Thanks for the reminder. For my current life, anything over 10 miles would take
some planning and negotiation with the partner. It can get depressing feeling.
Good to know others are also squeezing the smaller joys too.
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Feeling like a Christmas slug all day so on 12/25 I made a little trip to
Walgreens for some Rose bubbly wine and a canvas mounted photo for a gift
to my riding buddy. High cumulus clouds. Temps in the 50's. Snow covered
mountains. English wool sweater and knickers. 3 whole miles round trip on a
This thread actually started as a conversation with Grant a couple years ago. I
don't remember the specifics of what he considers short and long rides, but
he's definitely in the category of preferring "go out for a while and come
back" distances.
Of course this is terrain specific, he and I b
Self-confessed short-rider here. That is to say, I'm not short -- I ride
(level top tube) a 60 mm frame, c-c; but I ride short distances. When I
ordered my Joe Starck road fixie gofast custom (that's 5 qualifiers) I
apologetically told Grant that, "Wull, for me, yuh know, 30 miles is a long
ride."
Och! Aye. Every ride helps me brain. Thus, no ride is too short, and every
ride is a gift. Even the ones that take longer to don boiled wool bits and
bobs than the ride itself. Grin. Some days me brain lets me oot ta hoose,
others past the gate, others past the town puddle (half a mile rt), othe
A lot of short rides can accumulate surprising mileage. Using my bike for
errands, visiting & just knocking around, I've had 100 mile weeks without
doing anything special. At this point 3 hours on the bike is enough. I
think most of my weekly mileage is more like in the 50-70 mile range. I
I couldn't agree more. Even though my 2020 goal post (not as in football)
stated a mileage goal, I prefer to accumulate miles with lots of short
rides. I ride around the neighborhood, to the convenience store, or to the
coffee shop. It's transportation not sport for me. And, that's a change in
