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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 06:14 AM
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Miles a week do you ride your bike? Is it just to work or cruiseing ? I ride about 125 a week mostly to work and bumming around on weekends.

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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 06:21 AM
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New used bike here. About 75-100 miles on days off in the middle off the week and 100 miles a day on the weekends with the wife per day. The more I ride the more I want to ride. Of course, I've been without a bike for 15yrs too.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 06:25 AM
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I'm self-employed and when business is slow or I have downtime I'm usually riding even if just locally so about 300 miles a week for me and about 150 durnig the colder months.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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Just got my HD 10 days ago and when I can ride to work, I do so (couple times a week). Good news/bad news commute is only 5 miles.

I try to ride for a few hours on the weekend - net around 75-100 miles and would like to increase it by taking longer rides on the weekend.

 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:10 AM
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300-500 miles a week during the warm days. A lot less when cooler.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:23 AM
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If I am able to ride to work every day, that's 140 for the week. I usually average atLEAST a couple hundred miles on the weekend. It LOOKS like since I got the bike at the end of May I am averaging 350 per week or so, and that's with no major trips. YET.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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Average 200-300 per week.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 09:10 AM
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I'm self employed and work at home, so no commute miles here. But that also allows for plenty of time for cruising around Middle TN, road trips, and just running errands on the bike. From about March - November, if there are no road trips I ride about 500 miles a week. December - February usually about half that. Of course if there is a road trip, then it could be 2,000 miles in a week. I take road trips year around, but usually not quite as far when it's cold.
 
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I vary quite a bit. My work is only 2 miles from home, so that doesn't account for much. And running errands.......typically end up anywhere from 50-200per week in the summer. I put more miles on in the spring and fall, as i'm a college student and the commute is about 50miles each way, and then I'll end up with around 500-700 a week. I'm not the type of person who's like: "man, i gotta go out for a ride", I pretty much just ride whenever I need to get from point A to point B.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 12:31 PM
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110 miles a day 5 days a week (work commuting.) So Cal, so almost year around!
 
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