How far do you go?

[gavroche]

I see that many of you seem to go on regular long rides of 50 miles plus. I am just wondering how far do cc riders go on a ride. Myself, I hardly ever do over 40 miles. That seems to be my mileage and I am happy with that. I did 55 miles once but I don't feel comfortable when too far away from home. Most of my outings are between 20 and 40 miles.
So, be honest and tell us how far you usually go.

 

[rivers]

Anything between 30 and 65 for me. It just depends who I'm with and what we want to do. Working on 100 miles this year, so I expect I'll do some rides in the 75-90 range.

 

[Welsh wheels]

For me, time constraints mean that most of my rides are around 20 or 30 miles. I like to do 40, 50, 60 miles every now and then to keep my fitness levels up. I would also like to do some longer rides in the summer.

 

[DCLane]

Nearly 200 yesterday: https://www.strava.com/activities/953515096

Usually it's 40-70 if not commuting.

 

[Drago]

Current shoulder injury notwithstanding, 30-50 for a pleasure jaunt is the norm for me. Maybe a bit more or less. However, if a friend was doing a longer ride and wanted company I'd happily tag along.

As a kid I'd do 80-100 miles a day with my chums, visiting the airport to watch the planes, with not so much as a pump, puncture repair kit, or water bottle between us.

 

[I like Skol]

how far you usually go.

All the way!


Seriously though, my normal rides are just 10 miles. This is the shortest/quickest distance between home and work so probably 90% of my rides are just that. I will also try to get a leisure ride in a couple of times a month of around 30-40 miles and throw in a couple of centuries during the year. For some reason the rare centuries never worry me and I always finish without any major struggles. I did a single day 185 mile ride last year, the novelty was wearing a bit thin for the last 30-40 miles.......

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Mostly the average is 20 to 30 miles or so on a leisure ride. Sometimes it's as short as about 5- 7 when I'm towing my kid behind me. At the other end of the scale, I do 60 miles occasionally, just a couple of times a year. It's hard to fit more in when you have children that you need to spend time with.

 

[ianrauk]

225 miles on the Oasts and Coasts 300km Audax yesterday, which included an extra 30 miles cycling to the start and back home after.
To be honest, a bit too far me and it was a very long day in the saddle. I much prefer 200km Audax or less and the 100 milers we do every weekend.

 

[Crackle]

I mostly do short rides now, so around an hour or 15 miles. As the weather gets warmer I'll venture further or if there's a ride I want to do I'll push up the distance. I prefer frequency to distance and doing shorter rides helps me keep going through the year just because it's no chore to find an hour to go out.

 

[cosmicbike]

Time limitations tend to make most of my 'me' rides around 30 miles, or whatever I can do in 2 hours. The monthly 100km challenge ride needs some thinking about slotting in when SWMBO is a work and kids at school, but even then I have to get back for the dogs. The recent 100km club ride was on a weekend so got a pass out, don't get them often...

 

[si_c]

Mostly my 13 mile each way commute. Yesterday was 130miles return to Llandudno.

 

[screenman]

20 to 30 gives me the fitness benefits I am after. I have done a lot longer but have no desire to do them again at the moment.

 

[grellboy]

Due to having young children, I try to limit my longer rides to no more than 20 miles at a time. In the school holidays (I'm a teacher) I treat myself to the occasional weekly 60 miler. I have recently also made a move towards shorter, but more intense rides, which I believe to be just as beneficial - if not more so - as longer, more sedate rides, if improving fitness is the goal. As an aside, I used to be able to get up early on a weekend, quietly leave and squeeze in 20 miles and be back before anybody else was up. But since we got a golden retriever, as soon as I leave he now goes and wakes up my wife which then puts her in a bad mood as her lay in is ruined haha!

 

[MontyVeda]

For me they're between 15 and 48.7 miles. I did do a 53 miler last summer but missed a turning which meant inadvertently shortening the planned route which ended up at 48.7

 

[keithmac]

200+ mile rides on normal roads is seriously good going!.

I'm a 6 miles to work and back man myself, would like to start some Sunday riding but will have to work around family and kids.

Would probably buy a more road orientated bike if it was just me doing a few Sunday rides..