I have no idea why the OP is asking or what he is trying to ascertain, which is why I asked in one of the posts.

I have never done a single ride in my life without stopping.

My interpretation of his request was how long are your average rides. A ride is a continuous endeavor. You don't change your kit, you stop for traffic, you stop to pee, and on long rides, you stop to eat. There just are not many long stretches of road in the USA do to a long ride without any stops. Lander Wyoming to Riggins is the most remote, lonely stretch that I can recall riding, it is about 125 miles and if you don't stop at the motorist rest stop for water, you will die.

Oh so now it's how far you can go without stopping? Don't know, but my morning rides I do a little over 10 miles without stopping (except for traffic, if needed). But on my longer rides, I usually stop and take a short break after about 10 miles. I honestly don't know how far I can go without stopping, but a few weekends back I did a group ride where we rode 15 miles without a rest break. Or, I would have but a flat tire at about mile 14 caused an unscheduled rest break. I'm sure I've done longer on an organized century ride, as one of the stretches between SAG stops was probably close to 20 miles. But then I still don't know how many pushups would help me ride that far...

A good baseline fitness is important for normal everyday life, not just cycling or other sports. Especially as we age, it is wise to build / maintain strength in all areas to help prevent falls that could cause serious injury. Besides cycling, I always want to be able to run, lift heavy weights, and perform well in martial arts.

Plenty of organizations use pushups as part of a physical strength and endurance test. I found this interesting Livestrong article on the subject. Being below average in this or any other fitness area is not where I want to be.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/4...for-men-women/

Maybe it's a language thing. But over here when people say they did a non-stop ride, it means they didn't stop for anything other than momentarily for traffic and maybe a very quick water bottle fill / pee on a longer ride. I rarely stop at all on my rides, which are anything from 1-9 hours long. It's just my strategy to get the best finish time. Most people stop at the feed stations for a break, while I just go by and eat on the move. Saves a good 5-10 mins and keeps the momentum going. Quite often have some interesting leap-frog battles with guys who are riding a little faster, but stopping a few times.

Anyway 9 hours is about my tolerance for not stopping, but my average endurance rides are more like 4-5 hours. The 130 km event I did last weekend took 4.5 hours and according to Strava I stopped for less than a minute in total (due only to the accumulation of traffic junctions).

Heck, if you look at the OP, it just asks "how long is your average bike ride". I don't even know if that's average distance, time, or what. Assuming fairly level terrain and neutral wind conditions, there's a whole hell of a lot of difference in fitness required to cover 130km in 4.5 hours vs. say 50km in the same time.

Using your definition, I did a lot of non-stop 100 mile rides (6-6.5 hours, usually) last year for the simple reason that there was nowhere good to take a nice indoor break at. Quite a few of those were done without bathroom or water refill breaks, but I could only pull that off when the weather was relatively cool so the water requirements were relatively low.

I'm really not interested in riding around a closed track again and again to do 100 miles without any traffic stops--I think that's the only way that could be done around here.

Anything over 100 miles, I want a nice lunch break of an hour or so.

I don't think it's going to come as any kind of shock that cycling doesn't do much for people's upper-body "fitness". This thread has absolutely no point.

Yeah, I was just cross-referencing his other thread about riding for 23 mins non-stop.

So, does the 5 minute average bike ride include breaks, or is it continuous?

LOL, I couldn't imagine taking a break in the middle of a 5 minute ride. But yeah, better stop if you need to, don't want to strain yourself.

I like to get off the bike every 2 minutes and crank out 200-250 air squats and a couple dozen pushups.

5 minute bike ride? Are you a track pursuiter?

He likes to go around the block.

Now to go on the weight lifting forum & proclaim that I can do 8 bicep curls with 5 lb dumbbells.

Back to the OP's OP:

1. Clapton
2. Beck
3. Page

1. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
2. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
3. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Just joined a classic rock band on bass. Most of their songs required almost no effort to learn, although I did look on YouTube to nail down some details. But they do several Pink Floyd songs (Time, Breathe, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here) that are killing me. I had to write those out.

Not because they're difficult, but because they're so similar---nearly the same chords, minimally reordered, with all of the songs performed at roughly the same funereal tempo. Luckily, YouTube allows manipulation of playback speed, so I listen to and learn those songs at 2X the original tempo, a speed at which they sound more or less normal.

Must have been tough when their resident songwriting genius, Syd Barrett, who wrote all the best songs on Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, disappeared irretrievably into a druggie haze. Imagine if Shakespeare had disappeared after Hamlet and four illiterate spear-carriers were recruited to keep the hits coming.

Yeah I'm sure you could have given Dave Gilmour a few tips on the bass lines.

I managed to ride the 112 mile segment of my 2014 IMFL as a no touch - no stop ride. Carried enough liquids and nutrition for the ride that took me 6:10:50. Could not go all out since I still had the marathon after.

I think you mean Roger Waters, since he played bass guitar and wrote many of Floyd's songs.

Yeah good point. I was just thinking of Gilmour as being the leader, but I guess that's highly debatable! I saw Roger Waters play in Birmingham about 20 ish years ago. They played the whole Dark Side of the Moon set. He was getting on a bit by then, but still pretty cool.

bad form is one thing, but "knees over toes" may not be as "not good" as you have been trained to believe. Knees Over Toes guy on YouTube

How about.....longest ride. Does that work? The continuity of the ride is what I was trying to convey. I have no idea what OP means. Whether someone stops 1 minute or 10 minutes on a 130 mile ride, I cannot imagine any difference in the training effect or load with all other aspects equal. I watched a couple of 550 mile 24 hour efforts and even these world class athletes have to stop here and there, albeit for short periods. In the ride I references, I had no food for 447 km and when I had the chance for food, I stopped and stuff my face with food. I would not consider continuing the ride to be a new ride because it was a continuous effort. Capisce?

I'm 76 for a little context.
1) 30
2) When I was 18, I did 200 1-legged squats off each leg. Now, I dunno. I just got back from backpacking up and down 2400', up one day, down the next. I did get tired, but I'm out of shape. My legs don't feel like doing 100 squats right now. In my late 50's. I'd do sets of 30 barbell squats at 85% bodyweight.
3) Average? Why would I calculate that. I'm down to ~50 miles for a good Sunday tandem ride. My indoor roller rides are usually ~20 miles. When I was 74, I rode 154 miles & 9,000' in 10:17 moving and 11:41 elapsed. My longest day ride has been 400k.
I'm fairly typical for an experienced club rider, lots of folks faster, lots of folks slower.

Let's be honest here. What you were trying to convey is that you can do a 1200 km "non-stop" ride in response to my 160 km non-stop ride. Of course I get it.

21 pushups with strict form is fairly impressive for someone who does not do pushups.
Looks like your leg endurance is on a whole different level than a non-biker.
How old are you?

You don't read so well, do you?

1) How many consecutive pushups can you do (without pausing at top for rest)
2) How many consecutive air squats can you do (without pausing at top for rest)