Bicycle Riding – Jim's Life Log

This page provides a list of bicycle rides I have done on a traditional bicycle (Mountain Bike, Foldable Bike, etc) as part of my exercise program before I joined Strava, in descending date order. It also includes a summary of personal cycling records.

From 1 July 2013, I have had logged all my bicycle rides on my Strava account ( http://www.strava.com/athletes/2391765 ) which has more details of my rides. If you are a member of Strava, then why not Follow me (and I will probably follow you too).

KMs Ridden in a Week Record

2014-03-03 to 2014-03-09: 330km.

KMs Ridden in a Day Record

2014-07-06: 104km
2014-05-16: 100km
2014-04-20: 84km
2014-03-03: 81km

KMs Ridden in a Month Record

2017-11: 1002km
2015-12: 888km
2014-03: 864km
2013-09: 775km. Mostly cycling but also may include a very small percentage of hiked / ran / walked kms.

Highest Elevation Gain in a Day Record

2014-03-03: 933m.

KMs in a Single Ride Record

2014-07-06: 104km [Rutherglen – Londrigan – M2MRT – Everton – Bright]
2014-05-16: 100km – [Culcairn – Walbundrie – Brocklesby – Howlong – Rutherglen – Wahgunyah]
2014-04-20: 84km – [Culcairn – Henty – Cookadinia – Morven – Culcairn]
2014-04-22: 79km – [Culcairn – Alma Park – Pleasant Hills – Osborne – Lockhart])

My aim was to ride up to 50km per day, 3 days a week. OR average 150km a week over 4 weeks.

Below is older historical ride data for pre-Strava rides…

2013-06-30 – 45km, 2.03hrs, Avg speed 22kmh
2013-06-28 – 66km, 3.25hrs, Avg speed 20kmh – new distance record!
2013-06-21 – 28km, 1.167hrs, Avg speed 24kmh – new avg speed record!
2013-06-20 – 34km, 1.583hrs, Avg speed 21kmh
2013-06-10 – 30km, 1.667hrs, Avg speed 18kmh
2013-06-07 – 28km, 1.333hrs, Avg speed 21kmh
2013-05-24 – 28km, 1.417hrs, Avg speed 19kmh

Big gap here is because I had no glasses and so didn’t feel safe riding especially on the dirt / gravel roads!

2013-05-10 – 38km, 1.833hrs, Avg speed 20kmh
2013-05-06 – 34km, 1.76hrs, Avg speed 19kmh
2013-05-05 – 40km, 1.833hrs, Avg speed 21kmh
2013-05-03 – 61km, 2.67hrs, Avg speed 22kmh – new distance record! Km in a week record: 141km!
2013-04-29 – 46km, 2.083hrs, Avg speed 22kmh – new avg speed and distance record!
2013-04-28 – 34km, 1.67hrs, Avg speed 20kmh
2013-04-26 – 30km, 1.5hrs, Avg speed: 20kmh.

Rides were done regularly between 2013-03-25 and 2013-04-26 and included quite a few 25km, a number of 30km, a few 38km rides. Average speeds were not always recorded but those that were calculated varied between 15 and 20kmh average speed.

2013-03-25 – 38km – new record distance for me!
2013-02-17 – 25km – new record distance for me!
December 2012 – Rode the Myrtleford – Bright section of the Murray to Mountains Railtrail, 30km.
In Aug 2012 – Feb 2012, the average ride was 10km with the occasional maximum of 18km, increasing to an average of about 15km.

Between and including the years 2009 and 2011, the ‘daily commute’ was generally a bicycle ride of 10km each way per day, resulting in 20km per day or 100km per week. This took 35 minutes to work and about 40 from work to home (the work to home ride had a lot more uphill!), resulting in 20km travelled per day in 1.25 hours, for an average speed of 16kmh.