How many km per day?

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I’m planning a 2 day trip, going very light and as far as I can.
I was wondering how many km is feasible per day, all day long riding?

Also, is all day long riding is realistic? Or whatever the pace, after a certain amount of hour the system hit a wall and you are done?

Martin

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Reminds me of my solo trip to Ottawa last year. When its windy it really sucks. Where are you headed?

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That depends on what your aim is. If you’re aim is just to get far, you can probably do around 180-200km if it’s reasonably flat, and repeat on the second day. At this time of the year/location, probably a lot less in the cold. If you actually want to enjoy the trip, I’d aim more for 150km.

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If you are going solo, realistically 200km is the max and expect it to take you 10 hours.

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Yep, I’m going solo. The maximum I’ve made in a day was 140km, it was quite OK, the day after I made a 3h morning trip in a very hilly area and it wasn’t that bad. This time it will be cold, I will be wearing more stuff. I still think that I can manage to do 200km. Just hope that my knee will be OK.

I finaly have everything to be confortable down to -5c. while being confortable on a long ride. I’m also going minimalist style: toolkit, ultralight waterproof clothings and spare socks in a small bag under the seat. That’s it.

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I like to keep my riding to zero.

My legs feel great afterward.

Good luck Martin! Go to America and vote Obama.

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re: body hitting a wall - If you have enough food you can ride 200 km in 10 hours and be fine twice in a row , even with minimal training. Just need to monitor your calories in. Id say you’ll do 5000 cals/day + the ~2000 you need to survive ? Could be less cals if you’re taking it super easy, but then you’ll run out of light. hah.

If you pack along a credit card and pick up food / drinks on the way at regular intervals you should be good. And eat & rehydrate off the bike substantially.

Good luck!

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I hope you love your saddle :slight_smile:

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Hehe today I made 145km only :(. However it was with a strong head wind the whole time… It couldn’t be more straight than that! Weather channel said it was a 25kph average wind gust over 50. I was also folowing the St-Laurence river with full exposure to wind. I even needed to use my granny gear for some wind gust. Overall I’m satisfied cause I know I managed to output GOOD power. I feel like I’ve been climbing Camillien-Houde during the whole distance…