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Jun. 4th, 2008 09:09 amAs of last night, June 3 2008.
As of last night, June 3 2008.
end of year total
Jan. 1st, 2008 04:18 pmBike odometer 12,541 miles
Jan 1 2007 was 8815, so that's 3726 miles for the year. Very skimpy; in 2006 I totalled 4689 miles. I did drive a couple of weeks, so that's a couple hundred miles. I'm not sure what accounts for nearly 1000 miles difference though. I did have a whole week sick, so that's another 100 miles.
EDIT:
OK, something's weird. I just found an old posting of mine from 5 months ago that indicates I was at 11,500 miles back then. How in the hell did I get through 5 months, AFTER vacation, and only ride 1000 miles? That's only 10 weeks of riding.
I don't THINK there's anything wrong with my bike computer, it registers 21 miles for the day every time I check it. Something sure as hell seems wrong though. I was on track for 4700 miles for the year back at the end of July, yet I finished with 3700 miles.
Jan 1 2007 was 8815, so that's 3726 miles for the year. Very skimpy; in 2006 I totalled 4689 miles. I did drive a couple of weeks, so that's a couple hundred miles. I'm not sure what accounts for nearly 1000 miles difference though. I did have a whole week sick, so that's another 100 miles.
EDIT:
OK, something's weird. I just found an old posting of mine from 5 months ago that indicates I was at 11,500 miles back then. How in the hell did I get through 5 months, AFTER vacation, and only ride 1000 miles? That's only 10 weeks of riding.
I don't THINK there's anything wrong with my bike computer, it registers 21 miles for the day every time I check it. Something sure as hell seems wrong though. I was on track for 4700 miles for the year back at the end of July, yet I finished with 3700 miles.
Bike odometer
Oct. 26th, 2007 05:55 pmI guess I hit 12,000 miles on Wednesday, since I'm at 12,027 today (didn't ride yesterday due to possibly needing to go into Ann Arbor on an errand). This time of year I don't get as many miles in as I should, since I'm taking L in for band practice twice a week and driving to work from there. That will be over in a few weeks though.
I'm still waiting on the rest of the parts to build a new front wheel with disc brakes for winter. Looks like the hub is backordered, and it may never show up; I think it may be discontinued. Monday will be two weeks, I'll call them if they don't ship it out and ask if they think they're going to get it or whether we should substitute another hub.
I'm still waiting on the rest of the parts to build a new front wheel with disc brakes for winter. Looks like the hub is backordered, and it may never show up; I think it may be discontinued. Monday will be two weeks, I'll call them if they don't ship it out and ask if they think they're going to get it or whether we should substitute another hub.
Year end bike data
Dec. 29th, 2006 09:02 pmI finished out the year with the odometer at 8815. Miles on Jan 1 2006 were 4126, so that's 4689 for the year. That's about what I expected; 21 miles a day, 5 days a week.
Nothing particular going on with the bike, I'm lubing the chain about twice a week with a DuPont teflon+wax spray lube to see if that makes the chain last longer. Winter is hell on my chains, with the 4 miles of riding each way over wet sandy gravel.
If this stupid weather keeps up, I swear I'll be forced to take the studded tires off. That's sure to make it snow and/or ice storm. I'm really looking forward to some nice winter weather, I want to get some sledding done in addition to cycling on the snow.
Nothing particular going on with the bike, I'm lubing the chain about twice a week with a DuPont teflon+wax spray lube to see if that makes the chain last longer. Winter is hell on my chains, with the 4 miles of riding each way over wet sandy gravel.
If this stupid weather keeps up, I swear I'll be forced to take the studded tires off. That's sure to make it snow and/or ice storm. I'm really looking forward to some nice winter weather, I want to get some sledding done in addition to cycling on the snow.
Durability
Oct. 20th, 2006 09:54 pmI rolled the odometer on the bike over 8000 miles today. I guess I might have been surprised to find out that this $300 bike had 8000 miles in it, but it's still rolling along with hardly any maintenance, and I don't have any reason to think it'll need replacement any time soon. I might put disc brakes on the front wheel before winter really sets in, but that's about it.
I've built a new rear wheel, since the one it came with was garbage, I've replaced the tires once at about 5800 miles (plus winter tires), brake pads 4 or 5 times, and I just put my 5th chain on yesterday. I wave the power washer over it once in a while when it's warm, and I oil the chain. That's about it.
I did have to replace the freewheel, but the old one died because I did something stupid.
I'll be rolling over 4000 miles for the year just at the end of this month. I guess I won't make 5000 this year but I shouldn't be far off.
I've built a new rear wheel, since the one it came with was garbage, I've replaced the tires once at about 5800 miles (plus winter tires), brake pads 4 or 5 times, and I just put my 5th chain on yesterday. I wave the power washer over it once in a while when it's warm, and I oil the chain. That's about it.
I did have to replace the freewheel, but the old one died because I did something stupid.
I'll be rolling over 4000 miles for the year just at the end of this month. I guess I won't make 5000 this year but I shouldn't be far off.
October MPG
Oct. 31st, 2005 09:27 amInspired by others journals, this morning I put a couple of calcs and a little more data into my bike log spreadsheet to include the car.
For October, my average gas use while commuting was 195 MPG. 56 miles of driving, 399 miles of cycling, 2.33 gallons burned.
I did drive the car a few short non-commuting trips which are not counted, burning about half a tank this month. And of course, shopping trips are done in the minivan. That gets basically the same mileage as the Taurus, so it's not that bad.
For October, my average gas use while commuting was 195 MPG. 56 miles of driving, 399 miles of cycling, 2.33 gallons burned.
I did drive the car a few short non-commuting trips which are not counted, burning about half a tank this month. And of course, shopping trips are done in the minivan. That gets basically the same mileage as the Taurus, so it's not that bad.
