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03-03-21, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty

Every day is doable, a few people ring up 10k years in our mileage thread. (200 work days x 40 miles = 8k, roughly.) But it’s obviously a bigger time and energy investment. Not the little bonbon of alone time and fresh air of a 5 mile ride.

Im sure there’s metrics how age plays in but I’m not sure it’s the most important thing. Really fit people seem indefinitely prolonged

Thanks for this response. I might have to print it out and put it on my fridge. Especially the indefinitely prolonged part.

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