37.4, does that put me in the lead? :-)
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Bad year, less than a hundred.
My place of employment shuts down for the year after this Friday and that will mark the end of my bicycle commute for 2014. I will close out with 5,674 miles.
I did not track my non-commute miles.
My New Year's resolution: Don't track the miles, just rove the moving scenery.
Happy New Year everyone!
1400 non-commuting miles so far. Last year just broke 1K, and I've been out for the last six weeks with knee problems so I'm happy with 1.4K.
I have ridden about 1850 miles on the year, across all purposes. I was out of action for four weeks during the summer due to a fractured wrist, however.
1165 so far. I would like to make it to 1200
About 1500. Fast.
Not anywhere near what I have historically done. This has been a year of transition...away from commuting unfortunately. Someone convince me to come back...I loved my year round commute. But traffic and lack of separation from the cars, too risky now. If I can't ride the majority of my commute on the LFP now, I will just pass. That is how conservative and concerned I have become.
4,000 estimated.
3,225 commuting miles since May 19th. That is when I started tracking my commuting miles.
i know there's risk. i was hit by a cab this year. did something happen to make you more conservative and concerned?
SixtyTwoPercent said:
Not anywhere near what I have historically done. This has been a year of transition...away from commuting unfortunately. Someone convince me to come back...I loved my year round commute. But traffic and lack of separation from the cars, too risky now. If I can't ride the majority of my commute on the LFP now, I will just pass. That is how conservative and concerned I have become.
5,300 - Almost exclusively commuting. So far December has been good. Looking forward to a more manageable winter.
Bob
You and I rode to Three Floyds a year or two back. I was with you when that kid darted in front of you and took you (almost us) down. So, you know my riding skills.
What I have come to witness on Elston, Milwaukee, Des Plaines...is nothing short of criminally aggressive driving behavior. I sat at the corner of Milwaukee and Elston while a driver of a car attempted, yes attempted, to run down a guy in the bike lane. I rolled off my bike and immediately dialed 911. No cops after 20+ minutes of waiting and the driver looked like they wanted to come back for more (i.e. I needed to move away from the area soon.) I have seen near rundowns at Damen and Diversey (for the sake of just getting through a light). There is zero defense against a car right now.
Zero progress on separated bike lanes on my bike route(s) ... save for the stretch between Ogden (?) and Halstead-ish.
So, call me old call me conservative. But, I have no desire to get that treatment. Long post, but it is no longer worth it. My tradeoff was being in shape versus getting clipped. I chose being in shape for several years (and yes, I was once clipped by a car and taken down. Still, I rode on for several more years.)
I guess you can say that I will probably be exiting biking short of riding in group rides or a race here and there.
Good luck to you all!
bob hsiung said:
i know there's risk. i was hit by a cab this year. did something happen to make you more conservative and concerned?
SixtyTwoPercent said:Not anywhere near what I have historically done. This has been a year of transition...away from commuting unfortunately. Someone convince me to come back...I loved my year round commute. But traffic and lack of separation from the cars, too risky now. If I can't ride the majority of my commute on the LFP now, I will just pass. That is how conservative and concerned I have become.
Ssshh... Be careful what you say or you'll wake the weather demons.
SkokieSurly said:
So far December has been good. Looking forward to a more manageable winter.
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