Would Repeated Action Past?

We can use would to talk about repeated past actions that don't happen any more. Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride. ... We don't normally use the negative or question form of would for past habits. Note that we can't usually use would to talk about past states.

Would for repeated action in the past versus used to?

'Used to' can be used to talk about past states as well as past repeated actions and habits, but 'would' is only used to talk about past habits. 'Would' is not used to talk about past states.

What is a repeated action in the past?

USING REPEATED PAST ACTIONS

When we wish to talk or write about repeated actions and habits in the past, we use used to, would or the past simple, often with another expression. Where the past repeated action was something annoying or irritating we use always + past continuous after the verb tenses.