How was your year of Cycling in 2025?

[sevenfourate]

I've had the good fortune to be able to cycle in Spain twice, and also Tuscany later in the summer.

I've absolutely LOVED those experiences, the warm weather, the roads / climbs…

The downside of those experiences, is that when I come back here, I am much less inclined to feel the motivation to go out on the bike.

Has anyone else felt this ?

Not with Cycling. I do limited miles compared to most. And only ever at the times / weather conditions of my choice.

But: I spent 10+ years chasing the Sun across the Globe - competing in another sport.

So when that competitive run started coming to an end - and after participating at the best venues, and at the best times - coming back and ‘giving it a go’ for fun in the damp and dreary UK never held quite the same appeal. Probably / especially as some of my friends had given up / moved on etc.

I’ve now not done any of that sport for 4 (?) years. And once it meant everything to me. Never say never - but where, when and with whom are more important than the what imo; as you get older…….

Good luck 🙏

 

[lazybloke]

Total distance was a dismal 1361 miles as illness in the family increasingly robbed me of leisure time. Work wasn't bad, but was quite intense.

But I squeezed in a few fantastic rides: London Lockdown, Kennet Valley 200 and my first 400 (LWL).

Not sure what 2026 will bring, but i fancy trying a 600 in May, if I can regain my fitness.

 

[13 rider]

Last ride of the year done total miles 8740 ,7048 outdoor and 1692 indoor ,92 50km rides ,5 50 milers ,13 metric centuries and 12 imperial centuries

 

[Dorset Boy]

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Anyone else contemplating a specific cycling goal today to end the year on?

I've not looked at goals like this for over three years, but I'm 1hr21mins away from 290 hours for the year, seems achievable given I've done about that duration on Monday and Tuesday.

Can't see any of it happening outside though, think I've only ridden outside once in December, as much as there's the romantic notion of finishing the year outdoors it's only 2C now and the fog has unusually only cleared in the last hour or so... Plus sunset is only ~40mins away!

 

[Willd]

2,693 miles, including 13 metric and 4 imperial centuries. My second highest total in the last 5 years

Also got into the madness of collecting squares on veloviewer - pushing / carrying a road bike along muddy footpaths and bridleways, "private" roads, straying into places i wouldn't normally - all of Coventry Up to a 34 x 34 maximum square, aiming for 45 x 45 next year, once the weather picks up a bit.

 

[honeybadger]

Last ride of the year today, 108miles to box off the Rapha 500.

 

[robjh]

It's been a very good year for me, and at 11304 miles I have beaten my previous annual best mileage by nearly 1700, and it's quite possible that I will never do this much again.
This is all down to the LEL (London-Edinburgh-London) this summer. Even though it was curtailed due to bad weather I still managed about 580 miles on the four days that I rode, and I did loads of long-distance training in the months leading up to it that really increased my mileage. Then after the event in August I was still feeling very fit and have kept up a lot of the longer rides. Having discovered how much I enjoy them I'm now hoping to carry on with these sort of rides into 2026 and beyond, though in my mid-60s there's always this nagging fear of slowing down, and I guess this is part of my motivation for keeping going at this intensity while I can.

A map of (most of) my rides in 2025. There were a few others, in Northern Scotland, Spain and the eastern USA which don't fit well on the map.

 

[Venod]

Less miles than last year, 8,817 compared to 9,456 last year, but I was knocked off in August, with 4 days in hospital, then recovery, on a positive note, I passed 100,000 miles on Strava.

 

[Alien8]

Hit the big 6-0 in 2025 - that's years, not miles.
LEL disappointingly turned in to Writtle-Malton-Writtle.
On the plus side managed +1,000 miles each month ending the year on 14,681 miles (3,724 fixed) at an overall average of 17.9 mph.
That's my HAMR since returning to cycling in 2004.

 

[Mburton1993]

A good year, new personal best of 4340.86 miles:

Bike	Distance
Exercise Bike	87.15​
Hire Bike	14.58​
Mountain Bike	691.84​
Road Bike	3547.29​
Grand Total	4340.86​

Also a new furthest one day distance of 176.60 miles

And 942.58km of running

 

[sevenfourate]

It's been a very good year for me, and at 11304 miles I have beaten my previous annual best mileage by nearly 1700, and it's quite possible that I will never do this much again.
This is all down to the LEL (London-Edinburgh-London) this summer. Even though it was curtailed due to bad weather I still managed about 580 miles on the four days that I rode, and I did loads of long-distance training in the months leading up to it that really increased my mileage. Then after the event in August I was still feeling very fit and have kept up a lot of the longer rides. Having discovered how much I enjoy them I'm now hoping to carry on with these sort of rides into 2026 and beyond, though in my mid-60s there's always this nagging fear of slowing down, and I guess this is part of my motivation for keeping going at this intensity while I can.

A map of (most of) my rides in 2025. There were a few others, in Northern Scotland, Spain and the eastern USA which don't fit well on the map.
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Awesome year ! I hope your Health and enthusiasm continue in 2026 ✅

Where have you ridden on the East side of the USA ?

 

[presta]

I managed to ride the same mileage I did in 2024, 2023, 2022, & 2021.

 

[ColinJ]

I managed to ride the same mileage I did in 2024, 2023, 2022, & 2021.

Equally good, or equally zero?

As for me... Life got in the way big-style in 2025, so my head wasn't really in it. No forum rides for the first time in over 20 years (counting a couple of years of Cycling Plus/Bike Radar rides before Cyclechat).

I only managed to do 5,435 km (3,378 miles) but that was 95% of my target so in the depressing circumstances it wasn't too shabby. I definitely want/need things to be better in 2026 though!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Equally good, or equally zero?

As for me... Life got in the way big-style in 2025, so my head wasn't really in it. No forum rides for the first time in over 20 years (counting a couple of years of Cycling Plus/Bike Radar rides before Cyclechat).

I only managed to do 5,435 km (3,378 miles) but that was 95% of my target so in the depressing circumstances it wasn't too shabby. I definitely want/need things to be better in 2026 though!

Never mind mileage, no one cares about that. How did you get on with your challenge to get that climb under 20 mins?