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Originally Posted by Libertine
250km. Used to do that fairly regularly. My father lived 250km away, and I liked riding my bike, so when I visited him I most often took my bike instead of the train.
Back then it felt like a relaxing ride, but these days it would probably kill me  |
As you get older it's definitely something you have to work up to. No way I could handle a 200+ Km ride at the moment. I would have to take it in short hops for sure, it would take me several days to complete it, after which I would be in bed for a week I'm sure. My back is pretty bad, both upper and lower.
I am however very much enjoying all the great bike trails in my area of the city. Winnipeg has made a pretty good start in that department, although we still have a long way to go before I'll say the city is "bicycle friendly". Our roads are mostly shit for one thing, and most don't have even a small semblance of a bike lane near the curb. I'm lucky to have quite extensive trails in my immediate area but much of the rest of the city isn't so lucky.
It is the progressive city that is including more bike-friendly lanes and trails into their infrastructurs, especially now with the insane ever-rising price of fuel. More and more people are going to be taking to pedaling.