"How many miles do you ride a year?" is a common question that bike riders get from curious outsiders. Truth be told, I don't get in many miles. Partly because I don't actually ride many miles, and partly because a lot of my miles are logged off-road. This year was a bit lower mileage than previous years because, well, work. Gotta make the donuts. The mileage winner this year, like a lot of years for me, was my mountain bike. Between the mountain bikes in my garage, I logged 1089 miles. Total and complete props to Flannery Allison for the amazing photo from Cape Girardeau!!
Second on the list is road riding. I like road riding, but I like it more for a good, hard workout than just logging miles. Ain't nobody got time for that. Most of my road miles came from my carbon gravel bike, which I rode while waiting for a real race bike, like the TCR that finally arrived late in the year. Total road miles: 994.
A surprising number of road miles were logged on the Carbon Shitbike. Not a very flattering name for a bike that took me so many places and logged so many training miles. And it doubles as a cyclocross bike, too. Got to get that white seat back.
The surprise players this year? My BMX bikes. Riding a BMX bike takes a helmet, some shorts, and some sticky tennis shoes. So easy to get out of the garage and riding, a total of 5 minutes preparation...which is all I had to get ready many days with the shop doing gangbusters. Between the Redline, the Schwinn, and the GT, I logged 572 miles. So fun, so childish!!
All said and done, just about 2700 miles total. That includes race days, too. Not a ton of miles, but a ton of adventures.
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Sounds like a great balance, it’s not about mileage it’s about fun times:)
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