How many hours of riding is enough for one day?

[XP@]

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[Riff Raff]

It all depends on the 'lust' factor when riding long distances. I quite happily rode 700km straight after finishing a night shift because I knew I was going to get some at the end of it. The return trip always took longer and I was more tired during it. So if you want to ride for long distances then make sure you're getting some luving at the end of it!

[sunhuntin]

lots of factors come into it....weather, traffic, etc. my longest day of non-constant riding was 12 hours. left invercargill at around 9am, arrived in chch absolutly stuffed at about 9pm. took an extra half hour of getting lost to make my way to the hotel i wanted. by the time i got there...i felt like the living dead.
was a head wind for most of the way, which didnt help. some very strong patches of wind, where i nearly got swept off the road and into the ditch.
had heaps of stops to get photos and do a little shopping. not enough stops for food though, which is where i went wrong.

if its long trips like that [11 days total] ill try and do at least a tanks worth every day [about 200k] if not more. depends how i feel.

[judecatmad]

On the ginny, 6 hours is about the most I think I'd want to do in one hit. And if the weather is bad (if you read my write up about our Rotorua Road trip last year you'll know my definition of bad!), I would stay home or take the car!!!

When I get a bigger and better bike, with better gear, I might come back and change my answer tho

[KoroJ]

It's as much what you are riding, how you ride, how many stops you take and how you feel as how far you're going.

You could do 500k one day and be knackered and do the same trip at maybe a more leisurely pace or feeling better another day and it will be a breeze.

I've ridden 200km to Wanganui on the Intruder and could hardly get off the bike but did the RNGC on the same bike with no problems.

Plan your trips and you shouldn't suffer unduly.

[BarBender]

8-10hrs for one stint aint too bad.
8-10 hours a day for 5 days in a row...that's a different story.
Couldnt walk properly for a couple of days.
Be awhile before I try something like that again.

[zeocen]

I do so love a long pootle - I consider riding down to Wellywood a long trip (anything else in between is short to me!) Have always been tempted to pootle down to Welly ways and back up again just to drop in and see some friends and family (I think the taniwha Colapop keeps me from doing that! )

I find riding around to all points on the map an invigorating excercise, nothing suits me better than keeping a nice constant tempo and enjoying the ride!

When I get thirsty I drank, when I got the need to go, I went, when I felt hungry, I ate, when I felt the need to stop, I stopped ... life is like a box of fork seals, you know you're going to need one eventually, so you'll have to stop to get it done ...

The last trip I did on a spur of the moment was the 500km ride to Gissy in the night, turning around and heading back to help the olds out in the shop (after a nap at home natch!)

Been investigating a ride to see the Air show down South Island in the holidays coming up ... just get on the bike, ride on the ferry, pootle down to watch some WWI replica planes and then...back up again!

Seriously, what's your secret to your energy.. I know you have some magical tablet or something that gives you unending source of energy. No normal human has this much!! Don't be selfish, share it around man!

[McJim]

I used to do eight hours on a pushie 9 days in a row - piece of piss.

Went to Napier from Auckland...added a 100km detour (ahem....got lost) got to Napier without too much ill effect.

Rode back from Napier and felt I could do it all again.

[Daffyd]

When we did our SI trip we usually tried to keep under 400kms a day. A couple were a little longer. We spread it out usually over 5-6 hours.

[petermonkeyguru]

As a teenager we would head out at one end of the weekend and get back in time for some zzz's before going back to work on Monday.
Hard days riding on shitty ol bikes, rough roads and cheap food.
At the end of it we had saddle rash, greezy hair and feet that smelt like sewage.
Some of the idiots I rode with in Aussy use to pop speed and stuff to stay awake - mugs game if you ask me, but I hear some riders now days are using 'P' to keep going all weekend - dumb, real dumb.

My ride time is dictated by my wife now days - and what time of month it is for her.
actually I prefer the life I have now, even though I don't get to ride as often as I would like to.

[Mumbles]

My biggest ride this year was Palmerston to Auckland (9) hr due to runners around Lake Taupo, then next morning off to Paeroa for the battle of the streets then home that night to Palmerston North wasn't the ride as much as the cowboy walk sore arse near the end that did it for me...
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[Drew]

Five is about all I can take, unless I'm on a mission, or that time it took me eleven to get to Aukland when I got lost and ended up in Stratford, nice place, good road, except for the gravel.

Or when you've done five odd, and come accross a mint bit of black top, then find yourself in the groov. That's pretty cool, and time goes out the window.

[Jantar]

8-10hrs for one stint aint too bad.
8-10 hours a day for 5 days in a row...that's a different story.

On the recent South Island Passes ride:

Day 1: 11 hours
Day 2: 10 hours
Day 3: 11 hours
Day 4: 11.5 hours
Day 5: 11.5 hours

Then the next day I travelled aver the Thompsons track with The_duck_01 and Spannzy for another 4 hour day.

The day after that was an 8 hour day with the Dunedin riders as a wind down.

And around 30% of this was on gravel or dirt roads.

[Drew]

On the recent South Island Passes ride:
And around 30% of this was on gravel or dirt roads.

And that's about where it started soundin like less than fun to me.

[Jantar]

And that's about where it started soundin like less than fun to me.

That's where the fun really started.