How many miles is a good days ride? - Page 3

augerdin · 04-07-2012, 05:09 PM

After working on the guzzi for a few days I took it on a shakedown cruise today. Went to the gathering at Brooksville and back. Took a lot of winding back roads which added miles, but they were quality miles. So I did 300 miles today. I thought it was a good ride. Not bad for a guy with lung problems. I have taken my Vespa P200 and ridden several 150-200 mile days. For me its the road, the scenery, the pace, the feeling I get . It isnt the number of miles. In the old days I got a rush out of piling on the miles,but now I am happy just to be able to get on a bike and ride. Some days I am confined to the bed, so now almost any ride is a good days ride.

ABHulgan · 04-07-2012, 05:20 PM

For me a good ride leaves out after a tasty breakfast, and relaxing by the fire at dusk. Fuck the odometer.

high dangler · 04-07-2012, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ABHulgan

For me a good ride leaves out after a tasty breakfast, and relaxing by the fire at dusk. Fuck the odometer.

hell yeah , fuc that odometer ! What do we care how many miles?

Alcan Rider · 04-08-2012, 09:23 PM

If it was a good day (and most days on a bike are), whatever number of miles I put behind me were just right. Last September a ride into the back end of Denali National Park two-up on the Wing netted just about 200. One of the lowest-mileage days I've ever done, and it was plenty. A few years earlier a ride of a little over 1500 miles left me hungering for more, but it had been an exceptionally good day. On gravel, like the Dalton Hwy, 500 or so is usually a good day. Throw in lots of awesome scenery, with requisite photo stops, and that drops down to 300 or less. Still a good day's ride.

The odometer only records numbers; it can't define whether a ride was good or not. The smile on my face

is a better indicator of that.

04-07-2012, 05:20 PM	#32
ABHulgan The Flying Mythos Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Chattanooga Oddometer: 977	For me a good ride leaves out after a tasty breakfast, and relaxing by the fire at dusk. Fuck the odometer. __________________ "I tried to move my mind there and nowhere else and imagine a single detail that, if I didn't see it that weekend, I never would... The world is easily lost." James Dickey

04-08-2012, 09:23 PM	#34
Alcan Rider Frozen Fossil Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Just over the rear wheel Oddometer: 3,606	If it was a good day (and most days on a bike are), whatever number of miles I put behind me were just right. Last September a ride into the back end of Denali National Park two-up on the Wing netted just about 200. One of the lowest-mileage days I've ever done, and it was plenty. A few years earlier a ride of a little over 1500 miles left me hungering for more, but it had been an exceptionally good day. On gravel, like the Dalton Hwy, 500 or so is usually a good day. Throw in lots of awesome scenery, with requisite photo stops, and that drops down to 300 or less. Still a good day's ride. The odometer only records numbers; it can't define whether a ride was good or not. The smile on my face is a better indicator of that. __________________ "I am in the prime of senility." Ben Franklin Haul Road Chronicles The Lure of the Dalton My Evening Rides '03 GL1800 Dualsport '02 KLR685 - Stealth Black - 4x Prudhoe Bay Veteran + Coldfoot Lunch Run '94 Concours "Alcan Annie" - the Heroine of the Five Corners Ride '82 Suzuki GS1100G - 4x Prudhoe Bay Veteran Including Haul Road 1000 (Sold) '82 KZ1300 - Future Mule

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04-07-2012, 05:09 PM	#31
augerdin I do my own crashing Joined: Aug 2010 Location: the flat sandy part of Florida-you know the place. Oddometer: 50	After working on the guzzi for a few days I took it on a shakedown cruise today. Went to the gathering at Brooksville and back. Took a lot of winding back roads which added miles, but they were quality miles. So I did 300 miles today. I thought it was a good ride. Not bad for a guy with lung problems. I have taken my Vespa P200 and ridden several 150-200 mile days. For me its the road, the scenery, the pace, the feeling I get . It isnt the number of miles. In the old days I got a rush out of piling on the miles,but now I am happy just to be able to get on a bike and ride. Some days I am confined to the bed, so now almost any ride is a good days ride.