LoRoK

I wish I had posted this before the new year started and got some other people interested, but what the hey. I set my personal goal this year at 10,000 miles. That averages out to just a little over 28 miles a day or 833.3 miles per month. I managed to get 850 miles in this month, which is just about right. Since it has been dark so early, I'd say half of those miles came on the rollers (with a resistance unit, so it's not like totally cheating). I really got lazy at the end of the month when I got close to the goal, though. Had I continued at the pace from earlier this month I would've had well over 1100. I haven't kept track of a per-month mileage before, except last month where I barely racked up 350. I've really enjoyed the extra time on the bike. Next month is going to be tough, with it being a short month already and I'm going to be out of town for a week. Anyway, anyone else have a goal to share?

January: 850 miles

February: 666 miles (short month for me, was out of town for 8 days so this is only for 18 days of riding)

March: 838 miles

April: 965 miles

May: 920 miles

June: 759 miles

2010 Total: 4998 (ironically that's exactly where I should be after 6 months of riding 833 miles)

zeBRAHz

i don't have an accumulative goal, but in 2009 i did a century on my fixed in 7 hours. this year i want to complete it in 5 hours.

PedallingATX

most my mileage is on the roadie...but i guess i probably get in a few good rides every week on the FG. Probably ~70 miles a week on the fixie.

WoundedKnee

I'm more of a destination kind of guy I guess.

Brian

I have three bikes that I ride, plus a motorcycle. Just spending more time on two wheels is my usual goal.

shubonker

I've got the "don't get run over by a car goal" for 2010.

ianjk

Shooting for about 5 hours of hard riding (frozen trails, creeks, hill rides) a week until Spring.

Hopefully some longer rides will get snuck in there, but time is an issue right now, trying to juggle work, band, skiing and a small second side job.

Mongoose441

+ 1

paktinat

I dont have a goal per sea, just curious about how much I put in. I noticed I've just broken 1000 since october (when I bought a computer), not nearly as lofty as your goal. I suspect at this rate I'll probably be around 4K this time next year.

caloso

Not really. My FG is my commuter/rain training bike. I had 6100 miles last year but probably less than 1000 on the FG. My longest single ride on it was 53 miles. It'd be great to do a fixed century, but time is an issue.

Brian Sorrell

^^ This.
My goal for 2010 is to ride as much as possible with my new son strapped into his seat on the bike.
(His due date is in three days. C'mon out little fella!! We got ridin' to do!!)

LoRoK

Awesome.

Brian

I waited until mine was 2 months old to start carting him around in the trailer. He's going to be 19 soon, and is a car-free college student.

Darth_Firebolt

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that's my goal.

teedoff087

It would be more if I didn't live in such a hilly area.

j3ffr3y

this seems like a bad goal, that would be that your total milage from year=0 to year=2011 is 2000 miles.
It should be like this

INTEGRAL(f(x)*dx,x,2010,2011) = 2000

teedoff087

It was a joke. I could provide a projection graph if you'd like.

Here's a correct way:

Brian Sorrell

I'm thinking it'll be about two months until he can hold his head up well enough, but then it's bike time kiddo!

19 and car free. YAY!!

Brian

Strap his car seat into a trailer.

Tomo_Ishi

Sir? I have a question, is that function at least piecewise continuous? Heehee. Yes it is. ... I would have used a summation though.

Anyways, I think you can pull more than that easy. That's like 5-10 miles everyday.

teedoff087

I'm a full time engineering student so I tried to make it a realistic goal. There's only so much time in the day that I can ride and I can't ride every day.

Tomo_Ishi

Oops, you are right. The equation is wrong. it ought to be v(t) * dt. ... dt is the infinitesimal time and v(t) the instantaneous velocity over that period. And you have to take integral over that for the duration of 1.1.2010 to 12.31.2011.

I am having perverse fun out of that.

Cool! I can see you are having so much fun! Just wait till you get to FT's. Heehee.

P.S. Darn it's been too long, I should have said v(t) = dx(t) / dt where x(t) is the your position as time t. Note we ignore the ... orientation. ... ooooo vector spaces.

Brian Sorrell

You sir are a genius.

Brian

You can get webbing and buckles at any fabric store. Make a custom seatbelt, and cinch it down. A trailer leaves plenty of room for your camera, snacks, and the all-important diaper bag. By twelve months, he was being taken off road, which he loved.

I think the trailer is much safer than a baby seat on a bike. No chance of falling over, and much more visible. And motorists probably assume you have a kid in there.

JoshTheSkier

I'm shooting to do my usual centuries fixed this year instead of on the geared bike.

That's my goal.