The years I was riding a lot were devoid of any family responsibilities and participation. I was using prime time for riding - and evenings were for resting.
I also noticed that just keeping up with bicycling laundry and nutrition volume were time consuming.
I would guesstimate that most fit cyclists could ride and average 70 or 80 miles a day for quite some time. Push that limit to 100 or miles a day and some would definitely start developing chronic stress/overuse injurues.
Several factors that contribute to real "mega-mile" limits have a lot to do with family, food and keeping bicycle mechanical fitness.
The years I was riding a lot were devoid of any family responsibilities and participation. I was using prime time for riding - and evenings were for resting.
I also noticed that just keeping up with bicycling laundry and nutrition volume were time consuming.
I would guesstimate that most fit cyclists could ride and average 70 or 80 miles a day for quite some time. Push that limit to 100 or miles a day and some would definitely start developing chronic stress/overuse injurues.
