How do you define short, medium and long?

[roydyates]

For me, short is under 40 miles, medium is 40-80 miles, long is 80+

For my wife, short is under 30, medium is 30-50, long is 50+

What's your definition?

[donevwil]

15 years ago like you, today like your wife.

[avalonracing]

My current wife is short. My next will be long.

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by roydyates

For me, short is under 40 miles, medium is 40-80 miles, long is 80+

For my wife, short is under 30, medium is 30-50, long is 50+

What's your definition?

It depends on how hilly the ride is. A flat 70-mile club ride with four hours of riding time is much shorter than a 70-mile ride on dirt backroads in the mountains with 6,000 feet of climbing.

[FlashUNC]

I go anaerobic leaving my house.

Everything is long.

[tch]

Originally Posted by donevwil

15 years ago like you, today like your wife.

+1

[akelman]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

I go anaerobic leaving my house.

For me it's lifting the bike down from its hook. I usually stop then, rest, have a beer or two, and then finish my workout by lifting the bike back onto its hook. If I can get all of that done in under an hour, I mark my daily log "INTENSE" or "EPIC".

[rugbysecondrow]

How do you define short, medium and long?

Shouldn't you be asking your wife this question?


All jokes aside, anything under an hour is short, 1-2.5 medium, 2.5+ long.

I just don't have time for long bike rides and if I do I would rather do something else. Riding is fun and all, but if I can ride and play softball with the kids and make breakfast and run and go swimming with the family and lift weights and go to the playground and work around my wifes activities and do .... then that is much more fullfilling then spending all day or weekend on the bike. This is why I quit golfing, I just don't want to spend 5 hours doing the activity.

For me, 30 miles is the best distance for a ride. Leave the house around 630, home by 830 to make pancakes for the kids.

It is very gratifying.

[MattTuck]

Short: < μ - σ
μ - σ < Medium < μ + σ
Long: > μ + σ

[tuxbailey]

Tall, Grande, and Venti

[67-59]

Originally Posted by roydyates

For me, short is under 40 miles, medium is 40-80 miles, long is 80+

For my wife, short is under 30, medium is 30-50, long is 50+

What's your definition?

If my wife was a cyclist, I suspect my definitions would be like yours.

But she isn't ("you're always gone so long"), so they're more like your wife's.

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by donevwil

15 years ago like you, today like your wife.

+1 too, but hills and speed also have to be factored in.

[Mr Cabletwitch]

Originally Posted by rugbysecondrow

How do you define short, medium and long?

Shouldn't you be asking your wife this question?


All jokes aside, anything under an hour is short, 1-2.5 medium, 2.5+ long.

I just don't have time for long bike rides and if I do I would rather do something else. Riding is fun and all, but if I can ride and play softball with the kids and make breakfast and run and go swimming with the family and lift weights and go to the playground and work around my wifes activities and do .... then that is much more fullfilling then spending all day or weekend on the bike. This is why I quit golfing, I just don't want to spend 5 hours doing the activity.

For me, 30 miles is the best distance for a ride. Leave the house around 630, home by 830 to make pancakes for the kids.

It is very gratifying.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I used to try and ride 4-5 hours at least once a week. Now if I get out for 2 hours in a clip once a week I'm lucky. Usually my ride end up being about an hour and a half. I started running because I couldn't find the time to ride the kind of hours I need to get my weight down. Between having a 3 year old, running my family business and my wife training for a half iron man I take what I can get.

[br995]

Originally Posted by roydyates

For me, short is under 40 miles, medium is 40-80 miles, long is 80+
What's your definition?

Same.

This has been an off year, but in years past I would consider 35 miles a 'quick' after-work style ride. 60-80 was if I didn't have all day on the weekends, and 100+ was if I the weather was nice and I had no obligations. I still think that way, but my riding this season has shown that's not quite as true as it used to be....

[donevwil]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

+1 too, but hills and speed also have to be factored in.

True, I've always been too mileage focused. Duration usually ends up being a pretty good barometer. Four hours of hills and four hours of flats yield far different mileages and similar levels of exhaustion.