A friend of mine did one million feet of climbing a year for two consecutive years, all off-road, no e-bikes - all on Strava. But he did have a lot of spare time… If I tried that my wife would divorce me!
Used to be just under 7000 miles for a good few years but awaiting a knee replacement means I am down to about 5000 this year.I have also managed to stick out more than a week of Zwift so I am tempted to have an hour of that one or twice a day instead of riding but that doesn't count.
Check out Matt Fairbrother's profile. I follow him on Strava just to marvel at the places he gets to and the sheer volume of off road riding he does.
2025 so far:
11,963 miles
1,019,600 ft
He was the nutter who a few years ago rode, yes rode between the various EWS races before competing in them.
the short film about him completing the NZ MTB rally entirely under his own steam when other competitors were shuttled between stages by various methods including boat and helicopter is worth a watch. It’s called ‘All in or nothing’ and available on YouTube
Check out Matt Fairbrother's profile. I follow him on Strava just to marvel at the places he gets to and the sheer volume of off road riding he does.
He was the nutter who a few years ago rode, yes rode between the various EWS races before competing in them.
There was a guy (years ago) who used to ride to the 24hr races with his tent and kit on his bike, he'd pitch his tent, take the racks off the bike, compete (solo), do very very well indeed, refit the racks, pack the bike up then ride home again.
Can't remember his name but I saw him once at Sleepless in the Saddle - he was an absolute machine, just churning round relentlessly. Someone else said "oh yeah, that's [name], he comes to all these things, smashes it for 24hrs solid, has a kip, packs his kit up then rides home".
i was looking through some old audax journals recently.
top audax rider Pat Kenny was over 900 000 miles prior to being killed by a car driver.
some distance that.