What is your typical week of riding ?
08-30-21, 04:20 PM
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I retired in February and I usually do 3-4 rides a week 20-25 mile range with a little elevation.If the road commission would stop putting down chip seal on my routes I might do more.A decent shoulder on the roads is a rare thing where I live and traffic…don’t get me started
08-30-21, 06:35 PM
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Average ride
I'm curious what how much you cycle slutz from hell ride in a given week.
My goal for the Fall is to reach one hour ride.
- Do you do a few short rides and one long ride?
- 2 long rides? Weekend warrior.
- Daily 15 min ride? Commuter.
My goal for the Fall is to reach one hour ride.
08-31-21, 04:22 AM
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To answer the OP's question, I ride every morning for about an hour. It's a great way to start the day, and gets me in just the right mood to head to the office and deal with the idiots there.
Of course my ride takes me on roads and trails full of idiots, I just don't know their names. My life is just one continuous interaction with idiots. Geez...I wish I was in another simulation, this one is too frustrating.
Of course my ride takes me on roads and trails full of idiots, I just don't know their names. My life is just one continuous interaction with idiots. Geez...I wish I was in another simulation, this one is too frustrating.
How does your ride expose you to idiots? You mean cars?
08-31-21, 04:23 AM
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50 miles before work? 2-3 hours? What time do you wake up!?!
08-31-21, 03:36 PM
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I ride almost every day between 18 and 25 miles in the early morning before the sun comes up. I am just over 5,000 miles for the year so far on my Giant Escape.
08-31-21, 03:43 PM
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I tend to ride 3-4 days a week, depending on what I can squeeze into the family schedule. When I was riding only on the road, my goal was 100mi/wk, and I had a few weeks where I was around 150.. Over the last couple of months, I've been doing about half my riding days on my singlespeed MTB, which gets me approx. half the amount of miles for the same amount of time, so my weekly distance average is down.
A good week looks like this...
Tues - 10-15mi MTB. These rides are never easy (as far as effort level), but are always fun.
Thurs - 20-25mi road. Tempo effort with a few harder pushes, if I'm feeling it.
Sat - 15-20mi MTB or 50-ish fast/competitive group road ride.
Sun - 40-ish easy/social group road ride, with a few max-effort spicy sections.
A good week looks like this...
Tues - 10-15mi MTB. These rides are never easy (as far as effort level), but are always fun.
Thurs - 20-25mi road. Tempo effort with a few harder pushes, if I'm feeling it.
Sat - 15-20mi MTB or 50-ish fast/competitive group road ride.
Sun - 40-ish easy/social group road ride, with a few max-effort spicy sections.
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08-31-21, 08:46 PM
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It depends. If I'm training for a big event then I will try to ride 5-6 times a week. Most are short rides of 30-35 miles with one or two longer 50 mile rides.
If not training for anything in particular I only ride about three days a week maybe 30-35 miles each time and occasionally a few 40's.
If not training for anything in particular I only ride about three days a week maybe 30-35 miles each time and occasionally a few 40's.
08-31-21, 09:25 PM
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My job allows me my 7 mile loop every work day. Weekends I try to get in a 20 mile loop each day. Too much stuff going on for more miles, unfortunately.
08-31-21, 10:34 PM
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currently rebuilding... so all rides are at a slower pace than I'd like, but rebuilding means I'm seein progress.
but the past 3 mos... a typical week
Mon - easy, recovery ride (from wkend) usually 24 ish mi. 1 hr 30 min +-
Tues. - morning 4 mi hike - roughly 800-1000 ft elv - evening tempo ride 26 mi. 1 hr 15-25 min. w/a few large ring hills
Wed, usually 6-8 mi hike in Los Padres Backcountry
Thurs - Old San Marcos hill climb - 20 mi RT from house - 3.25 mi climb 1200 ft gain, 7.5% avg, 18% max , these days 25+- min.
Friday - easy hike morning, recovery pace ride in evening...
Sat - these days - quick 18 miles before meeting my riding buds... long coffee and B&llSh#t about everything bikie (and everything else) then another 20-25 mi after...
Sun - Ride into SB and then out to Carpinteria, pace depending how I feel... 40+ ish mi.
Day Off? nah Recovery? when I'm sleepin.
TTL wk 140 - 150 ish +- feels about right... for now...
Thx
Yuri
...oh, I've been retired for a yr, finally... waited too long...
but the past 3 mos... a typical week
Mon - easy, recovery ride (from wkend) usually 24 ish mi. 1 hr 30 min +-
Tues. - morning 4 mi hike - roughly 800-1000 ft elv - evening tempo ride 26 mi. 1 hr 15-25 min. w/a few large ring hills
Wed, usually 6-8 mi hike in Los Padres Backcountry
Thurs - Old San Marcos hill climb - 20 mi RT from house - 3.25 mi climb 1200 ft gain, 7.5% avg, 18% max , these days 25+- min.
Friday - easy hike morning, recovery pace ride in evening...
Sat - these days - quick 18 miles before meeting my riding buds... long coffee and B&llSh#t about everything bikie (and everything else) then another 20-25 mi after...
Sun - Ride into SB and then out to Carpinteria, pace depending how I feel... 40+ ish mi.
Day Off? nah Recovery? when I'm sleepin.
TTL wk 140 - 150 ish +- feels about right... for now...
Thx
Yuri
...oh, I've been retired for a yr, finally... waited too long...
