Daily Archives: December 31, 2008

Okay, 2008 is coming to a close… Reply

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2008 Monthly Report

You have [or can] read my End-of-Year 2008 Cycling Experiences… Blog entry below and see that I was bless to ride 3,538.65 recorded accident free miles and have the opportunity to meet many nice people. That makes ’08 a true high-water mark year for me.

Let me share with you the meager mileage by month and cycle of my riding:

Now, why do I say meager? Because many of my BROL brothers and sisters exceed my mileage by significant numbers. For example: Startle says:

Nice blog Jim. I got to visit Southern Cal for the first time and enjoyed riding along the coast. Fantastic! Visited Bent up Cycles, Fantastic! Found a great place for riding in Eastern Oregon, the Strawberry Mountains, and the cycling event at Prairie City,  OR. Planning on going back. Century ride with over 10,000 ft climbing is a great event. Got to ride the famous trail by Sacramento nice, but very busy even at 5:00 a.m. Our stay at Folsom was wonderful. And I rode over 10,000 miles again this year, don’t know why but that just makes me feel good. Happy New Year all!

Here is another BROL thread that has monumental riding accomplishments and a link to a thread I started 12/31 to give my EOY comments and links to this blog.

I invite all readers to get exercise in some form–what ever works for you and for whatever time period or distance that you are comfortable with. For me, I’ll strive to do a bit better in ’09.

Thanks for the visit and reading.

–jim

It was a GOOD [cycling] Year 1

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2008 afforded me the opportunity ride many different venues and more importantly, to meet many friends, some of whom are members of the ‘BentRider Online [BROL]. [click either of the collection thumbnails to go to the  flickr photos or sets of that  collection of pictures]

Face of America [Bethesda to Gettysburg]

My 2008 Cycling Odyssey

Niagara Rally

Cycle North Carolina

Crusin in the Country

FestiVELO de Moncks Corner

Following is a list of ’08 places ~ events ~ dates of my cycling:

[click on the collages below for an enlarged picture]

2008 Riding Collage1

2008 Riding Collage2

In all of this, I amassed 3,538.65 recorded miles [chart below]. I had a few rides where I had a GPS issue, thus the mileage was not recorded. Plus, I ride for cool-down and do not record those miles. My estimate is that my mileage in in excess of 3,700 miles. My ’06 total exceeds ’07 & ’08, but I did 3 major tour in ’06, and 21 centuries, one of which was a double century. I had one double this year–STP. This chart is based on my Garmin Edge 305 uploads the the MotionBased Database. Garmin has Edge 305 replacements.

mb_years

[click the chart to goto my MotionBased Digest]

I have to again give a special thanks to those BROL members who gave the utmost in hospitality as I trekked west and then back east. You know who you are. THANKS  AGAIN!!!

Now, what will I ride in ’09?