Bicycling History

	century rides
2004 FANY ride	. .-top hills .	.
Labor Day	riding company

My Bicycling History

Cycling has been a consistent strand in my physical activities for the last fifty years, the one that has served me the longest.

Averaging about 3,000 miles a year for the past twenty years, I cycle when the thermometer hits 60 (maybe 55, lately) degrees or better, rarely over 85 degrees, and even more rarely when it is raining, qualifying me as a fair weather rider.

Most of my mileage is the 15-25 mile range, usually just for exercise and sight-seeing, with my favorite 15-25 mile rides (or variations of) being:
- Red Mill Rd - (South Westerlo -) Greenville - Greenville Center - CR 67 and home
- out to Durham/Cooksburgh (often stopping to see Bill Whitbeck)
- East Durham - Sunside - Round Top - Cairo - CR 41 and home, with Stone Bridge Rd Ext as an extra (a stop at Hartmann's used to be a tasty incentive)

A half-hour, time-is-short, need-to-do-something loop that continually comes to the rescue is"
- the 8 miler: 67 - 67A - 145 - Stone Bridge Rd Ext - and back (with the rustic, serene former Partridge Farm as a backdrop)

The big events are the longer rides and the hills we brag about climbing. And I thank my bicycling friends for sharing the joys of the road over the years.

			Monthly Mileage - 1981-2021
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Tot
1981	0	16	18	38	77	199	222	365	60	0	0	0	995
1982	0	0	151	138	271	202	403	309	144	92	20	25	1762
1983	19	112	186	164	157	277	286	213	92	30	0	0	1536
1984	0	0	22	54	53	107	66	129	25	0	0	0	456
1985	0	37	128	89	112	48	183	48	52	66	23	0	786
1986	0	0	87	67	134	88	80	121	66	45	0	0	688
1987	0	0	70	48	83	95	248	264	159	44	91	8	1110
1988	0	0	9	44	46	222	285	372	139	57	82	0	1256
1989	0	0	22	107	37	180	478	217	213	86	15	0	1355
1990	0	0	73	157	173	248	466	407	236	200	68	0	2028
1991	0	0	0	95	77	243	373	288	215	114	0	0	1408
1992	0	0	0	30	138	219	332	330	173	55	0	0	1277
1993	0	0	0	101	159	143	412	402	203	130	15	0	1565
1994	0	0	0	35	224	202	535	350	191	55	11	0	1603
1995	0	0	0	91	172	190	356	226	84	49	0	0	1168
1996	0	0	0	34	132	113	387	387	160	116	0	0	1329
1997	0	0	22	131	71	248	461	367	127	58	0	0	1458
1998	0	0	48	103	197	116	457	348	183	85	0	0	1566
1999	0	0	0	37	212	253	420	308	300	109	53	0	1692
2000	0	0	30	171	155	266	445	407	231	210	21	0	1936
2001	0	0	0	165	317	433	160	556	309	116	35	0	2091
2002	0	0	48	188	233	256	471	373	324	74	34	0	2001
2003	0	0	72	184	193	225	501	373	182	25	15	0	1770
2004	0	0	60	202	327	503	886	339	323	88	0	0	2528
2005	0	0	22	273	320	367	400	388	327	106	62	0	2264
2006	28	15	95	311	301	425	540	602	303	102	90	8	2820
2007	0	0	30	126	325	385	413	508	344	203	8	0	2432
2008	0	0	0	304	301	407	600	500	413	216	33	0	2774
2009	0	0	80	191	236	347	656	501	428	168	93	0	2700
2010	0	0	69	235	348	303	639	528	393	236	89	0	2832
2011	0	10	14	301	409	484	614	502	371	331	330	35	3401
2012	29	26	326	362	531	451	600	610	216	315	105	25	3596
2013	0	8	8	322	399	546	713	500	513	366	126	8	3509
2014	0	2	9	364	542	578	800	528	624	444	220	8	4119
2015	0	0	13	347	215	589	683	693	555	458	300	176	4029
2016	8	48	336	271	12	265	594	570	551	332	200	0	3187
2017	8	68	52	355	261	419	533	424	149	490	64	0	2823
2018	0	63	23	137	207	411	597	557	387	218	16	0	2614
2019	0	30	55	81	143	246	380	367	345	199	11	0	1857
2020	7	11	66	127	310	389	561	530	521	368	131	0	3023
2021	0	0	223	377	416	601	604	389	453	401	101	21	3546
2022	0	0	56	244	345	291	577	682	452	321	38	0	3006
2023	0	30	38	195	495	374	487	429	453	271	0	0	2772