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just curious. I usually ride two 5 mile rides a day (on the weekends). I've put 40 miles on my odometer in 2 months. Its probably not as much as you guys/gals, but I was just curious how my riding compares to yours.

oh yeah, my usual ride is 2 miles uphill, 2 miles down, and 1 mile on a flat road.
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I don't think I've ever ridden more than 10 in one day.

Much of what we ride either ENDS or is so brutal that I just wanna go home after 8 miles
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Much of what we ride either ENDS or is so brutal that I just wanna go home after 8 miles
I'm glad I'm not the only one. after 7 miles my legs feel like jello.
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Something between nothing and 170k (depending on speed 5 or 6,5 hours a day probabely going to do a little more in 2 months time as I am going to do some stage races.
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Most of my rides are between 30 and 70km (and a very occasional 110-140km), and depends really on how sporty I'm feeling, and the purpose of the ride (e.g. a commute, a dawn ride before traffic sets in, an afternoon of mountain biking, etc.)

In terms of weekly totals, lately I've been riding 130-200km a week. When I first really got into cycling a year ago, I had nowhere near that level of endurance.. I felt disasterous after 20-25km. The thing I learnt that harder isn't really "better" unless you're a competitor
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i normally go about 10-20km a day depending on my mood. and on special days, when i really fell good, i go up to 30-50kms. i ride everyday. its not constant but i get between 100-120kms/week.
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any thing from near 300k to 600k a week
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10 - 15 km during the week (just riding to mates house on the road) and 15 - 20 km on the weekend riding XC in the forest. Trying to build up my endurance and ride longer all week long though.
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Well, I cut my 4 mile time down to 20 minutes this past weekend.

I was pretty stoked.
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During the week 11 miles per day on the road commuting to work (on my mtb), then about 12 miles per day of offroad stuff on the weekend...
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Week days I commute 4.5miles/7kms each way and now that the evenings are getting lighter I usually go for a 1 hour ride as well.Which could be 10 miles up the mountain or longer if I'm on the road ( I should say I intend to go for one hour rides somehow they never end after just one hour)

Weekends could be anything, but they very rarely come under 20miles/32 kms.
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My computers odometer is close to 80 total miles for this season (april-may). I would think its pretty good for a weekend warrior.
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I ride 5-6 days a week, sometimes 2X a day at a minimum of 12-18 miles trip total on my MTBike ( I only have a MTBike... for now). In seven weeks on my new SC Blur I put close to 1200 miles on her! I guess I haven't spent a lot of time checking the computer ODO setting, and I was kind of floored when I did. Am I posessed? I'd say so. Here in Santa Fe, NM, USA, endless singletrack is only a few miles from my yard, so I am out there all the time. My wife is getting suspicious! For any of you folks in the region, my buddy and I are planning to the South Boundary trail Up and Back, as the shuttle / ride to Taos is more of a "pleasure" ride... anyone interested?
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i ride about 4 hrs aday solid riding and about 2hrs jumping and clowning around
once a week some guys and i do sprints up a 130 metre long boat ramp normaly 20 times in 2 sets of ten great for power to get over huge gaps.
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Most of my rides are between 30 and 70km a day
top speed ever- 60.7 kmph
avg. speed-15 to 30 kmph
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