27 miles or 2 x 13.5?

[middleagecyclist]

Look. If you were driving Aberdeen to London and stopped a few times at services would you say you had driven 3 x Y or just give the distance you had covered? Surely it depends on your final destination. Don't sweat about it!

 

[david k]

Look. If you were driving Aberdeen to London and stopped a few times at services would you say you had driven 3 x Y or just give the distance you had covered? Surely it depends on your final destination. Don't sweat about it!

im not sweating about it im trying to understand everyones views about it

i think your point is very good and would suggest it is a 27 mile run

 

[400bhp]

WGAF

 

[david k]

?????eh???????

 

[Thomk]

By an amazing coincidence one of my commutes is 13.5 miles (i work in different places on different days). But it's not a normal commute as I only work there for 1.5 hours and then set off back home. So do I call it a 13.5 mile each way commute or a 27 mile ride with a break in the middle? My lungs think it's a 13.5 mile EW commute but my legs think it's a 27 mile ride. I don't want to hear that it doesn't matter as it's clearly crucial

 

[Cycletrax]

Surely its 27 miles, as thats the milage attained from leaving home to arriving back home regardless whether done in one stint or not

 

[Thomk]

Mmm. But a 13.5 mile cycle into work at 7.30am followed by the return leg at 5.30pm isn't a 27 mile bike ride is it? So how long is the non cycling gap allowed to be?

 

[HLaB]

Mmm. But a 13.5 mile cycle into work at 7.30am followed by the return leg at 5.30pm isn't a 27 mile bike ride is it? So how long is the non cycling gap allowed to be?

But it is a 27mile round commute I don't think it really matters as long as you are not fooling yourself and you enjoy your ride.

 

[goody]

If you get changed, have a shower, sleep in a bed then its two rides.

 

[HLaB]

If you get changed, have a shower, sleep in a bed then its two rides.

Sounds like a good job, I wouldn't mind commuting to that

 

[middleagecyclist]

If you get changed, have a shower, sleep in a bed then its two rides.

On that basis what about the 1400km LEL done over 4.5 days then?

 

[david k]

If you get changed, have a shower, sleep in a bed then its two rides.

this seems the most sensible and popular view on what is or is not one ride

 

[Emmanuel Obikwelu]

For the purposes of calculating a meaningful average speed etc then i would have to say it counts as 2 x 13.5 journeys.
For the purposes of how far is your overall journey then 27 miles.

 

[JamieRegan]

Stan:"How far did you cycle today?"
Bob:"13.5 miles and then another 13.5 miles"
Stan:"So, 27 miles, then?"
Bob:"No. 13.5 miles and then another 13.5 miles"
Stan:"Bob!"
Bob:"Ok, 27 miles"

 

[Paulus]

Two 13.5 miles is a 27 mile round trip. simples.