Biking Every Day?

[ny biker]

I only ride a couple of days a week, but sometimes on weekends I ride with a guy who cycles 6-7 days a week. He just turned 70. He used to commute by bike before he retired, and now he does rides with a local club several days each week -- year round -- and rides on his own other days. He does a fair amount of touring, too.

[Melalvai]

Every day. I commute. I love my commute though so it could be argued it's for fun. But honestly I wouldn't do it "just" for fun. That's just a bonus.

[radacrider]

Daily commuter here, 6 miles each way. I have 3-4 different routes depending on my mood. I just enjoying riding my bikes, and commuting makes that feasible schedule wise.

[jyyanks]

I wish it was possible to commute to work as I would totally do it. I only bike on weekends but would love to do more. In the summer months when it stays lighter longer, I squeeze in another day or 2.

[shootingstar]

The best approach to commuting and cycling as part of your daily lifestyle is to not overthink this and just get on the bike. At least have some gear in case it rains, gets too cold and a bike pannier to throw in stuff that you might buy along the way.

And not overthink how much you're going to cycle before you spin the wheels. But just do it and enjoy it. Then you get better and better without analyzing it much. Pretty soon, you realize: wow, I biked this much today..but I had fun/enjoyed myself.

[Swan]

I think that's good advice, shootingstar!
I'm glad to say I don't overthink it and cycle just for fun + for a workout... and I think it's paying off! I haven't had this much fun doing anything in such a long time, and I'm quickly improving as well. I went from an average of 5mph at the start of this week to 20mph just today! I even went to switch into a harder gear and realized I'd already been on the highest one. It feels so good to be able to see my improvement and to get a good workout as well
The only thing "wrong" here is that today my hands and arms were very tingly as soon as I got off the bike, and my elbow hurt a little... I think that may be due to the ill fit, though... Still, biking every day is doing wonders for me!

[Melalvai]

I hope you get your bike fit issues squared away soon. I used to have tingly hands & arms after bike rides, and it progressed to numbness, and the arm would stay numb for hours after the ride. That worried me and I got a different handlebar which solved the problem. Now I think it was stupid to put up with it as long as I did. I could have permanently damaged myself!