My Bike Mechanic Rides 14,000 miles a year.
11-21-09, 08:35 AM
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My Bike Mechanic Rides 14,000 miles a year.
How many miles does your bike mechanic ride each year?
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11-21-09, 09:24 AM
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A guy riding 14k/year spends a lot of hours in the saddle, I don't understand how anyone can have so much free time.
Bicycles are simple devices so I do all my own work. Unfortunately, family and work precludes spending as much time on the bike as I would like so my yearly mileage is embarrassingly low these days - maybe 3k/year.
Bicycles are simple devices so I do all my own work. Unfortunately, family and work precludes spending as much time on the bike as I would like so my yearly mileage is embarrassingly low these days - maybe 3k/year.
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Being retired is fun... He rides six days a week.
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11-21-09, 09:33 AM
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You gonna eat that?
Are you making the implication that al those miles somehow make him a better mechanic?
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I can relate, although I'd hardly call 3000 miles/year embarrassing; I bought my bike last spring and have so far only clocked about 300 miles. If I can work my way up to 3000 I will be ecstatic!
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Does "his mechanic" also believe that lightweight riders need to keep their tires at 110 psi or suffer major risk of pinch flats?
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The premise of this thread seems juvenile to me.
How many different bikes does this mechanic work on in a year? Personally, I work on 14,000 bikes per year and do 14,000 miles per year in test rides. I don't have time to ride my own bikes.
How many different bikes does this mechanic work on in a year? Personally, I work on 14,000 bikes per year and do 14,000 miles per year in test rides. I don't have time to ride my own bikes.
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Being retired is fun... He rides six days a week.
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Well, I'm my own bike mechanic, and on pace to ride about that this year.. and I'm not retired 
11-21-09, 11:23 AM
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I average 10-12K miles a year on the bike and my record is 15,350 miles in one year. I work a full-time job and, if you count the commute (I don't commute by bike), I spend 11 to 12 hours a day at work. I'm not proud...it's my escape from reality. As far as the 15k year...I'll never do that again...shear stupidity. One day I'll grow up and get a life.
BTW: I am my bike mechanic.
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I think he's bragging that since he's retired, he has time to ride a lot and fix his own bike.
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that's what I assumed too. but not bragging in a bad way. I'm my own mechanic, and I wouldn't mind having the sort of time on my hands to ride 14,000 miles per year.
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Oh, OK. By that rationale, my maid rides 5000 miles a year.
11-21-09, 07:39 PM
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You gonna eat that?
Yeah, and so.....
What's the point?
What's the point?
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11-21-09, 11:01 PM
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My old mechanic does like a dozen two centuries per year. Uncountable centuries. Rides to work every day, races on weekends with his team.. Seems he said, he's logged in over a million miles since he was a kid.
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11-21-09, 11:07 PM
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He must be very old. At 20K miles per year (almost 400 miles/week yr round), that would take 50 years to accomplish