Silly Commuter Stats

gert_lush

On the final stats board last year there was about 3300 miles seperating the top 10, and currently 3 months in its about 350 miles, I wonder what the span will be this year and what the top 10 cut off mileage will be....just asking, no reason

The Running Man

Rich158 wrote:

Just wait till Monday, I have a little jaunt planned over the weekend which may help things along a little

Don't worry about me : I'm going to be at home with my feet up ......

Rich158

The Running Man wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

Just wait till Monday, I have a little jaunt planned over the weekend which may help things along a little

Don't worry about me : I'm going to be at home with my feet up ......

I used to dream about putting my feet up, just out of curiosity what's it like????

Clever Pun

gert_lush wrote:

On the final stats board last year there was about 3300 miles seperating the top 10, and currently 3 months in its about 350 miles, I wonder what the span will be this year and what the top 10 cut off mileage will be....just asking, no reason

I'm planning on 7000 miles for the year and I'm on target so far in and around the 5-7 mark... ITB will overtake me soon enough.. I'd like to be top 10

itboffin

Rich158 wrote:

The Running Man wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

Just wait till Monday, I have a little jaunt planned over the weekend which may help things along a little

Don't worry about me : I'm going to be at home with my feet up ......

I used to dream about putting my feet up, just out of curiosity what's it like????

dunno but I do have both legs elevated and ice packs strapped to both knees every night now :?

Porgy

Porgy wrote:

My target next year is 7000

I did say this at the start of the year but I may revise it upwards - I think I'm going to make 8000 now, 8200 in fact - or therabouts.

Clever Pun

prawny wrote:

Hell no to standardised commutes, it's the only chance I get to ride. Perhaps there should be a mini-league for men so whipped they have to take the shortest route home every night to help look after the kids? :oops:

Last year I tore up the board when I started communting everyday, this year I'm barely making the top 20 for the month and 67th ish overall. Shame on you all.

with my extended route home the dinner is on the table by the time I'm out of the shower.. it's awesome

Rich158

itboffin wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

The Running Man wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

Just wait till Monday, I have a little jaunt planned over the weekend which may help things along a little

Don't worry about me : I'm going to be at home with my feet up ......

I used to dream about putting my feet up, just out of curiosity what's it like????

dunno but I do have both legs elevated and ice packs strapped to both knees every night now :?

Each to their own dude

il_principe

Clever Pun wrote:

prawny wrote:

with my extended route home the dinner is on the table by the time I'm out of the shower.. it's awesome

The missus went out and bought me beer while I was in the shower last night - Deuchars IPA, Greenwich Meantime, Tribute and Doombar.

I have trained her well.

Porgy

My missus used to have cold beer ready for me in the fridge when i got home.

I miss her.

tailwindhome

Porgy wrote:

My missus used to have cold beer ready for me in the fridge when i got home.

I miss cold beer.

Fixed that for you

Porgy

WheezyMcChubby wrote:

I miss cold beer.

Not really - I put it in the fridge the night before instead.

nic_77

nic_77 wrote:

Had an interview this afternoon, so didn't ride into work this morning... I was home by 4pm, so it seemed a shame not to go for a blast

Didn't get a second interview
Took it out on the commute home - 22.1 miles in 1h11 (my best commute average YTD)

CiB

CiB wrote:

...It'll be a bit borderline getting home before dusk but there's a tailwind and the bike is flying. What can possibly go wrong...?

And nothing did - awesome, fastest commute so far this year, the perfect ride almost, except for the phone ringing at 15 miles and I'm on call so had to stop to answer a wrong number. Some people - can't they guess that I'm on a flyer, trying to dislodge Benny Hill from my skulll [see rants...!]

Lovely. Roll on tomorrow.

gert_lush

I don't know why but I get quite excited when other people hit milestones on the stats board ,someone will hit the 2000 mark in the next few days woohooooo :shock:
...and then not far down the line is the 100,000 total miles for the year so far

will3

Seems I had a small error on my wheel circumference measurement. Should be more *ahem* accurate from now on :oops:

attica

gert_lush wrote:

I don't know why but I get quite excited when other people hit milestones on the stats board ,someone will hit the 2000 mark in the next few days woohooooo :shock:
...and then not far down the line is the 100,000 total miles for the year so far

1.3 Miles before I hit 1000 - very tempted to head out on the bike at lunchtime to round it up.

R_T_A

Attica wrote:

gert_lush wrote:

I don't know why but I get quite excited when other people hit milestones on the stats board ,someone will hit the 2000 mark in the next few days woohooooo :shock:
...and then not far down the line is the 100,000 total miles for the year so far

1.3 Miles before I hit 1000 - very tempted to head out on the bike at lunchtime to round it up.

Dammit Attica, stop jumping over me :evil:

I've got 10 miles until 1000, so will hit that on the way home.

I can't believe I got 12th place last year, and here I am struggling to keep in the top 40

gert_lush

R_T_A wrote:

Attica wrote:

gert_lush wrote:

I don't know why but I get quite excited when other people hit milestones on the stats board ,someone will hit the 2000 mark in the next few days woohooooo :shock:
...and then not far down the line is the 100,000 total miles for the year so far

1.3 Miles before I hit 1000 - very tempted to head out on the bike at lunchtime to round it up.

Dammit Attica, stop jumping over me :evil:

I've got 10 miles until 1000, so will hit that on the way home.

I can't believe I got 12th place last year, and here I am struggling to keep in the top 40

Its crazy isn't it, everyone had gone mental this year!!

....and i'm included, I want that top 10 finish again..ggrrrrrrr I wish everyone would just chill out for a bit

attica

It was only a few weeks ago we were dicing for 30th, don't think we've been overtaken, just loads of newbies wading in with their big miles.
My commute home is 15 miles if I take the direct route.

IF! :twisted:

Clever Pun

Il Principe wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

with my extended route home the dinner is on the table by the time I'm out of the shower.. it's awesome

The missus went out and bought me beer while I was in the shower last night - Deuchars IPA, Greenwich Meantime, Tribute and Doombar.

I have trained her well.

it took me a freaking age to get home last night as I was supposed to cook dinner for guests she cooked instead and wasn't overly happy, so I didn't get the sympathy I wanted for crippled legs

mmm tribute and doombar, that's just made my shall I go to the gym question for lunch more tricky

itboffin

@attica get the out there NOW! shame on you :oops:

@CP better start ramping up those commuter miles if you want to keep that place :twisted:

It's not gone unnoticed how mental the mileage currently is, question is can this level be sustained?

In other news my knee pain has pretty much gone :roll:

will3

itboffin wrote:

can this level be sustained?

:

I doubt it. Soon I'll be able to ride at weekends too :roll:

Porgy

I'm determined to be able to do 250 mile weeks without killing myself. I'm well on the way this week - still feel pretty good.

I've decided I'm going to hit 500 miles (monthly total) before today is over, even if I have to keep riding round the block before I go in tonight.

Then I'll only have a hundred miles to do by end of Sunday....and if the weather keeps good then that'll be no problem at all.

I'm not going to make the same mistake I made last week - no cheapo bottle of white wine for me this Satruday night.

Clever Pun

:x I hate you Porgy

Porgy

are you my current nemesis then?

Clever Pun

Porgy wrote:

are you my current nemesis then?

you're mine... Hambones would be yours unless your bike breaks again and I get some distance on you

Porgy

Clever Pun wrote:

Porgy wrote:

are you my current nemesis then?

you're mine... Hambones would be yours unless your bike breaks again and I get some distance on you

OK - I hate you Hambones :evil: <shakes fist at ceiling>

itboffin

@The Running Man - when are you going away for 4 days?

let me see now, gap to TRM = 335 / 4 = 83.75 miles a day :evil:

Okay so your say for now but i'm coming for you .... :twisted:

will3

itboffin wrote:

@The Running Man - when are you going away for 4 days?

let me see now, gap to TRM = 335 / 4 = 83.75 miles a day :evil:

Okay so your say for now but i'm coming for you .... :twisted:

but that gap was only 300 miles last week