Reached 30,000 miles today!

[uclown2002]

Impressive dude.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Lol
I miss the hills, seriously it's gets dull on the flat !

Not for me,pal.

 

[Andy_R]

They have got proper hills in Yorkshire...I stayed with a mate in Elland a few years ago and it was either up or down...I can see why you moved to cambridge

hahaha....t'hills in Yorkshire are beginners........training hills......come to County Durham. 'tis totally flat...on average..........

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Today crossed over the 30,000 mile mark. Incredible and the joints on my legs feel as good today as they’ve always been! My first ever commute was in June 2009 and I would never have thought I would hit this milestone, but here are some stats.

.................................2009............2010............. 2011 ...........2012 ...........2013 ............Totals
Bike days ................108 .............200 ...............223 .............219.............. 202 ..............952
Car days ..................24 ..............5 ...................1 .................0.................. 0 ..................30
Car Share.................0................ 3 ...................0................. 0 ..................0....................3
Rain days ................??.............. ?? .................15............... 53................ 30...................98
Mileage.....................3621.......... 6610 .............7182 ...........6652 ............6246..............30311
Bike Costs................£555.99 ......£1148 ..........£1238 .........£536 ............£348.............. £3826

2013 figures have been extended to the end of 2013 which is an extra 300 or so miles., which unless I loose a leg should be done


Bike costs relates to anything I bought for the bikes, tyres, clothing, accessories, tools etc, but excludes the cost of the Trek 6500 which was bought in 2011 on the Cycle to Work Scheme.

I think I can call myself an experienced cycle commuter, but there have been some great days and some not so great, but I think overall I have no complaints, although I do moan about the weather a LOT!, sorry about that

I have met some great people, cycle with them most days (when I can catch them) and have some good laughs along the way. Certainly a life changing decision to cycle to work, and certainly one of my best decisions ever made in life.

Well done. I dread to think what my total miles are, I've been cycling for over 40 years in total, its been over 30 years since I came back to cycling after a break and I've been cycle commuting for all that time. Since the cycle computers first came out I've been keeping an eye on my annual mileage and I've been doing 4-5000 miles most years, commuting, club riding and leisure rides.

 

[martinclive]

Brilliant Kev - meeting up with you, @MisterStan , Jess and others has made the commuting fun and made me go out on days when I would have otherwise taken the car.
PS the stat on how many times the gates on the guided busway have had your fingers is missing

 

[numbnuts]

Well done

 

[Twelve Spokes]

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Brilliant Kev - meeting up with you, @MisterStan , Jess and others has made the commuting fun and made me go out on days when I would have otherwise taken the car.
PS the stat on how many times the gates on the guided busway have had your fingers is missing

LOL, your right there! presently its Metal gate 1 - Kevin_cambs_uk 1

 

[Twelve Spokes]

I think I need gears.

 

[jonny jeez]

Well done Kevin, I recall you were right at the top of the old "high Rollers" league table back in 2011 (an elite member no less!)...

... so no wonder you racked up so many more since.

I wish i had the discipline to keep that amount of data, the annual and total cost is a surprise, especially given it excludes the cost of the trek.

its a lot more that I would have thought...before I started riding.

Good work there fella!

J

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well done Kevin, I recall you were right at the top of the old "high Rollers" league table back in 2011 (an elite member no less!)...

... so no wonder you racked up so many more since.

I wish i had the discipline to keep that amount of data, the annual and total cost is a surprise, especially given it excludes the cost of the trek.

its a lot more that I would have thought...before I started riding.

Good work there fella!

J

Cheers! Either my memory is getting worse or I never knew such league table was there!

As for the stats I wanted to make sure that I was saving money and since getting rid of the car in 2010, cancelling the gym car insurance tax running cost and petrol I estimated I saved about 9k
I think the petrol alone was about. 6 quid per day over 900 journeys was over 5k
In the early years I had to accumulate a lot of stuff like spares, clothes and tools so the costs go down the big spikes are when new wheels are needed

Kev

 

[Frood42]

 

[young Ed]

hahaha....t'hills in Yorkshire are beginners........training hills......come to County Durham. 'tis totally flat...on average..........

totally flat mate

Cheers Ed

 

[cyberknight]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Godwin_(cyclist_born_1912)

 

[mustang1]

Excellent and congratulations, very inspirational!

Going by costs for your bike, I notice it kind of mimics what I went thru. The first year of cycling the cost was very low, then in the next couple of years I experimented with new clothes, bikes, bike repair training, wheels and so on. Then in the latter years it settled right down again as I new what I wanted, how long components and clothes last, where to get better deals, etc.

Not counting the cost of bikes (as you mentioned), is that what you noticed as well when calculating your expenditure?