mstateglfr 

I'm down compared to the last few years, about 40%. Its early in the season here, but I'm guessing I'll be down come the end of the year.

A lot of my miles are due to training rides with a youth mentorship group that meets 3x/week from March thru July to train for ragbrai.
The program and ragbrai are both canceled this year, so without those two mandatory rides each week, im riding less distance. I think my frequency per week is still about the same though.

Kinda surprised since I figured no family plans would equal more miles for me.

Ikester

I am way up. Empty roads and fairly nice weather I got in some bucket list rides, including a 135 mile round trip to the Illinois border and back a few Saturdays ago. Rides over 50 miles are much more common for me this year. Hope this ride trend continues for me!

atwl77

A significant portion of my mileage comes from audax, and with such events being banned for the foreseeable future, it's definitely down for me.

bung

My mileage has increased significantly over previous years.

mstateglfr 

You are around some really fun riding. I did this route last september- beautiful low traffic paved roads for miles and miles.
I was continually surprised to see how all the rural farm roads were paved. Those same roads across the border in IA would be gravel.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28844281

Russ Roth

Up for sure, only started to get back into riding more summer of 18, didn't do as much as I wanted, summer of 19 did better but had knee surgery, this year I haven't gotten in really long rides more then a couple times but lots more rides which are good and more challenging MTB rides which I can be happy with. If they finish the paving on a local path I'll get some 40mi rides in for sure.

canklecat

About the same, 400-500 miles a month, sometimes more. Only change is I'm mostly riding solo. Before the pandemic about half my miles were various group rides.

diphthong

mas. budgeted for 6k miles this year. already at 3,500.

mgopack42 

No group rides, no training this year. let myself get fat(ter) since November. Once Eroica CA got cancelled, and the lock down made group rides evaporate...I kinda slacked off
2019 - 1947.82 Miles
2020 - 1080.56 Miles

so I am WAY off the pace. it will be hard to hit 5000 this year for sure after a slow start.

Bah Humbug

Way more hours on the trainer, way fewer miles on-road.

philbob57

More miles, fewer rides. At 75, riding in cold weather is less fun than ever, and I believe it's been colder this year than last.

Digger Goreman

Double+ mileage for me.

Steve B.

The weather has been pretty decent in the NYC area, except the wind and I'm not at work so am out 5 days per week, almost twice as many miles this year compared to this time last year. I usually get in 2,000-2,200 a year, might hit 3,000 this year.

GrainBrain

Got a new gravel bike and a nice rear pack, so I've been making an effort to commute to work. ~15 miles one way, 14 miles are gravel. It's been fun and I'm hoping the weather will begin to cooperate more after that rainy/cold stint we've had. I'm at 1,300 miles as of now, off from my 2,000 miles in 2018 but better then last year at this time.

I've already had two 100+ days, looking to more big rides. The all-rounder of the gravel bike let's me create really seamless routes over road/gravel/rail trails. Plus I can carry 6L of water with room for more.

puma1552

Same as every year at this time, which is 0.

Roads/weather are crap til April, trainers suck, I'm a weekend fairweather rider only, and April/May weekends are typically dedicated to getting all summer house projects out of the way and getting it all over with ASAP so I can be on the bike the rest of the summer and actually enjoy summer instead of dreading rotten projects.

In the past 6-7 weeks I have:

1) Refinished every single piece of exterior door/window/garage trim (had to be completely chiseled/sanded/recaulked - awful, huge project to do whole house, ~3-4 hours per window)
2) Completely remodeled garage
3) Rebuilt a 70'x3' retaining wall (just horrid) and laid half a yard of rock on top
4) Restained deck
5) Fully detailed/ceramic coated all 3 cars
6) Laid 112 bags of mulch
7) Driveway being sealcoated tomorrow (professionally though, not me)

Yeah, required 6-7 weekends and MANY weeknights too...pretty on top of crap for mid-May in Minnesota...NOW I can ride starting this weekend.

mstateglfr 

Weather this last 7 days has been junk.
What'd ya get for a bike?

colnago62

I am not doing as many miles as you, but have you noticed a higher level of fatigue due to more miles being solo? For me, I notice more on the longer rides, which I would normally do in a group.

NoWhammies

I am way up. Working from home means I am able to get out on the roads sooner and get longer rides in. Also, we've had some warm weather in March and April. This has meant I've been been getting out sooner/earlier in the season too. Fingers crossed the nice weather continues in June/July/August.

canklecat

Yep. With a good group we get the benefit of drafting and the intangible mental boost that goes with camaraderie. I've always found it easier to ride farther, harder or both with a good friend or compatible small group.

But good groups aren't easy to find.

Solo rides can be tiring when I'm pushing harder for a workout, basically time trialing. There's no letup in pedaling, but it's steady without surging. I may ease up a little on the flat portions of roller coaster climbing terrain to save a little gas for the climbs. But I try to limit myself to one hard workout ride a week. At 62 with a few nagging health issues I need more time to rest and recover between hard efforts. My other rides are mostly lighter effort, zone 2-3. I'm working toward improving my time trialing, and maybe taking a crack at the seniors level state or local TT events next year. I need to work on my physical therapy to get more comfortable with aero bars too.

Depending on the group those rides can be more tiring, though. Most folks I used to ride with are younger, stronger and faster. And if the group is more of a free for all rather than working as a unit, there's a lot of accordion effect, surging and lagging, sprinting and soft pedaling. They'd hammer up every climb rather than maintaining a steady effort, then coast down hills. I rarely coast downhill, but I also try to maintain the same steady perceived effort on climbs as I do on flats. If I'm leading or taking a pull I watch the folks behind me to be sure I'm not gapping anyone. (I use mirrors -- either a Take-A-Look on the helmet or slender bar-end mirror, because I have no sense of what's cool. And with multiple neck injuries I can't look over my shoulder as easily now.)

The former group leader used to emphasize working together for no-drop rides, along with encouraging safe drafting and rotating turns. But some folks wanted to chase PRs and KOMs on every significant segment, so inevitably the group would split. The strongest few guys would set the pace the entire ride, so there was no real rotation. Over time the faster guys didn't want to wait so the gaps got larger, regroup points got briefer, then they stopped regrouping at all. That's fine for folks who can maintain that effort. I can't anymore so those weren't really group rides for me. Just goes with age, nothing new. Eventually we all have to step aside or find another group.

What finally caused me to discontinue those rides last autumn was the total disregard for safety that worsened significantly over the past year. They'd blow through intersections without pausing or calling out whether the way was safe for following riders. And because some guys were struggling to keep up, they didn't call out hazards. Probably trying so hard they couldn't risk taking a hand off the bar to signal. I won't draft wheel-to-wheel people I can't trust, and some of them would run us into traffic cones and potholes.

While I generally observe the Idaho Stop, I don't blow through any intersection without slowing and looking very carefully in all directions. I've had some problems with posterior vitreous detachments (PVD's aren't as bad as a detached retina), and when a PVD occurs I'll have huge floaters and some blurring -- so I can't trust my peripheral vision to discern the difference between a floater and an approaching vehicle. I have to slow and deliberately look in all directions. Especially in dim light, when means I had to skip most weekday evening group rides -- I'm retired and can ride anytime I like, so there was no reason to risk those evening group rides. We averaged only 1 or 2 mph faster than my usual solo speed, not really enough for the significantly greater risk.

But that's not their problem. They're having fun and that's fine. I just need to stick to a more compatible group. I'm sure after the pandemic seems in control I'll rejoin rides with some folks closer to my age and ability.

GrainBrain

Bought a Topstone Carbon with 105, it's been a blast! I've really been wanting to try for longer rides, all of the storage space I added really helps for self sufficiency. I got it right before all of this covid stuff, so that was a bit of luck. It's easy to forget how important that community water fountain is!

DrIsotope

Down, but voluntarily. I did 200 miles a week for 5 years, and it was starting to grind on me. I set a personal target of ~150 a week, and am pretty much right on track.

I've also mixed in more walking/running, and have already put in more miles on foot in 2020 than I did in 2018 and 2019 combined. So far, at least one walk/ride for every calendar day of 2020.

Bassmanbob

I'm up from last year, but 2019 was a read down year for me. I averaged about 100 miles/ week in 2018 until I got the flu in December. So I finished 2018 with 4800miles. 2019 was a cycling disaster for me. My daughter moved to Europe (happy for her, sad for us), my father passed in July, my wife started complaining of me riding my bike too much which took time away from her, my father-in-law passed in December and I gained 30 pounds. So there was a lot of emotional stuff to work out. I cycled only 2300 miles in 2019.

I'm riding more this year and would like to finish with about 75 miles/week average for about 4,000 miles for the year. I was on track until my back went out on me two weeks ago. I feel much better and will gradually get back on the bike. I was hoping to do the Crater Lake Century in August, but I'm not sure if I feel comfortable getting on a plane in August.

ZHVelo

I already have more km than I did in any previous year. But then again, I decided to really take cycling seriously now and not just do it as a fun sport when I feel like it, in the summer (mostly). Also, work gym being closed helped as I had 100% focus on cycling (I do intend to keep doing strength training, 1 day/week in the summer, 2 in the winter).

bampilot06

Rode more last year because I was out of work. Went back to work in Feb, so my riding was cut a bit. With that said, I was brand new to the sport last year, so a lot of my rides were pretty short, where now my rides are slowly getting longer.

Duganator9

I'm down just a touch, but I've been waiting on a new bike. Hopefully I'll be putting the miles in now.