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On the way in to work this morning, my commuter computer hit 1,000.0 (1,600 km for the proper cyclists present)!
I know its pretty meaningless, as the commuter (sans computer) will have hit 1K at some point every year for about the last 7 years, and there was a computer-less gap of about 6 weeks before I replaced the dodgy computer and...
Yet still I feel an irrational need to celebrate.
<grin>
Robert
"Yet still I feel an irrational need to celebrate."
Have a bun.
Though perhaps your bike deserves a wash and brush up.
It's always worth a celebration!
Huzzah!
14.6% of the miles I've recorded on wee blue floofy since April are DaveC's fault, and done on one day. He's a bad influence, that one.
I've got a collection of computers to put on bikes, I never get round to it and I really should if only to counter the cycle chic rules of not counting miles.
@chdot - LOL
What, and deprive others of a photo op?
<grin>
Robert
I think you should congratulate yourself Roibeard.
I like all these little milestones and create them for myself. I cheer myself when I cycle more than 300 miles a month. I patted myself on the back for cycling at least 10 miles a day every day of the last two weeks and in mid-September I'll smile broadly as my computer clocks over 2,500 miles for the year. I'm thinking of giving myself a mileage allowance.
"I'm thinking of giving myself a mileage allowance."
X miles per bun?
I can't decide how to do it. Next year, either a straight 33p per mile or £x per mile for every mile over what I do this year.
Congrats!
"I'm thinking of giving myself a mileage allowance."
I like that idea! A wee treat at the end of the year, but what?
Not such a wee treat. Pay yourself 33p/mile, cover 3,500 miles and you're looking at a new bike.
Jeepersus, Insto's gonna cost me a fortune....
By happy coincidence, the odometers on both my measured bikes are within 100 miles of the grand. 35 on wee blue floofy and 68 on black fruity. I'll do 36 purely from commuting next week, but I'd rather engineer matters so that each one ticks over on the same day. Easily done, since the other two don't have speedometers on.
I mentioned this plan to a colleague, who promptly burst into gales of indulgent laughter at the nerdiness of it all.
Whoops. I rolled into four figures on wee blue floofy somewhere within 1600 metres of t'office this morning. There goes the Plan Of Nerdy Awesome.
Not at all, you just need to ride 68 miles on the black bike this evening?
I used it on Monday so slightly less than 68, but my enthusiasm for squeezing onto it is diminished somewhat in the light of recent purchases.
I'm pathetic I know, but the only unit of 'performance' that I use is miles. I set myself a milage target every year (might even make it this year!), and I look at my weekly, and monthly miles all the time.
My 'new' bike - when do we stop calling them new? - went over 2000 miles last week which made me smile. + the 500 on the Cervelo, for the year leaves me about 1500 to do by Xmas which is do-able.
@Uberuce, you need to say good bye to the black bike, can't hink of a better way than putting the 68 miles on it...
I think it heard me when I've been talking about replacing it. The computer failed this lunchtime and I've lost the odo count.
I've got a cateye velo 8 that failed just after 1000 miles........
This computer was rescued from the Bike Station for 50p and might be older than the bike itself; Google-fu said it was mid/late 80's. I think it can be forgiven even an unfortunately milestone shaving failure.
The second time I rolled a car up to 100,000 miles was on the way to do my 100th Munro. Schiehallion as it happens.
Did the car make it up?
No, Ben Nevis for that kind of thing. Or Lawyers where you're 1/3 of the way up in the car park.
Went on the Porto-Velo ride with those chaps, as well as Amir and recombodna of this parish. Recombo's Strava put him at 76.8 miles, and since I'm a few hundred yards from his hoose, I'd be on 77.smallchange. That 68 miles is done and dusted.
For the bike being being too small, I must concede my shoulders and neck didn't give me *that* much gyp, especially since the oldschool bars mean I have to be down in the drops to get good purchase on the brake levers.
As of next weekend it's going up to live with my Ma and Pa, and therefore will still get used for solo jaunts up in rural Tayside when I'm homehome but can't be bothered bringing the Croix up.
Was a nice day oot. Ready for my bed now...
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