How many miles do you ride?

[Kalidurga]

I'm all the way over on the east coast, but there are a lot of TE ladies from California who could probably give you suggestions of groups to look into.

[annielynn]

I made the mistake when I first riding to keep track of the number of miles I was riding. It would always depress me. Now that I have been riding for 2 months I don't keep track of the miles riden but the time that I am out. I love to be on my bike and often think about riding. It is my time and I love it. If you have an hour to ride cool, if you have 30 mins to ride even better. Just being out there is what matter.

In the beginning I was riding about 15 miles at a time last weekend I just completed 30. Both times I felt accomplished. My goal is to complete a metric century by this time next year.

[Owlie]

I started out doing one or two miles to get used to the feel of the road bike when I first got her (I hadn't been on a bike since I was ten). I bumped it up to five or ten after a while, and then have been trying to move up to fifteen or twenty. Then I got the flu, and now doing three miles has me tired. Do what feels right. There's no "should" here. Well, I know I should ride more before winter sets in, but alas, Cleveland's weather, terrible pavement, and school conspire against me...okay, mostly school.

[Lakerider]

Ride as far as you feel like and/or time will allow. My first ride 16 months ago was 2 miles and I really thought I had accomplished something! Well, I had since I hadn't ridden a bike since I was a kid. Now I usually ride between 20-40 with my longest ride being 101. Yesterday I rode 30 and today 70 so I'll call that a 2 day century. Have fun riding!

[redrhodie]

What works for me (and by that, I mean I feel really good) is rides around an hour and a half to 2 hours total. I'm giving lengths of time instead of distances because depending on terrain and conditions, distance can vary so much. I fear overuse injuries from riding more than that, but lots of people love doing longer rides than I do.

I ride 4-5 days per week.

[Grog]

Ride however much you want. Just remember to step out of your comfort zone now and then, and ride a few miles further.

[PamNY]

Ride however much you want. Just remember to step out of your comfort zone now and then, and ride a few miles further.

This is good advice. I ride just for fun and don't pay much attention to mileage, but every so often I like to challenge myself.

Pam

[Owlie]

I try to get myself to a round number, but if it doesn't happen, no big deal.