How long a break when cycling

[Wigsie]

No - it's priceless. I like the 10 mile warm-up. I've never ridden in the Alaskan winter...

I must be cold blooded, I can rarely go very quick for long periods of time in the first 10 miles as I need to warm up! after that 10 mile mark I seem to settle into a rate and can maintain much higher speeds for much longer.

 

[Wheeledweenie]

Finally, confirmation of what I've always thought. I have a 10-mile commute to work and it's only at around the eight-mile mark that I really start to get going and it suddenly feels much easier. It's really annoying.

 

[youngoldbloke]

There are some unwritten rules about this kind of thing.

- not anymore .......

 

[Hont]

I must be cold blooded, I can rarely go very quick for long periods of time in the first 10 miles as I need to warm up! after that 10 mile mark I seem to settle into a rate and can maintain much higher speeds for much longer.

+1 for that. Although I think it's more time related than distance. I get much less pain in my legs for any effort after about 45-50 minutes.

 

[byegad]

On the other hand you can go for a ride and do what you like and not worry. I often stop for impromptu bird watching. Saturday was for Spitfire and Hurricane spotting, then Dakota spotting 20 mins later. (It was Sunderland Airshow.) Then a tea break 45 minute later when I found a nice spot to pull off the road. If you ask me what I did on Saturday I'll tell you I went for a ride. Not three or four rides!

 

[Wigsie]

+1 for that. Although I think it's more time related than distance. I get much less pain in my legs for any effort after about 45-50 minutes.

I agree, although depending on your average speed its almost one and the same thing... it's around 40 mins for me which depending on hills etc is pretty much 10 miles.

 

[Garz]

Probably used shearer as a windbreaker all the way..

 

[jimboalee]

Adrian Chiles managed to keep this pace?

There's a short incline leaving Banbury, but then it's downhill all the way.

On the road, it was a disciplined ride. The four helpers were leading most of the way to ensure the two 'stars' reached the finish.

They were riding Tarmac Pro supplied by Specialized Concept Stores. I was riding my Dawes Giro 500, 4 kg heavier.

On the 'big ring' most of the time.

 

[jimboalee]

For heaven's sake! Any cycling I do between sleeping and sleeping counts as one ride, as far as I'm concerned.

So according to this theory, my 1 hour commute at 05:30 and my 1 hour commute at 16:00 is one ride?

 

[Garz]

I think what they mean is jimbo that it doesnt matter whether you count them as two rides of 1 hour or just one ride taking 2 hours, you have done the same mileage in a day (albeit classing as a break in between )