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Old 07-14-07, 10:38 AM
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How many car/bike miles last week?

Wondering how many miles you put on your bike recently? Also, how many car miles (even if you are carfree you might have hopped a ride with a friend)?

For me, in the week
bike: around 200 miles
car: 30

I have been averaging this for the car for the last 3 months. Bike miles for the last 3 months probably around 120. Car miles went up to about 50/60 during February. Then when Spring hit, I had two weeks where car miles were over 100.... then settled down again. Bike miles in February were around 5 miles a week
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These are just guesstimates, but


Car miles: 10
Bike miles: 65
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bike:25
car:15
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During the school year:

Bike - ~200
Car - 50
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car-- zero, don't have one
bike-- 331, not done yet though
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Bike: about a hunderd, as usual.
Car: zero, as usual.
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I haven't replaced the stolen bike computer yet, but a good estimate:
bike, 90 miles
walked, 8 miles
rowboat, 1 mile (?)
car, 0 miles
city bus, 2 miles
interurban bus, 200 miles
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car miles in the last week: 0
Bike miles in the last week: about 120
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Bike = 220 miles last week

Car = 0
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bike, 90 miles
walked, 8 miles
rowboat, 1 mile (?)
car, 0 miles
city bus, 2 miles
interurban bus, 200 miles
Now THAT is an interesting commute!

I did zero in cars, as usual, and about 60 on the bike, as usual.
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Originally Posted by Cosmoline
Now THAT is an interesting commute!

I did zero in cars, as usual, and about 60 on the bike, as usual
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Well I gotta admit that the commute itself was pretty ho-hum, strictly by bike, 40 miles per week (4 miles one-way).
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Originally Posted by Roody
I haven't replaced the stolen bike computer yet, but a good estimate:
bike, 90 miles
walked, 8 miles
rowboat, 1 mile (?)car, 0 miles
city bus, 2 miles
interurban bus, 200 miles
You just reminded me that my budy and I took the kayaks out for a bit of fishing last week, probably paddled about 5 miles all up.
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My numbers suck and will be worse this week

Truck 525 miles (500 of those were for work )
Bicycle 45 miles

I will be sooooo happy to get rid of this job...


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Car -zero
Bike - approx. 50-60
Walk - Approx. 10

This was for last week. This week will have far fewer bike miles and more walking because my bike needs to get taken to the shop. Gr..
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Originally Posted by wahoonc
My numbers suck and will be worse this week

Truck 525 miles (500 of those were for work )
Bicycle 45 miles

I will be sooooo happy to get rid of this job...


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I hope you're free of it soon. 45 miles is just not enough!
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Originally Posted by Roody
I hope you're free of it soon. 45 miles is just not enough!
Actually that should be a typical week when I get into my car light stage. The town is only 3x4 miles or so and the store that I will be working at is just about dead center. Most of the houses we like are with in a 1.5 mile radius of the store and everything else is pretty much on the route to and from work We looked at houses this weekend and found a couple that would work. The other possibility that isn't too far fetched would be living in an apartment over the store....talk about a short commute...all 18 stairs of it (and the way it used to be!)

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bike 250
car 30 i HAD to drive to work one day, because i had to drive a load of people to a job It sucked and made me miss my bike alot.
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Car- Zero, Don't own one anymore.
Bike- 30 miles a week
Light rail- 100 Miles a week.

The light rail lets me take my bike on it as well. No theft for me.
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car: about 30/wk (church on Sundays!)
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It must suck being a cager.
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In the past 7 days I traveled about 90 miles by car in one day, and all of the other days traveled just by bike. Bike mileage, about 18 miles per weekday, not much on weekends. Total bike miles over the week, about 90.

During a typical 7-day week I travel 0 miles by car, but this past weekend my partner had me going with her to South New Jersey because I'm helping her run part of a conference that will be held there.

All my distances are based on info from internet map sites, which give you about the same distances you'd get looking at your bike or car odometer.
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Bike 55
Car 36

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Have to estimate the mileage for the cars.
two trips.= 50.
bikes - 4 trips. = 145
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Bike- zero
Car- approx 600
That's a cager, even if temporary. Sucks something awful.
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