Originally Posted by
jrickards
I'm trying to collect some data for our cycling advocacy group, Sudbury Cyclists Union and because our group is currently quite small, I'd like to poll a larger group, you guys and gals.
There will be all kinds of problems with the way I collect the data and while I can think of a couple, I'm sure you can think of more but I'm just going to leave it as it is. Essentially, what I'm looking for a count on is the number of trips you've made on your bike this week (let's say, Sunday April 24 to Saturday April 30 inclusive) and for what purposes. I'm just looking at broad categories for this survey.
So, I am considering 3 categories of cycling: commuting, shopping and recreation.
Frequency of trips is defined as each continuous, single purpose trip is 1. So if you cycle to work, that's Commuting:1. If you stop to get some groceries on the way home, that also is Commuting:1 because the purpose of the trip was to "get some groceries on the way home from work". If you ride to the pharmacy to pickup a prescription, that Shopping:1 and the ride home is Shopping:1. If you ride to the park with your kids so they can play with their friends there, that's Recreation:1 and the ride home also is Recreation:1. If you're on an out and back training ride, even if you stop for snacks or the bathroom along the way, that's Recreation:1. Each day on a bike tour is Recreation:1.
If you don't mind (like the commuting mileage post) adding your username and counts of rides this week for each category, this would be great. I'm only looking for information for this week, it will not be continuous. You can post for today and tomorrow based on what you anticipate doing, that's fine.
Please Reply with Quotation so at the end of this thread, I can see a list from everyone's contribution. I'm not looking for names at all so you can just put "Me" or whatever but your username will enable you to know if your contribution was added.
Many thanks for participating.
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jrickards: Commuting: 10, Shopping: 0, Recreation: 2
How do you define a training ride that happens to start or end at work? For example, several times a week, I leave my house, ride to the office parking lot, drop off my backpack in my bike locker, ride to meet my training partner and ride our workout, then ride back to the office to start my workday. Other times, I ride from the office to my house, taking a long detour to complete an interval set.
I don't know what I would consider the primary purpose of these rides. They have two equally important purposes: I need to train and I need to get between the house and the office.