2009 in bikes.
Posted by: Jarod at 6:15 pm, December 28th, 2009
Seeing as Liz has gone and gotten all statistical on the year’s ass, I figured I’d do some number crunching of my own…
For the last year and a bit I’ve been keeping a diary of where/when/how long I’ve been riding places… and it turns out I’ve ridden for 145(ish) hours. In that time I rode for just short of 2800kms. Not too shabby for a year where I got lazy for large slabs of time.
– 879kms on Whitey the mountain bike of fury. During the year and it’s been both a single speed and a full geared bike. I also rode Whitey in both the Highland Fling and Dirtworks… and in both races he performed flawlessly, giving me zero mechanical issues.
– 1515kms of awesome Salsa Casseroll‘ness (161kms of that using fixed gear). Can’t get over how much I’m still enjoying the Salsa. It’s simply a joy to jump on, and cruise for a few hours at a time. Indeed of late I’ve just been ‘cruising’ laps of Centennial Park.
– 85kms on Greeny the Tonka Truck of my stable. My venture back into single speeding and the world of 29′er wheels. The 85kms might not seem like heaps, but it’s not too shabby seeing as I’ve only owned him for the last month or so.
– 309kms on the ill fated & now sold Gary Fisher. It was a good bike (made better by single speeding it), but sadly just a size too big for me.
Also of note was the 571kms (of the total 2800kms) were commuting to and from work (that’s about the equivalent of riding to work for three weeks straight). That’s one number I want to get a whole heap higher in 2010.
Speaking of 2010, I’ve already registered for the 50km Dirtworks, and I’m also in a 4 man team for the Mont. Should make for an interesting first half of the year. Well, if I can get my backside into gear and get a bit more training in…
December 29th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Not bad matey! puts my 1000km to shame.
I hope to at least double that next year.
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December 30th, 2009 at 9:28 am
We’ll just have to head out for big rides more often. No better way to increase your yearly tally than with a 60km monster ride :D
December 31st, 2009 at 10:16 am
Sounds good. I’ve found the bike paths here now on the North Side of the bridge. Gives some more to explore.
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December 31st, 2009 at 10:36 am
Nice. Plus being north of the bridge, they’ll be nice and hilly for a more rigorous workout :D
January 11th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
[...] out for a ride with Jarod again. The dude kicks my ass on his bike (Single speed Salsa) with over 2800km last year completed by him riding. So either way I know I’m will be pushed. It’s a good thing; I like [...]
January 20th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Hey, they are looking at widening the M5. As you ride down it maybe you should comment on how they need to fix the bike riders bit.
http://www.buildingsydneymotorways.com.au/m5-corridor/m5-corridor-expansion
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