NEW YORK (MarketWatch) â U.S. stock markets are closed on Thanksgiving. But the market has another reason to be thankful on Friday. Since 1992, stock exchanges have adhered to an abbreviated trading schedule the Friday following Thanksgiving. The key driver for the truncated session, which this Friday sees the market wrap at 1 p.m. Eastern time, is the ghost-town trading atmosphere that typically follows Turkey Day.
It takes less than 30 minutes to ride a bike 5 miles at a leisurely pace in an urban area. Riding a bike faster can take less time.
A 17-20 mile road ride for someone in good biking shape should only be an hour or so. A trail ride over relatively untechnical doubletrack would probably take about 1.5 hrs. A trail ride over technical singletrack would take about 2 yrs or so. Riding 17-20 miles on a road bike is a pretty short ride, even in the heat. I used to do 28-30 just for my short evening jaunts after work, when I had better hours than I do now.