I do not own a bicycle- the last I had one was some 25 years ago. Recently, however, I have discovered the joy of cycling due to a city bikes system that exists in my conurbation (Silesia region in Poland).
I had used it several times before, but my longest ride so far had been 21km. Today I have decided to spend the whole afternoon biking. I chose a worthy destination - a newly opened ice cream place. It gave me the needed motivation ;-)
I have designed a route that would go as much as possible on dedicated cycling paths. I have been actually surprised how extensive the network of city trails is.
To get to my destination I cycled 26km. 90% of it was on dedicated paths. Most were simply red stripes alongside a street, but sometimes the paths would be built for purpose. All complete with safe crossing and good marking. About 6km of my route was in a forest - but still on hard surface (if not necessarily smooth), clean of any major obstacles like stones or fallen tree branches.
I did enjoy my ice cream after the 26km. Since nothing ached, I decided to return home via a route 4km longer. So in total I have pedalled 56km. The elapsed time (excluding eating ice cream) was 4hrs and 31 minutes. One may argue that my average speed was low and I would agree. However, not having done any serious cycling in years and using a city bike which is not designed for speed (not for forest paths either), I am quite satisfied.
It felt great, because the temperature today was 34° Celsius and walking would be a torture for me. Cycling is better - I felt the heat only when stopping to sip water.
The caveat however, is that cycling doesn’t generate as many “steps” as walking would. I estimate that in the time used for my cycling trip, I could have achieved at least 15% more steps if I used the afternoon for walking. Let’s see if this makes a difference in my today’s 
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