So I'm not sure that they can be called tours exactly, but these past few weekends I've been doing some day trips to explore a new area that I'm going to be in for a few months. Before this I'd only ridden short rides, and most of my riding had been for commuting purposes. After a couple of Saturdays out and about on the bike, I can definitely see why anyone on two wheels would want to go on a full on tour. I haven't gone far, last Saturday was about 35 miles, and today was 40. I find myself in between rides now spending time on the net looking for new places to go and see. Anyone else got the sight-seeing, short tour bug like me?[IMG]cyclingforums.com1000Open ↗[/IMG]
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nice locations there, 40 miles is already an ok distance, in a longer tour you would be logging around the same daily, maybe a bit longer, the rest of the day is for finding accomodation or setting up your tent, make dinner, checkout your maps and route to plan the next day, fix any flats or mechanicals you'd possibly encounter, relax with some music or reading and sleeping early some good long hours until the next morning's ride,
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Each tour I plan for a different average daily distance in accordance with my goals. For my longer tours when I am trying to round a great lake or something similar within a set amount of vacation time I try to plan for average days of 120 km per day. This is a nice distance that gives me plenty of time to do the things that I like to do.
For weekend tours I usually aim for shorter distances of from 80 to 100 km per day. This still gives me plenty of riding along with lots of free time. As the longer days of summer recede I have to take into account the shorter daylight riding time as well so this decision tends to fit well within that need.
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