How far you've ridden in 2014

37.4, does that put me in the lead? :-)

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Permalink Reply by Noah Weiss 1.2 km on December 16, 2014 at 7:25am

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.

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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Page on December 19, 2014 at 2:31pm

1165 so far. I would like to make it to 1200

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Permalink Reply by Dean Bekken on December 19, 2014 at 11:52pm

About 1500. Fast.

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Permalink Reply by SixtyTwoPercent on December 20, 2014 at 2:46am

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.

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Permalink Reply by Darcy Phillips on December 20, 2014 at 3:23am

4,000 estimated.

3,225 commuting miles since May 19th. That is when I started tracking my commuting miles.

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Permalink Reply by bobweiser on December 20, 2014 at 5:05am

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.

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Permalink Reply by SkokieSurly on December 21, 2014 at 4:11pm

5,300 - Almost exclusively commuting. So far December has been good. Looking forward to a more manageable winter.

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Permalink Reply by SixtyTwoPercent on December 21, 2014 at 4:28pm

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.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 22, 2014 at 1:11am

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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Permalink Reply by David Beazley on December 22, 2014 at 1:53am

After riding through the entirety of last winter, I say "bring it on." How bad could it possibly get after that? ;-).

Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

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.