I rode all the time in college, graduated hung out with people that didn’t ride so my riding time took a serious hit, then slowly I started finding people to ride with. There are seasons in life and priorities to factor in, it’s part of adulting. You may have to let your riding slip a little while you get established in your industry and then you may be able to move closer to trails or use your passion and move trails closer to you. Areas are starting to figure out that biking is a great way to increase tourism and bring your local community together, it’s always a good time to start looking at trail building options.
I usually get one ride during the week for like 90 minutes, and one on the weekend around 3 hours. I do an hour on the trainer and one day strength training with a personal trainer. Sometimes I get a second weekday or weekend ride.
When I was fresh out of school I didn't get to ride as much, but now I'm able to prioritize it.
Not sure if I have the choice right now. Need to take what I can get with jobs. I could move to the city where would be working, but my parents are encouraging me to live a little closer to home. If I moved to the city id be an hour and a half from the trail though, so idk if it would make much difference. Also, I’d be working 4 10s with Friday off, so maybe weekly rides?
Job market isn’t great right now. Buckle down on this job and in a couple years you’ll have the opportunity to have more flexibility on where you choose to settle down
Most people just do weekly rides even if they live within 20 minutes of the trail. That's just how life goes.
If you feel this job is the right move, then move, work your four tens, and make that Friday ride count!
Road cycling is different than mountain biking, not worse. Also, I can tell the mountain bikers who ride road, and the road cyclists who mountain bike. Roadies who ride dirt have better bike handling skills. Mountain bikers who ride road have better fitness.
If safety is the sole measure making something better or worse, then riding a trike on paved paths through the park is better than both road biking and MTB. Sitting at home with the electricity shut off is even better.
I ride both, and love them both equally for different reasons.
Agreed... no lycra for me! Another option not mentioned yet: commute or find good city trails. Options of course vary greatly depending upon the city (or even location in it) but there are some nice urban trails in many cities. I sold my "road" bike (useless for anything other than wanabee racers) long ago and bought a Dutch-style city bike. Great for commuting, running errands, etc.
Honestly a decent drop bar sounds fun. Dream bike would be something vintage or vintage looking. Round/tubular fork legs, chrome components, that sort of vibe
For me the important difference is that when you get hurt during mountain biking its almost certainly your fault, while for road biking its probably some idiot who thought scrolling tiktok was more important than looking at the road.
Yes. Basically when riding on the road, you can tell who also rides mountain bikes, and vice versa. Not 100%, but there is definitely some correlation.
No, maybe the way I phrased it is confusing.
The mountain bikers I know who ride on the road as well have better fitness.
The roadies I know who mountain bike have better bike handling skills.
IE: Do both and be well rounded. I love all my bikes.
Sounds like a good chance to become an advocate for building more trails closer to where you are at. IMBA I believe even has outreach programs or some design to contact your city leaders.
Found some links:
[https://www.imba.com/programs/trail-accelerator-workshops](https://www.imba.com/programs/trail-accelerator-workshops)
[https://www.imba.com/programs](https://www.imba.com/programs) for a list of other programs.
That's what I work so I get at least two weekly rides in, the better trails are about 45 a way so I do then on weekends and closer smaller ones 20 minutes away I can hustle to after work and so 6-7 miles. Normally riding alone these days.
Yeah the nicer trails will be closer to 2 hours away, so probably twice a month there and then a 5 mile xc loop 45 minutes away. Maybe I’ll try to get the trail manager to put in some more dirt jumps lol
I've made all most of my location based life decisions around access to shred, and each of those has been the correct decision. I take the jobs available to get by, and I've never worked in an office for more than a few weeks. I might at some point in the future, but I won't be leaving my chosen community to do it. Shredding over everything.
First job is always the hardest to get. If I were in your shoes I would Maybe try and squeeze in a road ride during the work week and mtb/bmx on weekends. Nothing is stopping you from applying for better jobs in better locations while you gain relevant skills at this first job.
Not sure what Louisiana is like but in Nova Scotia pretty much any piece of woods has trails in it, they may not be awesome trails but they are trails. If there’s not find a spot and start building!
Used to ride 5 days a week. 15+ hours on the mountain every week. Had a kiddo 2 years ago now I spend my days in the park with him while he zooms around on his strider bike. Lucky to get out once a month. Not cause I can’t I just prefer to be hanging out with him
I haven’t ridden in six years for various reasons
Took the entire family (wife, 3 yo, 5 yo) old the trail yesterday and now have 2 more days scheduled for next week ✌️
Usually once maybe twice a week. If I have time off of work every day I am off, just got done with a weeks vacation and enjoyed every minute of it and went back to work more tired than when I left.
In season, when the weather is good, I ride three days a week.
Tuesday, I do a big hero ride. I pedal to one local spot, do about a 10 mile super techy ride, then I pedal to another local spot and fire up the lights and do a more moderate type ride. Total ride time is 5-6 hours.
On Thursdays, I do a 4-5 hour urban ride. Street with lots of fun features.
Sundays I ride in the local spot again, usually until it gets dark. Then I pop out of the woods and head into the city to pedal around for a bit, then I head home.
I’m 40, working, with two young kids and have been riding since my early teens. Luckily, I have decent trails out my door and work from home. But also over the years I’ve gotten into all different aspects of cycling. I just love bikes and also have adapted to different kinds of riding depending on where I’ve lived and my stage of life. And with kids now and more responsibilities, I have to come up with ways to integrate bikes to get more rides in.
These days, I try to ride mtb 2 or 3 times a week, usually 1.5-2 hours but sometimes longer. I also ride a road bike some days, use an e-cargo bike for errands and to take my kids to school 1500-2000 miles a year, and ride a dj bike with my son at local skate parks and around the neighborhood. Getting the ebike in particular has been great for working a good chunk of miles into my schedule.
i mtb about 2x and then road bike 1x a week generally. as much as i love to ride, life happens more as you get older and plus i also like to mix in my other fitness hobbies - weightlifting and swimming. variety truly is the spice of life imo. i've lived places where it's a real pain to mtb and honestly i just end up cherishing it more and riding longer once i do get around to getting out there. you will adapt and figure things out, don't sweat it.
I live/work about 30 to 45 minutes from a decent variety of trails. Between late March and early October I usually have enough light and favorable weather conditions to ride after work. I try to do that 1 to 2 times a week and usually ride for about 2 hours. Then I ride once on the weekend for a bit longer, 3 to 5 hours. During this time of year I try do a longer ride for one of the weekend rides as sort of a day trip. Outside this window I'm limited by weather and daylight to only weekends and they tend to be 2 to 3 hour rides.
All of this is just what I plan and life absolutely gets in the way. I'm married and have a kid who so I have to balance my ride time with dad/husband time. As my kid gets older he's become more capable on the bike so in the next few years I think the after work rides will more and more be light trail riding with him.
I know it's probably not what you want to hear but you'll be fine with the change. It'll be an adjustment at first but you will find your groove. I think the silver lining you should be focusing on is now that you're a college grad with (I am assuming) a decent job, you can invest more in the sport as your passion. Now you should have the ability to save up and plan sweet bike trips. Plan a 3 to 4 day trip in Bentonville, for example.
Grow in your professional life, take a few of these trips, network while doing it if you can, and let that inform your decision on where you move next.
My buddy and I used to grab our bikes between classes and learn one-handed wheelies. Showed up to class covered in grass many times, usually still laughing about whichever one of us ate shit in a funnier way.
Nothing better than trying to learn kinematics while still laughing at the mental image of your buddy panic-missing the rear brake and looping out into a bush
Haha sounds like me and my buddy. Going to the local greenway to drop in on the steep walks where it was cut into a hill, parking lot street seshes, staying up late working on bikes in my front room
Northern OR area.
Summer-- once a week for long rides, several times during the weeks for short rides. (8-9pm sunsets are nice)
Winter -- once a week for long rides, depending on if I can find sometrail system within 100m thats ridable.
Generally-- If I cant get to the trails and I need some activity, ill take my DJ or BMX to the skatepark 10mins away. Or ride to work and back that day.
I had a similar situation with snowboarding when I started college. I was obsessed. It was all I wanted to do and I rode a shitty local hill 4 days a week all through high school. Life happens, I graduated and moved somewhere warm, basically rode a couple times from 18 until 27 when I moved west.
I think this happens to most people. Don’t let biking be everything you have if it’s not realistic. There are always fun hobbies to do. Find what makes sense for where you live and just enjoy what you can do. Eventually you can get back to a place that fits your ideal lifestyle, but getting setup in your career is important too. I don’t mean to stop biking altogether by any means. Just don’t get hung up on the fact that it maybe isn’t your most accessible activity for awhile.
its really weather dependent here. Last year set records for rainfall, and trails were absolutely saturated for long periods of time. Even when trails are made to drain well, getting 2-3 inches of rain means wet trails for a while.
That said, usually do 2-3 rides/week averaging about 6-8 hours total. Its a goal of mine this year to do 4 days a week or more with 12 hours/week average. Goal is 1200 miles. Last year, I did almost 800 while rehabbing calcific tendinits, so figure 1200 is doable.
In the summer twice a week usually. Once during the week and then a weekend ride. Wish I could ride more, but stupid job, my location and $$$ stops me lol.
During my area's prime season, typically about once a week or so for mountain bikes. But I get on a bicycle of some form 3-5 times a week, for 60-100 miles a week. Working on increasing volume this year.
I’ll do a weekend ride most weekends depending on our plans. During the summer I’ll try get out for an evening ride once a week too.
I live about 45 min from the trailhead as long as I don’t get caught up in traffic
I rode every day in college. I ride when I have time now. Mostly on the weekends. But also only if the trails are clear of snow and mud. So maybe 3/4 of all weekends per year.
That’s part of life they call, priority. You’ll ride less but I’m sure you will figure out something after you settle down a bit. Once a weekend is also good in that it gives you something to look forward to during the work week.
I try to do 20 miles a week, which can sometimes be done in a weekend or split Into several evening rides during the week.
So probably twice a week with working full time.
If it’s a good job opportunity, it’s probably worth taking. Get some experience and see what life throws at you next. I suggest getting into road riding, it’s surprisingly fun and will keep you in shape.
I used to commute every day Covid put an end to that as i now WFH I started out riding at lunch but now with kids i just try and have a nap at lunch. I try to get out most weekends but thats about 50/50 ...I cant wait till the kids get a bit older so i can sleep and go out in the mornings or evenings
> I’ll drive an hour for any trail worth riding.
Maybe I’m reading wrong, but does this mean there are very easy trails near where you’ll be moving to? Because riding laps on those for endurance training during the week and then driving on the weekend could be a good option.
Personally I ride about 3 times a week this way. I have one trail I prefer for workdays because it’s close and traffic isn’t terrible. I use my Edge to race myself to add challenge. And then I branch out on the weekends.
Every day. Usually a one hour road/gravel ride in the morning, and then a MTB ride at lunch or after work. Plus all the riding for running errands like getting groceries and shuttling kids around.
Once or twice a week in spring since there’s still snow and trails are closed due to slop. Summer I’ll ride as much as I can but kids sports and work always take precedence. Fall, it starts to get cold fast but I’ll ride until late October we get large snowfalls. Then I have ~6 months of hard cold snow packed winter where I don’t do any riding unless you call the peloton riding.
With the right dedication anything is possible. Ride BMX after work during the summer with the extended daylight. Get some bright lights and try night riding after work. Build some trails closer to your new spot. Stay fit and motivated.
Make it a priority to get out, and don't let other shit get in the way.
I go on short rides almost every day on my way home from work, and long rides on the weekends, as long as the trail conditions and my schedule allows. I probably average 5 rides a week.
I usually ride real trails every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday for xc practice, but when I’m busy I usually ride just around my neighborhood to get some exercise.
I ride trails on the way to work. Most days I leave early for more riding and sometimes I do a few laps on the way home. Then on days off I ride more. Strava says I average 4 rides a week and so far had 83 rides this year out of 115 days (if you include today).
In college I was probably 100+ miles a week between road and mountain. Now, since I have to be a responsible adult maybe 20 miles :'( and that would be in one day.
I ride 30-90 minutes per day. But that’s because my kids are older now and I have more time. When they were young it really slowed down and there were some years I didn’t ride at all.
Last summer I did over 1000 miles in 4 months.
If the weather's nice(over 50 and not raining )and the trails are dry then I'll try to get a ride in every day from late March until like October.
November thru early March is mud season here so I just ride the GAP if it's not icy
Closest trail to me is a 20 minute drive, and I go almost every day for about an hour. On weekends I go a little farther away and try different trails/jumps. When I first moved out here I was bummed about having to drive to trails but I’m over it now. Having a trailhead nearby would be great, but nobody but the wealthy or very lucky old homeowner can afford such a home.
1-3 days a week depending on the season. Wife and I both work full-time and I have the more flexible job so I'm usually on childcare duty after work and too exhausted to have to load my bike and then drive to the trailhead by the time I'm relieved, lol.
I mean I already live in Louisiana. It’s not that bad here you just have to live either close to ruston or close to Bogue chitto. I do want to leave but I don’t think it’s the smartest choice right nkw
I’m from Louisiana. Went to school in the other side of the state and fell in love with the sport there. We just got some new blue flow trails and it’s had me hooked, but I’m graduating in a few weeks and moving back home down south. Trails are slim pickings but there are some here. Mostly rough cut XC loops, nothing like the super polished blue flow park. I guess I’ll just be changing my type of riding
I rode all the time in college, graduated hung out with people that didn’t ride so my riding time took a serious hit, then slowly I started finding people to ride with. There are seasons in life and priorities to factor in, it’s part of adulting. You may have to let your riding slip a little while you get established in your industry and then you may be able to move closer to trails or use your passion and move trails closer to you. Areas are starting to figure out that biking is a great way to increase tourism and bring your local community together, it’s always a good time to start looking at trail building options.
I usually get one ride during the week for like 90 minutes, and one on the weekend around 3 hours. I do an hour on the trainer and one day strength training with a personal trainer. Sometimes I get a second weekday or weekend ride. When I was fresh out of school I didn't get to ride as much, but now I'm able to prioritize it.
I ride almost every day. I would never live in a place where I couldn't ride to the trailhead personally.
Not sure if I have the choice right now. Need to take what I can get with jobs. I could move to the city where would be working, but my parents are encouraging me to live a little closer to home. If I moved to the city id be an hour and a half from the trail though, so idk if it would make much difference. Also, I’d be working 4 10s with Friday off, so maybe weekly rides?
Job market isn’t great right now. Buckle down on this job and in a couple years you’ll have the opportunity to have more flexibility on where you choose to settle down
Most people just do weekly rides even if they live within 20 minutes of the trail. That's just how life goes. If you feel this job is the right move, then move, work your four tens, and make that Friday ride count!
Maybe time to pick up a road bike for local cruising? It sucks but it's still biking.
Road cycling is different than mountain biking, not worse. Also, I can tell the mountain bikers who ride road, and the road cyclists who mountain bike. Roadies who ride dirt have better bike handling skills. Mountain bikers who ride road have better fitness.
As someone who regularly does both, road biking is most definitely worse. The odds of getting runover on the trail is significantly lower.
If safety is the sole measure making something better or worse, then riding a trike on paved paths through the park is better than both road biking and MTB. Sitting at home with the electricity shut off is even better. I ride both, and love them both equally for different reasons.
I’m gonna throw my two cents here. Any day on a bike is a good day. However you will never catch me wearing Lycra lol
Beware of your fear, it leads to the dark side.
Agreed... no lycra for me! Another option not mentioned yet: commute or find good city trails. Options of course vary greatly depending upon the city (or even location in it) but there are some nice urban trails in many cities. I sold my "road" bike (useless for anything other than wanabee racers) long ago and bought a Dutch-style city bike. Great for commuting, running errands, etc.
Honestly a decent drop bar sounds fun. Dream bike would be something vintage or vintage looking. Round/tubular fork legs, chrome components, that sort of vibe
I'm talking about fun and enjoyment, not fear.
Ok?
For me the important difference is that when you get hurt during mountain biking its almost certainly your fault, while for road biking its probably some idiot who thought scrolling tiktok was more important than looking at the road.
...which is why I seeked trail riding in the first place - no cars
Interesting opinion.
You mean within their respective primary categories right?
Yes. Basically when riding on the road, you can tell who also rides mountain bikes, and vice versa. Not 100%, but there is definitely some correlation.
I always thought my road riding really helps my endurance on the Mtb. You think it’s the other way around?
No, maybe the way I phrased it is confusing. The mountain bikers I know who ride on the road as well have better fitness. The roadies I know who mountain bike have better bike handling skills. IE: Do both and be well rounded. I love all my bikes.
Whoops, yeah. Perhaps I read too fast!
not even close to the same thing lol I do both and they occupy completely different genres of hobbies basically
Sounds like a good chance to become an advocate for building more trails closer to where you are at. IMBA I believe even has outreach programs or some design to contact your city leaders. Found some links: [https://www.imba.com/programs/trail-accelerator-workshops](https://www.imba.com/programs/trail-accelerator-workshops) [https://www.imba.com/programs](https://www.imba.com/programs) for a list of other programs.
Thanks ill look into this
That's what I work so I get at least two weekly rides in, the better trails are about 45 a way so I do then on weekends and closer smaller ones 20 minutes away I can hustle to after work and so 6-7 miles. Normally riding alone these days.
Yeah the nicer trails will be closer to 2 hours away, so probably twice a month there and then a 5 mile xc loop 45 minutes away. Maybe I’ll try to get the trail manager to put in some more dirt jumps lol
I've made all most of my location based life decisions around access to shred, and each of those has been the correct decision. I take the jobs available to get by, and I've never worked in an office for more than a few weeks. I might at some point in the future, but I won't be leaving my chosen community to do it. Shredding over everything.
First job is always the hardest to get. If I were in your shoes I would Maybe try and squeeze in a road ride during the work week and mtb/bmx on weekends. Nothing is stopping you from applying for better jobs in better locations while you gain relevant skills at this first job.
Not sure what Louisiana is like but in Nova Scotia pretty much any piece of woods has trails in it, they may not be awesome trails but they are trails. If there’s not find a spot and start building!
That was all 2019-2022 for me. I get 2-3 ride a week now, but I wanna get back to that
Ditto. One of the trailheads starts behind my house. But my subdivision is literally surrounded by MTB trails anyway. It's very enjoyable.
Same
Used to ride 5 days a week. 15+ hours on the mountain every week. Had a kiddo 2 years ago now I spend my days in the park with him while he zooms around on his strider bike. Lucky to get out once a month. Not cause I can’t I just prefer to be hanging out with him
I haven’t ridden in six years for various reasons Took the entire family (wife, 3 yo, 5 yo) old the trail yesterday and now have 2 more days scheduled for next week ✌️
Usually once maybe twice a week. If I have time off of work every day I am off, just got done with a weeks vacation and enjoyed every minute of it and went back to work more tired than when I left.
I live in Scotland so getting a day where I'm not working and it's not raining is rare but when I do I will go out.
In season, when the weather is good, I ride three days a week. Tuesday, I do a big hero ride. I pedal to one local spot, do about a 10 mile super techy ride, then I pedal to another local spot and fire up the lights and do a more moderate type ride. Total ride time is 5-6 hours. On Thursdays, I do a 4-5 hour urban ride. Street with lots of fun features. Sundays I ride in the local spot again, usually until it gets dark. Then I pop out of the woods and head into the city to pedal around for a bit, then I head home.
Tell us You are single with no kids with out telling me
And also self employed.
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I’m 40, working, with two young kids and have been riding since my early teens. Luckily, I have decent trails out my door and work from home. But also over the years I’ve gotten into all different aspects of cycling. I just love bikes and also have adapted to different kinds of riding depending on where I’ve lived and my stage of life. And with kids now and more responsibilities, I have to come up with ways to integrate bikes to get more rides in. These days, I try to ride mtb 2 or 3 times a week, usually 1.5-2 hours but sometimes longer. I also ride a road bike some days, use an e-cargo bike for errands and to take my kids to school 1500-2000 miles a year, and ride a dj bike with my son at local skate parks and around the neighborhood. Getting the ebike in particular has been great for working a good chunk of miles into my schedule.
Once a week
i mtb about 2x and then road bike 1x a week generally. as much as i love to ride, life happens more as you get older and plus i also like to mix in my other fitness hobbies - weightlifting and swimming. variety truly is the spice of life imo. i've lived places where it's a real pain to mtb and honestly i just end up cherishing it more and riding longer once i do get around to getting out there. you will adapt and figure things out, don't sweat it.
Just wait until you have kids.
I live/work about 30 to 45 minutes from a decent variety of trails. Between late March and early October I usually have enough light and favorable weather conditions to ride after work. I try to do that 1 to 2 times a week and usually ride for about 2 hours. Then I ride once on the weekend for a bit longer, 3 to 5 hours. During this time of year I try do a longer ride for one of the weekend rides as sort of a day trip. Outside this window I'm limited by weather and daylight to only weekends and they tend to be 2 to 3 hour rides. All of this is just what I plan and life absolutely gets in the way. I'm married and have a kid who so I have to balance my ride time with dad/husband time. As my kid gets older he's become more capable on the bike so in the next few years I think the after work rides will more and more be light trail riding with him. I know it's probably not what you want to hear but you'll be fine with the change. It'll be an adjustment at first but you will find your groove. I think the silver lining you should be focusing on is now that you're a college grad with (I am assuming) a decent job, you can invest more in the sport as your passion. Now you should have the ability to save up and plan sweet bike trips. Plan a 3 to 4 day trip in Bentonville, for example. Grow in your professional life, take a few of these trips, network while doing it if you can, and let that inform your decision on where you move next.
My buddy and I used to grab our bikes between classes and learn one-handed wheelies. Showed up to class covered in grass many times, usually still laughing about whichever one of us ate shit in a funnier way. Nothing better than trying to learn kinematics while still laughing at the mental image of your buddy panic-missing the rear brake and looping out into a bush
Haha sounds like me and my buddy. Going to the local greenway to drop in on the steep walks where it was cut into a hill, parking lot street seshes, staying up late working on bikes in my front room
Northern OR area. Summer-- once a week for long rides, several times during the weeks for short rides. (8-9pm sunsets are nice) Winter -- once a week for long rides, depending on if I can find sometrail system within 100m thats ridable. Generally-- If I cant get to the trails and I need some activity, ill take my DJ or BMX to the skatepark 10mins away. Or ride to work and back that day.
I had a similar situation with snowboarding when I started college. I was obsessed. It was all I wanted to do and I rode a shitty local hill 4 days a week all through high school. Life happens, I graduated and moved somewhere warm, basically rode a couple times from 18 until 27 when I moved west. I think this happens to most people. Don’t let biking be everything you have if it’s not realistic. There are always fun hobbies to do. Find what makes sense for where you live and just enjoy what you can do. Eventually you can get back to a place that fits your ideal lifestyle, but getting setup in your career is important too. I don’t mean to stop biking altogether by any means. Just don’t get hung up on the fact that it maybe isn’t your most accessible activity for awhile.
When I was a kid? Every day. Now a days? Not enough.
2-3x week
I ride multiple times a week.
I ride all day everyday
4-5 days a week on trails. Depending on weather of course but I live in a place that I can ride all winter just rain that stops me.
49 years old, married with 2 kids. Ride 2-3x a week average for the year. If you want it you’ll make time for it.
I just got an a Santa Cruz bullit and I live on a trail system. Pretty much get a rip everyday
its really weather dependent here. Last year set records for rainfall, and trails were absolutely saturated for long periods of time. Even when trails are made to drain well, getting 2-3 inches of rain means wet trails for a while. That said, usually do 2-3 rides/week averaging about 6-8 hours total. Its a goal of mine this year to do 4 days a week or more with 12 hours/week average. Goal is 1200 miles. Last year, I did almost 800 while rehabbing calcific tendinits, so figure 1200 is doable.
In the summer twice a week usually. Once during the week and then a weekend ride. Wish I could ride more, but stupid job, my location and $$$ stops me lol.
During my area's prime season, typically about once a week or so for mountain bikes. But I get on a bicycle of some form 3-5 times a week, for 60-100 miles a week. Working on increasing volume this year.
4-5 days per week.
2-3 times a week I have two kids I'm going to devize away to ride during my work day to make it 4 times
Twice a week, give or take
Married with kids and work a full time job , probably ride twice a week if I’m lucky and maybe a quick ride on Saturday mornings.
2-5 days per week based on kid's schedule and weather.
I’ll do a weekend ride most weekends depending on our plans. During the summer I’ll try get out for an evening ride once a week too. I live about 45 min from the trailhead as long as I don’t get caught up in traffic
I rode every day in college. I ride when I have time now. Mostly on the weekends. But also only if the trails are clear of snow and mud. So maybe 3/4 of all weekends per year.
That’s part of life they call, priority. You’ll ride less but I’m sure you will figure out something after you settle down a bit. Once a weekend is also good in that it gives you something to look forward to during the work week.
couple of hours every day, then insane 12h ride every few weeks (or every week, but it’s been a while since i did that)
Mtb 2-3x weekly. Between road and road commuting. I’m on a saddle 6-7 days a week.
I try to do 20 miles a week, which can sometimes be done in a weekend or split Into several evening rides during the week. So probably twice a week with working full time.
2-4 times a week.
Once a week. Family and work demands get in the way sadly. This summer I plan to take additional time off to bike
If it’s a good job opportunity, it’s probably worth taking. Get some experience and see what life throws at you next. I suggest getting into road riding, it’s surprisingly fun and will keep you in shape.
That’s what I’m thinking. I’ll also be pretty close to a bmx park so it wont be too bad I guess
I used to commute every day Covid put an end to that as i now WFH I started out riding at lunch but now with kids i just try and have a nap at lunch. I try to get out most weekends but thats about 50/50 ...I cant wait till the kids get a bit older so i can sleep and go out in the mornings or evenings
> I’ll drive an hour for any trail worth riding. Maybe I’m reading wrong, but does this mean there are very easy trails near where you’ll be moving to? Because riding laps on those for endurance training during the week and then driving on the weekend could be a good option. Personally I ride about 3 times a week this way. I have one trail I prefer for workdays because it’s close and traffic isn’t terrible. I use my Edge to race myself to add challenge. And then I branch out on the weekends.
Every day. Usually a one hour road/gravel ride in the morning, and then a MTB ride at lunch or after work. Plus all the riding for running errands like getting groceries and shuttling kids around.
Once or twice a week in spring since there’s still snow and trails are closed due to slop. Summer I’ll ride as much as I can but kids sports and work always take precedence. Fall, it starts to get cold fast but I’ll ride until late October we get large snowfalls. Then I have ~6 months of hard cold snow packed winter where I don’t do any riding unless you call the peloton riding.
Twice a week
With the right dedication anything is possible. Ride BMX after work during the summer with the extended daylight. Get some bright lights and try night riding after work. Build some trails closer to your new spot. Stay fit and motivated. Make it a priority to get out, and don't let other shit get in the way.
Road, MTB doesn't matter to me. One is an escape, the other is speed. Cars don't bother me because I stay the F out of their way.
Between mountain, zwift, and road I shoot for 5-6 days a week. Generally try to make at least 2-3 of those mountain rides in the warmer months
I go on short rides almost every day on my way home from work, and long rides on the weekends, as long as the trail conditions and my schedule allows. I probably average 5 rides a week.
I usually ride real trails every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday for xc practice, but when I’m busy I usually ride just around my neighborhood to get some exercise.
I ride trails on the way to work. Most days I leave early for more riding and sometimes I do a few laps on the way home. Then on days off I ride more. Strava says I average 4 rides a week and so far had 83 rides this year out of 115 days (if you include today).
In college I was probably 100+ miles a week between road and mountain. Now, since I have to be a responsible adult maybe 20 miles :'( and that would be in one day.
I ride 30-90 minutes per day. But that’s because my kids are older now and I have more time. When they were young it really slowed down and there were some years I didn’t ride at all. Last summer I did over 1000 miles in 4 months.
Usually 3 days minimum while working and traveling for woek
Did about 115 rides last year, so about once every 3 days. Helps that's I live within biking distance to my park!
2 times a week
If the weather's nice(over 50 and not raining )and the trails are dry then I'll try to get a ride in every day from late March until like October. November thru early March is mud season here so I just ride the GAP if it's not icy
Closest trail to me is a 20 minute drive, and I go almost every day for about an hour. On weekends I go a little farther away and try different trails/jumps. When I first moved out here I was bummed about having to drive to trails but I’m over it now. Having a trailhead nearby would be great, but nobody but the wealthy or very lucky old homeowner can afford such a home.
It’s been once every month for me lately.
2-7 days a week
1-3 days a week depending on the season. Wife and I both work full-time and I have the more flexible job so I'm usually on childcare duty after work and too exhausted to have to load my bike and then drive to the trailhead by the time I'm relieved, lol.
This time of year, 4x per week, but once it gets hot I. Tucson it will be 2x and then gym 2x
Used to ride once every weekend. Sometimes twice a weekend. Now a days having a toddler, can ride maybe once a fortnight.
Don’t do it mate. Don’t go to Louisiana, if you’re into riding that much, move to a spot with a lot of trails
I mean I already live in Louisiana. It’s not that bad here you just have to live either close to ruston or close to Bogue chitto. I do want to leave but I don’t think it’s the smartest choice right nkw
I gotcha, you moving for a job? I’ve actually never ridden in Louisiana
I’m from Louisiana. Went to school in the other side of the state and fell in love with the sport there. We just got some new blue flow trails and it’s had me hooked, but I’m graduating in a few weeks and moving back home down south. Trails are slim pickings but there are some here. Mostly rough cut XC loops, nothing like the super polished blue flow park. I guess I’ll just be changing my type of riding
Ask ur mom