How has your 2020 cycling year been?

[Fab Foodie]

Good question!
Started slow - travelling away like a loony for work.
Got CV19 at the start of lockdown and when recovered started cycling with renewed vigour. 10 mile cycles to 'work' every morning, increasingly longer rides every weekend up to 90 miles without problem.
Then had a bit of a tail-off and a few months ago went cycling with a pal and had real cardio issues on the hills which saw me heading for A&E.
Nothing major found, slightly raised BP.
Have started cycling since and no issues on the hills, so will use the Christmas hols to get my cycling mojo back.

Have missed the 'FNRttC' and without a regular cycling buddy/club rides to get me out it's been difficult.
Also been getting some neck pain which means I may need a softer fork with a longer steerer and sit more upright, am out of adjustment on the Rourke.
Hopefully 2020 will be better.

 

[shnjmsn]

An interesting year for sure............. Furlough meant a lot of time not at work and a lot of extra time on the bike during March to July. Great to be able to ride more in nice weather, but would have still rather been working and earning full salary ! I think the extra cycling helped me from drifting into a low period, and socially distanced meet up's with the odd mate for a takeaway beer in the sunshine certainly helped my head and kept me going........ Thank God for cycling I say !!!!!

8,100 miles this year, so up on the usual 6,200 target that gets broken some years and not reached other years.........

First year for ages not on the old boys ride to Bruges which was sorely missed....... roll on next year ! Lot's of local rides in the Somerset countryside finding new lanes and cafes................ One sportive...... New Forest 100 in September which was fab and well organised considering everything !
Morecambe Bay cycle route with a mate, awesome weekend away in 'the glorious north'. One Isle of Wight round trip, no Jersey this year...........

Signed up to the Festive 500 though really probably not too bothered this year, see what happens next week after the festivities I guess ! No new bikes bought, which is a result, and a couple of older ones sold and moved on, also a result !

Managed couch to 5K.........finished at the weekend so will try hard to keep up some kind of light running over the winter when the roads here are a mud fest and it's very dark ! Overall it's been good, I'm still cycling and of vaguely good health at 52. The Crohns Disease has been in remission for 8 years now, I may even attempt a curry next year ! 😄😄

 

[Edwardoka]

Worst year on the bike I've ever had, by a long way. 292 miles for the year, although if trainer rides count then I'd be on 800 or so.

 

[lazybloke]

The initial lockdown with all that beautiful weather should have been the most fantastic opportunity for cycling.
Sadly I was too cautious about going out, and did only short local rides. An opportunity squandered.
As the year went on, I was far too busy with work and DIY projects, never really got going on the bike at all, and will finish the year with a cumulative distance of well under 1,000 miles.

One thing to celebrate was joining @StuAff and an interepid band of riders for another "Night Ride Around the Island"; it's my only notable cycling achievement of the year. Must do better in 2021.

 

[Stephen Piper]

Just about 1,000 miles this year. I do like to go somewhere to meet up with friends when on the bike, but with cafes under enforced closure for much of the year the thought of just riding round in circles on my own has rather taken the joy out of it. Still maintained some fitness through work, which can be quite physical at times, walking 2-3 miles most days and occasionally sea kayaking when the weather allows. Another source of exercise used to be playing drums, harder physical work than some might imagine, this has come to a absolute stop since the lockdown in March, even rehearsals have become against the rules. To quote Jo Walsh 'I can't complain but sometimes still do'.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Just touched 11,000 miles. Best year ever for me. Helped by not going on holidays, weekends away, visiting friends and all the other socialising type activities that eat into my spare time.

I don't like stopping at cafes so their closure has been a plus for me.

Can't see me ever getting much above 7,500 if we ever have a normal year again.

 

[ColinJ]

How has my 2020 cycling year been...?

It went missing at the start of the year. I have a few minutes spare this afternoon so I'll have a look and see if I can find it!

Oh, I just found it hiding under a postage stamp. Turns out that things are not quite as bad as I thought - if I were to ride 350+ kms a day for the rest of the year then I would hit my target!

 

[Sharky]

Unusual to say the least.
Never the one for long rides, although I used to hit between 5k and 6k when I was commuting.
Last few years, a broken a bone or two and a kidney stone, so recent years have been 1k - 1.5k miles.
This year currently looking to be just over 800 miles, so not bad considering. Biggest disappointment was the cancelation of all but 4 of our evening 10 rides and failing to beat the 20mph barrier in over 50 years.

Looking forward to 2021.



Edit: 31/12/20 made 806 miles in 2020

 

[FishFright]

The first lockdown was brilliant, the country roads reminded me of a Sunday in the 70's

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I've had a surprisingly good year all round.

Until December, kept my usual daily commute whilst working from home, albeit costing a circular route each day - was the majority of my miles all year.

Some real highlights:

Early morning rides, nice to do different routes to my normal commute, and helped keep me vaguely sane.

A lot of miles on the tandem, 1700 all told, including our very first alpine passes.

Some brilliant rides with my boys, including getting to 2200m in the alps, sharing my eldest's first century in the rain in the peaks and the Fred Whitton in perfect sunshine.

New bike in May

About 10k all told.

 

[HarryTheDog]

This year has been a year of changes for me, I have commuted for 15 years solid, not commuted since March as office closing and told to WFH and have gone form a dedicated cyclist through rain/snow etc to a strange person who loves to sit on a turbo just for the joy of sweating buckets all over the floor. I just could not be arsed to get dressed up and go out on the bike.

I have had to stop several times this year to take over a week off at a time due to illness and other crap. ( latest was spent a week on the house diy, then immediately had man flu then fell/slid down the stairs and wrenched my knee so a month off got back on it yesterday forgetting I am allergic to crab having had crab for lunch, itched all the way through and broke out in red blotchy rash.!)

So I have manged only 2,998 miles nearly all on the turbo. I have raced CX for years, this season 1 dam race where I was ill anyway. This year has been my worst year ever for feeling crap generally and fitness up and down constantly.

After spending a cycling career thinking only weirdo's rode tandems I bought one and find it a real hoot to ride. Initially my partner liked it but then she turned into a proper fair weather cyclist. She has promised to go for a xmas/new year ride though and spend more time on it next year.
Also my job looks like the office will move to a nearly un-cycleable location and company only will expect me to go to the office twice a week for ever it would seem.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

No big total I'm afraid, maybe a few hundred.... it was a poor year for cycling thanks to shifted priorities, home schooling, job security etc.
I think I managed about ten rides of any significance (and even then only 30-40 miles at a time) in the whole year. I took advantage of quiet trains on a few occasions to reach some places further north where I'd not normally cycle to, (Huntingdon, St Neots, Grafton Water, Cambridge) and then cycled back, that was quite fun.
Other times I was out a bit with my daughter, just doing local loops of a few miles.

Like Nickyboy, LEJOG beckons next year too, so hopefully better is to come.

 

[oldwheels]

Not a good year. The initial lockdown was good as traffic was nearly non existent so any decent days I was out for 20 + mile rides on the trike.
As soon as there was a whiff of easing tho' the motorhomes, camper vans and cars with tents poured in and the roads became impossible with both volume of traffic on single track roads and the sheer bad manners and ignorance of many made it impossible for me to use my usual routes. Some local cyclists gave up as the roads were getting too dangerous. Managed some short very early morning runs as they were all still asleep but I did not keep a cumulative total of miles done.

 

[annedonnelly]

I stopped recording mileage in March. No commuting. With a couple of exceptions all my rides have been within a few miles of home in case of mechanical problems I wanted to be able to walk home. So probably rubbish mileage.

On the plus side back during the first lockdown some of the roads I'd usually avoid were quiet enough to ride on.

 

[PaulSB]

I've had a great year on my bikes. I'm VERY aware of how privileged I am as a cyclist to have been able to continue my sport throughout 2020. This and riding with good friends and cycle buddies has kept me sane.

In terms of stats I'm pleased - 7682 miles, 427,000 feet climbed, 15mph avg, 163 rides. Pleased to have taken the age group leader board for a lot of local hill climb segments and top five on a few of the Top 💯 climbs.

Overall a very satisfying year but with the major disappoinment of a cancelled tour. We had planned a three week tour to arrive in Nice to see Le Grand Depart but obviously Covid-19 saw the end of those plans.