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Permalink Reply by Brian Bird on November 29, 2009 at 7:50am

Way to go, Norm! And your mileage leaves me far, far, far in the dust.

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Permalink Reply by Ali on November 29, 2009 at 9:08am

Haha, Let's shoot for 8k next year. shouldn't be too hard with the California trip in early April, and a few of those Madison WI, rides...

-Ali

NEE said:

Myself and Mr. ALI (also a Chainlink member) passes 5000 for the year in mid-October while out on the west coast~ Big fun!!

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Permalink Reply by Norm Hansen on November 29, 2009 at 5:11pm

Thanks Mark and all you Chainlinkers.

This will be my third time in the past five years on crossing 6000. In 2005 I hit 4500 my highest mileage ever. The next year decided to aim for 5000 for my 50th year of breathing. I over shot that and hit 6700. Then in 2007 hit 7100. Last year I had some health problems and squeaked in 5100. Each year I find new ways to add on an extra mile or two. Be careful though Wednesday night I was trying to add another mile and got a flat within one mile to get home. It was raining and 40 degrees. I rode that one mile home. I stood and cranked keeping all my weight on the front wheel. I did not ruin my rim or damage the tire but I changed it today and what ever I ran over was the size of a pencil and ruined my tire anyways.

Just Ride
Norm

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Permalink Reply by Wild Bill on December 3, 2009 at 2:04am

Way to go, Norm! But Norm doesn't need us to congratulate him - riding is its own reward.

Late this Summer I started riding again after a short 15 year break. I've done 1650 mi on the fixie/SS commuter and probably another several hundred on the roadie. I'll probably top out at 2000ish this year.

Next year I'll top 5000 mi, Insha'Allah.

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Permalink Reply by David P. on December 4, 2009 at 1:34pm

I'm at about 3500 over the last 7 months on my everyday bike (counted from when I built it.) Maybe a few hundred more on the 'fun bike' for the year.

DP

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