1,600 miles commuting this year. Only my commuter has a device that tracks mileage. Would have been more but I had some dental surgery at the beginning of October. I am still not riding, doctor orders and riding a bike in the snow is much more difficult. It still hurts to smile. My blood pressure, the last time the doctor checked was 100/60 and pulse was 52. Not bad for a 58 year old insulin dependant diabetic. A side effect from the surgery and having my mouth wired shut for 52 days, I now weigh the same as I did when I was 16 years old. So, 2016 has been a pretty good year for me.

I was awesome. That's the highest rating one can earn. I rarely fall short, and 2016 was no exception. Well done, fella!

Hoping I don't die for at least the rest of the year. Dying this year would suck more.

A broken bone in my thumb kept me from riding for about month, but other than that I did all right. I would have liked to hit 3,000 miles, but was somewhere around 2400-2500 miles. I'll know my mileage better in the period April 2016-March 2017 as I have been keeping track of it.

2016 has been a crappy year. My goal at the beginning of the season was 1200 miles and commuting to work 50% of the time. I started out well, but soon developed SI joint inflammation and because of allergies I can't take NSAIDs, so I was down for 3 1/2 months. My guess is that I rode <200 miles. I stopped logging because it was too depressing. I'm hoping for a better 2017, but I'm having a flare-up right now, so who knows. All I can do is keep up the exercises from my PT and hope for the best.

Not a bad year overall; 4,451km = 89% of my 5,000km goal for 2016, but >40% more than my 3,171km in 2015.

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I was well ahead of my pace for >5,500 or maybe even 6,000km as of end of August, but then had ~2 weeks in Kyrgyzstan for work, a few days home, then a week in Indonesia, followed immediately by foot surgery which kept me from riding for a couple weeks. Then December has been a write-off with Snowmageddon hitting Vancouver, so 4,451 was the best I could do.

Still, my best year ever. 5,000km remains my goal for 2017, though I'm not off to a great start (Snowmageddon still).

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Here is the data as reported by Garmin. This is all riding, not just commutes. However, I only had 8 non-commute rides totaling 237 miles. The year started off slow due to some weather and family medical issues, but I got a lot of miles in anyway. I bought a new Cannondale Synapse in late September which I now use for all rides. It takes some special planning to make your average elevation match the number of activities, but I managed.

Count: 426 Activities
Distance: 5,593.95 mi
Time: 356:30:32 (h:m:s)
Elev Gain: 180,920 ft
Avg Speed: 15.7 mph
Calories: 304,603 C
Avg Dist: 13.13 mi
Avg Elev: 426 ft

I'm going to aim for 6,000 commuting miles for 2017. That is an average of about 115 miles per week for 52 weeks. I usually have more than that, but have to average in days off, holidays, etc.

In 2015, I logged 1,100 miles and set my 2016 for 2,000 miles. I hit it and exceeded it by a little bit. I logged 1,970 miles and counted the rides on Citi Bike I did without logging them with ridewithgps. I also did some rides on my own bikes without using the app, so I'm definitely over my goal.

Not sure what this year's goal should be. 2,500 or 3,000 might make sense. There's a good video on Global Cycling Network that offers some nice goals to set for yourself. For instance, it can be a long ride longer than previous ones, whether it's 100 miles or something less. Another, if you have a power meter, is to increase your FTP by 10%. Hmm, that got me interested in power meters. Maybe I can approximate the measurements with the calorie estimates that the app makes.

What is Functional Threshold Power?

Holy Crap! I just realized I biked over 1800km last year. Considering all of my biking is either to work, errands, or with my kids, it's more than I thought.

In unrelated news, the last 2 years have been my worst years for running in more than a decade.

Final 2016 cycling mileage 2686, plus whatever didn't get recorded because I forgot to move the cyclocomputer to the B bike.

I started bike commuting in May and am still working on experience. For 2016 I logged 1,189 miles on the e-bike commuter alone. Unknown how many miles on the Specialized or my now-gone Schwinn hybrid. Goals for 2017 are:

- 2,000 commute miles
- Ride to work every possible day; don't get lazy!
- Use the new beater bike for errands on the weekend; don't get lazy!
- Hit 50 consecutive miles on the Specialized some weekend soon, then go for 100 not long after.
- Learn standard maintenance for the bikes, and also set up a cleaning schedule; stop being neglectful!
- Sign up for a century ride some time in the spring, or wait for fall, but JUST DO IT!
- Train, train, train, and ride, ride, ride!

2015 was 2105 miles, 217 hours
2016 was 2375 miles, 230 hours

with both commuter bike and the family bike. i ride about 10 miles every weekday and then some additionally on the weekends. some weekdays i ride 15-20 miles if i'm biking around for appointments or errands. my goal in 2016 was a bike camping trip which i did. my goal for 2017 is a bike camping trip with the kid (she would be on the back and also riding on her own). she has done 5 mile and 9 mile rides with me! on a tiny 16" which doesn't have any hand brakes or any gearing. she's a tough little lady. i can't wait to get her a bike with 3 gears and hand brakes. i feel like we could do so much more. for context she just turned 6 y.o. so in 2016 she was 5 y.o. all year.

we'll be attempting 10-15 mile rides this year i think. i should start thinking about upgrading her bike.

OK, I have assessed myself. Carry on.

You're in the city. Average speed really doesn't mean much. It's more reflective of how lucky you are with lights, and how willing you are to run them, than how fast you are. Many calculation methods will only use actual run time...but there is still slowing and accelerating all the way to from 0mph, and most take at least a few seconds to stop the count.

edit: DANG IT! Sorry about the 1 yr old bump lol. Clicked over from the 2017 assess yourself thread...and lost track of where I was.

I'm a terrible person :o

That's OK. Not terrible at all.

My commute had hardly any lights, as most of it was along a path which is MUP in some sections and bike-only in other sections. But your point is well taken. I still think wind was a bigger factor than anything. Though in 2017, I did manage to increase my speeds.