how much cycling do you do?

avalanche

just wondering how many hours or km you do a week or month?

Do 11km per day for my commute and between 70km and 130km (at the moment!) at the weekends.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

60km a week I'd say commuting.

scottreynolds

Can't resist -- 600km this week :eek: ... 3X100 miles, a few other short sessions, with 30km commute each day.

I must also say thats by no means normal -- three weeks till my big day. Then I probably settle on 200-250 per week nothing hectic.

SetOverSet

Prob between 5 and 7hrs a week on the bike so up to 200km distance wise...

Raam

Depends what else I have on, but pretty much always 25 a day for the round trip to work. Then a couple of midweek spins of about 40 or so going around Howth. Will be racing this year so that will be another 60 or so, then two weekend spins of about 100 to 160 each. Maybe over 500km on a very good week. Some weeks can be significantly less and I wouldn't do that much all year round.

DirkVoodoo

Not nearly enough. Planning to do more during the summer.

About 80km a week + a weekend spin.

strummer_ie

140km a week on my commute.

Hoping to up that over the next few weeks.
Going to slowly build up to heading out to Howth and back on my commute a few days a week..... at least that's the plan.

And maybe the odd weekend spin to put some miles into the legs.

smithslist

way too much, but god damn it i enjoy doing it.

Civilian_Target

100km a week... but this week I left my keys behind on the bus so I'm down to 50km, unless I do a random weekend spin.

Alanstrainor

I probably do about 100Km a week, most of that is commuting. Want to start doing more on weekends though, so hopefully i'd get that up to something like 200 in the next few weeks.

ROK ON

100km per week commuting on the nose.
Try to do min of 100km at w/e, with at least one bigger cycle/month (150k;ish)

zzzzzzzz

9-10 hours a week usually. kms really depend on hills/wind etc.

irishmotorist

I usually commute on the bike 3 days a week which gives me 150km per week and then a weekend jaunt. I have been doing about 100km on a weekend spin but hopefully last weekend will push me up to 150km or so most weekends now that the sun has joined us.

Alias G

Commute is 54 km round trip usually 2 or 3 times a week. Only head for the hills maybe once every couple of months.

Crapjob Sean

About 75k a week in commuting. A couple of hours at the weekend, I don't measure, just wherever the bike takes me.

I had a job a few years ago where the commute was about 50k a day return. So I was doing 250k a week in a commute and forcing myself out every evening for an hour.
**** me, I was fit then.

True story.

Caroline_ie

Not enough at the moment - about 225/250/week ( not including commute that's only about 5k/ day )

Would like to go up to 400/ week for the summer... ideally. Last year I was doing 600/week at some stage...

thebouldwhacker

Does driving count????

I was doing much more but at the mo in a good week 1-2 days mbt & 100+ miles road pw.

I'm looking everywhere for a nice road bike (€500+ish frame size 58-60 if anyone has one spare;)) when I get that my road miles will increase!:D

rughdh

150 - 350k per week. Depends on how long the long cycle at the weekend is. The commute is only 50k per week.

TinyExplosions

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

Does driving count????

I was doing much more but at the mo in a good week 1-2 days mbt & 100+ miles road pw.

I'm looking everywhere for a nice road bike (€500+ish frame size 58-60 if anyone has one spare;)) when I get that my road miles will increase!:D

I may be able to help if you can spare 650-700 and your leg measurement is about 32" -full ultegra steed, very nice bike....

Raam

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I may be able to help if you can spare 650-700 and your leg measurement is about 32" -full ultegra steed, very nice bike....

you're not selling the cayo? It's always very handy to have a spare road bike.

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

you're not selling the cayo? It's always very handy to have a spare road bike.

Handy to have, but space at home is far too tight... and not a Cayo, the Variado Exert

Vélo

About 120 a week.

I'm starting to increase that form this evening. I'm leaving work early to get a 50-75km in this evening and maybe do another on Sunday.

I might try get out with the group in a couple of weeks:)

I plan to be doing about 250 a week soon

lukester

Am doing a paltry 150 a week at the moment, over 3-4 pre-work rides, building ever upwards, although this week haven't been out at all, feckin' cold, snif.

I moved job last year, and had a choice between a job that would have given me a 20k daily commute or a 1k one. Crazily, I chose the latter (for non-cycling reasons).

The difference not having that base makes is very large.

Caroline_ie

lukester wrote: »

I moved job last year, and had a choice between a job that would have given me a 20k daily commute or a 1k one. Crazily, I chose the latter (for non-cycling reasons).

The difference not having that base makes is very large.

Which I think is great, you come home and get out! No Commute = More training!

lukester

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Which I think is great, you come home and get out! No Commute = More training!

I hear ya. But once I get home, getting out again is not so easy with a small baby in the house :pac:

Hence all my training is early in the morning.

TinyExplosions

lukester wrote: »

I hear ya. But once I get home, getting out again is not so easy with a small baby in the house :pac:.

What more motivation to get out is needed that a noisy child

Vélo

TinyExplosions wrote: »

What more motivation to get out is needed that a noisy child

Because when you get home it's replaced with a noisy wag!:(

lukester

TinyExplosions wrote: »

What more motivation to get out is needed that a noisy child

My motivation to get out is strong, very strong.

But there's a bigger disincentive in this picture too

thebouldwhacker

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I may be able to help if you can spare 650-700 and your leg measurement is about 32" -full ultegra steed, very nice bike....

Cheers Tiny, I'm 6'2" (3") with a 36" inside measure.

TinyExplosions

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

Cheers Tiny, I'm 6'2" (3") with a 36" inside measure.

Will be too small for you in that case I'm afraid

It's a 56cm frame, which will fit someone 6' just fine (cos I am), but would be quite small for someone 6'2"

lukester

TinyExplosions wrote: »

ditching the old thing for the new

Apart from desiring pinkness and wanting to build a bike collection, what made you upgrade from the Focus?

Am eyeing up my own next upgrade, which is beyond budget currently.

Seems a spate of boardsies are abandoning the Focus.

rottenhat

Too much judging by the state of my knee on Sunday...4 x 36km commuting and one 100+km ride at the weekend

TinyExplosions

lukester wrote: »

Apart from desiring pinkness and wanting to build a bike collection, what made you upgrade from the Focus?

Am eyeing up my own next upgrade, which is beyond budget currently.

Seems a spate of boardsies are abandoning the Focus.

Simply an upgrade to Carbon from Aluminium. The Focus is a great bike, and if I didn't live in a small flat with the Planet X, a MTB and a Fixie, I'd keep it for a spare, but have no room.

I don't think there's that many abandoning Focii (is that the plural!?), they're just upgrading to something different, and there's less recommendations for them on here as they're not quite the best bang for buck any more (though still close!)

Caroline_ie

need no room ...

lukester

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Simply an upgrade to Carbon from Aluminium.

Ah, I assumed your Focus was carbon.

Will be looking for carbon myself on the next upgrade.

lafors

Aquinas73 wrote: »

Because when you get home it's replaced with a noisy wag!:(

You have a Wife And Girlfriend.........no wonder its hard, one is enough for any man to have to listen to

Vélo

lafors wrote: »

You have a Wife And Girlfriend.........no wonder its hard, one is enough for any man to have to listen to

I thought it to be more pc than saying wog.

Even I'm not stupid enough to have more than one.

thebouldwhacker

lukester wrote: »

Apart from desiring pinkness and wanting to build a bike collection,

Did someone say pink???

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=97391&cat=all

Came across it last night,,, er em:eek: I was looking for a black bike at the time I swear!!!!!

TinyExplosions

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

Did someone say pink???

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=97391&cat=all

Came across it last night,,, er em:eek: I was looking for a black bike at the time I swear!!!!!

Pity it's a 54

unionman

60km of commuting per week on me fixie, and over the last 4 weeks averaging an additional 80km per week out on the road bike.

Need to do more though.

DirkVoodoo

reckon with all my errands yesterday I clocked up 50km of commuting...I would do longer road spins but I tend to get a little bored, mountain biking is the way forward!

Highway_To_Hell

Try to commute 3 days a week = 180km + 80 -100km weekend spin = 260-280 / week.

With the longer evenings I will hopefully start to do at least one longer commute home and when the kids GAA and rugby seasons are over I will be able to up my weekend mileage as well.

Caroline_ie

There is a cycling competition this week in work for earth week. I said I would cycle 500km this week ... that 3x60km weekdays and 160x2 at the weekend ... I hope I can manage that. If I only do just a century x2 this weekend i could still reach 400km ... I want to win!!!!!!!

lukester

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I would do longer road spins but I tend to get a little bored

Sacrilege! Ca n'est pas possible!

Where are you going on your spins?

DirkVoodoo

Highway_To_Hell wrote: »

Try to commute 3 days a week = 180km + 80 -100km weekend spin = 260-280 / week.

With the longer evenings I will hopefully start to do at least one longer commute home and when the kids GAA and rugby seasons are over I will be able to up my weekend mileage as well.

a 60km commute?? Wow, I would not be able for 30km after a day's work in winter. I salute you sir!

christeb

I do just under 100km / week commuting. Really adds up when you think about it!

Esroh

Limited to 4 out of 7 days a week so generally its
weekdays 2x100
w/ends 300+