when you tell people how long a ride took, do you...

[LordOpie]

tell 'em saddle time or total time?

[Serial Midget]

Unless you are racing - saddle time. If you are racing its total clock time.

During a century I find that I take about half an hour of breaks for various reasons.

[cliffster5]

Originally posted by LordOpie
tell 'em saddle time or total time?

Interesting question. If I'm talking to a serious rider I usually report my ride exploits in terms of saddle time. If it's a non rider I'll give them my mileage. Hmmmm, I wonder why I tend to do that. Perhaps it's what I perceive each audience can relate to, though I'm not sure. I know that most of the racers I run into are all on some sort of training program that usually has a periodization component that's based on time. Lots of these guys don't even use an odometer (just heart rate monitors) which I can't relate to with my healthy OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) hankerings.

[rockracing]

actual pedaling time, I stop my clock evrytime I freewheel.....lol.

nah, I suppose what you call saddle time, don't include the breaks.

[I Are Baboon]

Saddle time.

[wooglin]

Miles. Then maybe elapsed time.

[Heidi]

It doesn't matter, either one scares the hell outta them.:p

No, seriously, I do ride time, not total time.

[Squeak]

I do total time. Stopping should be included. :)

[ito]

Originally posted by rockracing
actual pedaling time, I stop my clock evrytime I freewheel.....lol.

nah, I suppose what you call saddle time, don't include the breaks.

Sounds like you need a fixed gear :D

I usually break it down to time and distance. When I mention it to bikers they automatically calculate my average speed, non-bikers just go "You went how far!?!?!"

The Ito

[rockracing]

my dad's an ex roadie, so when ever I come back from a mtb race, he asks "how many km's was your race"......then I reply 30 odd km's, I know he's thinking "back in my day we raced 100-120km....you wimp"
don't think he realises the diff between riding on the road and off the road. :)

[splat]

I give them Miles and in the same sentace tell them in how much Saddle time. and usually that is enough to leave there Jaw dropping.

And I give them Saddle time , because my Cyclometer auto matically stops when i do.

[Nitromike]

Always saddle time for me along with mileage also .. its usually enough for them to think I'm insane.

[neurostar]

Always saddle time for me along with mileage also .. its usually enough for them to think I'm insane.

heh, same here.

[Nitromike]

I work Sundays at a LBS mostly for the discount .. I always gotta remember when someone says "I wanna start riding more, 50-70 miles" that the next words out of their mouth will 90% of the time be "a week" :D

[The Toninator]

Always saddle time for me along with mileage also .. its usually enough for them to think I'm insane.

plus 25% milage minus 25% time :blah:

[The Toninator]

I work Sundays at a LBS mostly for the discount .. I always gotta remember when someone says "I wanna start riding more, 50-70 miles" that the next words out of their mouth will 90% of the time be "a week" :D

really, hook me up dawg. if you find some stuff that 'fell off a truck' let me know.

[Nitromike]

:thumb:

[Westy]

I live in NASCAR country. If I am talking to a non-biker I just tell them how many pit stops I took.