how many miles a day on daily ride?

[Scho]

bought this a few weeks back:



i'm looking to build up my fitness.

just been doing about 8 miles at least five days a week at the moment fairly undulating roads.

should i be doing more?!?

i don't need to get superfit or anything just a bit of prep for snowboarding and MTB in the summer :-)

cheers,

rick.

[sjg]

Well I used to do about 7 each way commuting, but on a heavy old singlespeed, which kept me pretty fit.

If I've got the spare time and I'm on my road bike, I'll do 40+ miles. You can keep such good average speeds up on those things that big mileages are pretty easy.

[pastrana72]

20 to 25 miles on a sunday morning on MTB if i am feeling fit and have the time, wish i had the time i would do as much as i did when i was younger.

[_TC]

pastrana72 said:

20 to 25 miles on a sunday morning on MTB if i am feeling fit and have the time, wish i had the time i would do as much as i did when i was younger.

Wow man, were do you go? I am local ish to you and would love to get to know some routes as i need to get back out on my bike. its been too long.

[pawsmcgraw]

last year my daily average worked out at 52kms.Over the year, 18928kms, which is more than i did in my car.....which would have been far cheaper to run too judging by the price of bike parts.

[Scho]

so the consensus is that i'm being a bit of a pussy

i'l double it for now and see how i get on!

[996 sps]

I cycle to and from work Mon to Fri, works out 30miles a day, takes some motivation at the moment though as its freezing!

[atom111]

Did 29 miles on the road yesterday and a low 8 miles off road today but not bad as a total.

Next weekend I suspect I will do mainly off-road miles, probably 20 on saturday and 12 - 15 on the Sunday all being well.

I guess you do as much as you can or want to do. Better doing 8 miles than 0 miles

[pastrana72]

_TC said:

pastrana72 said:

20 to 25 miles on a sunday morning on MTB if i am feeling fit and have the time, wish i had the time i would do as much as i did when i was younger.

Wow man, were do you go? I am local ish to you and would love to get to know some routes as i need to get back out on my bike. its been too long.

Cool, there are some cool routes out of near where i live, it is a real mix of on road and off road cycling, for example riding out from exeter, through danes woods, killerton woods and loop back through Ashclyst forest.

Been riding a lot up at haldon forest to, but its much more technical riding, if i drive up there i do not do great distances, maybe 5 to 7 miles.

If you are intrested in ride some time PM me, there are a few of us most sundays, it would be fine if you wanted to come.

[_TC]

Thank you, a loop out of exeter sounds great. i live in Newton abbot and im sure there are plenty of lanes and woodland i dont know about. now, i will go and dust off the bike and i will be in touch. thanks mate.

pastrana72 said:

_TC said:

pastrana72 said:

20 to 25 miles on a sunday morning on MTB if i am feeling fit and have the time, wish i had the time i would do as much as i did when i was younger.

Wow man, were do you go? I am local ish to you and would love to get to know some routes as i need to get back out on my bike. its been too long.

Cool, there are some cool routes out of near where i live, it is a real mix of on road and off road cycling, for example riding out from exeter, through danes woods, killerton woods and loop back through Ashclyst forest.

Been riding a lot up at haldon forest to, but its much more technical riding, if i drive up there i do not do great distances, maybe 5 to 7 miles.

If you are intrested in ride some time PM me, there are a few of us most sundays, it would be fine if you wanted to come.

[markcp]

I used to do 20-25 each day commuting in London but now live out in the sticks so usually only manage to ride on weekends. Then I try to do 60-90 miles on the road bike.

Far cry from my youngster days when I'd do 200-250 miles per week. It'd kill me now!!!

[pastrana72]

_TC said:

Thank you, a loop out of exeter sounds great. i live in Newton abbot and im sure there are plenty of lanes and woodland i dont know about. now, i will go and dust off the bike and i will be in touch. thanks mate.

pastrana72 said:

_TC said:

pastrana72 said:

20 to 25 miles on a sunday morning on MTB if i am feeling fit and have the time, wish i had the time i would do as much as i did when i was younger.

Wow man, were do you go? I am local ish to you and would love to get to know some routes as i need to get back out on my bike. its been too long.

Cool, there are some cool routes out of near where i live, it is a real mix of on road and off road cycling, for example riding out from exeter, through danes woods, killerton woods and loop back through Ashclyst forest.

Been riding a lot up at haldon forest to, but its much more technical riding, if i drive up there i do not do great distances, maybe 5 to 7 miles.

If you are intrested in ride some time PM me, there are a few of us most sundays, it would be fine if you wanted to come.

cool nice one.

[shino]

I went all the way to the shops today.

[_TC]

pastrana72 said:

If you are intrested in ride some time PM me, there are a few of us most sundays, it would be fine if you wanted to come.

I have sent you an email.

[Racingdude009]

I throught when I was doing 4 miles a day I was doing well.

[CAB]

new years resolution was to ride into work

done it twice so far - approx 26 mile round trip. if i can keep this up in jan/feb i will be very chuffed - bit chilly at the mo!

not sure what is more scary the canals at night or the euston road at rush hour....

[georgezippy]

Scho said:

bought this a few weeks back:

i'm looking to build up my fitness.

just been doing about 8 miles at least five days a week at the moment fairly undulating roads.

should i be doing more?!?

i don't need to get superfit or anything just a bit of prep for snowboarding and MTB in the summer :-)

cheers,

rick.

I do roughly about that distance on average (more in the summer though)
I think that's enough for a fairly good level of fitness to be achieved, I feel it works for me, depends how fast you go though. My training ride is 9.3 miles on undulating roads and I do 31 - 35 mins depending on conditions, traffic and bike (have a few). I do that 2-4 times a week but ride other shorter trips too. It will put your fitness WAY above the average couch potatoes that make up most of the UK population, certainly I found cycling helps a lot for snow sports.

Edited by georgezippy on Thursday 17th January 11:39

Edited by georgezippy on Thursday 17th January 11:41

[Scho]

small update:

very much into the road bike now!

kept the 8-9 mile loops up at least 3-4 times a week and when i've had the time done a few 20 mile +rides.

do my 8 miles in about 25 mins at the mo.

trying to improve average speeds.

deffo feel fitter although the festive season has left me borderline alcoholic :-)