How far did you pedal your Thorn in 2011?

[cake]

I pedalled my Raven Tour 3621 miles.

That's 19068 miles since i bought it, and one thousand miles less than the previous year.

Lower Thorn mileage was due to work and also 1600 miles of Audax rides on my road bike.  I did manage to do the Baldock 300km on my RT at the end of July though - 193 miles in 16hrs and 20 mins.  Very comfortable it was too, well, as comfortable as you can be after that long on a bike!

[Cambirder]

I did 1609km which is bang on 1000 miles on my RST, but I've only had it since September and have only just dipped my toes into audax rides.

This year I'm looking to get in around 6000 km, and get some longer audax rides in, hopefully building up to the UK National 400km which is something like 2.5 times longer than I've ever ridden in one day and that was 20 years ago, so I think I'll see how my first 150 and 200k rides go before I dare sign up for it.

[JimK]

My odometer reads about 1800 miles, but I just added that at the end of May. I guess I rode my Nomad about 2500 miles in 2011.

My biking has had its ups and downs over the decades. A few years ago I was hardly biking at all. I don't think I am biking particular faster now than a year ago, but it's easy to tell that I am stronger. Hills that would really exhaust me, now they're still difficult but not at my limits.

Yesterday's ride:

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/52084294

[spokenword]

7,399 miles bettering my target of 6000 by some way. I'm a bit surprised to have done a thousand more than last year despite the fact that 2010 included LEJOG.
So that 15,500 since I bought the Sherpa in Aug 2009 and I had to replace the original brake shoes at 14,000, thought these Swisstop blues were supposed last longer than that!

[jags]

thats a great bit of cycling fair play to you , i only clocked up aroung 1500 miles my worst year ever .
hopefully this year will be a lot different .

[stutho]

Only 1000 miles   

For the last 8 years I have average about 4000 to 5000 miles a year but this year I have been suffering from bad Achilles tendentious. 

(The tendentious was started by cycling while on antibiotics - DON'T EVER DO THIS!!!  I have only cycle about 100 miles since April)
 

[pdamm]

8,063 km on my Raven Tour for the year for me

[cake]

The tendentious was started by cycling while on antibiotics - DON'T EVER DO THIS!!!  I have only cycle about 100 miles since April
 

Very useful to know.

I expect my 2012 mileage to be very low - fatherhood began on Christmas Day!

[Relayer]

I expect my 2012 mileage to be very low - fatherhood began on Christmas Day!

Congratulations cake!!

[Relayer]

Oh, and I cycled 1,725 miles in 2011, 1,250 on the RST.

I did over 300 miles in May and in June, but fell away after that because of lots of miserable weather.  I am hoping to do at least 2,400 miles this year - going to try to be less wind and rain averse.    

[Blacksail]

My RST total for 2011 was 10,400 km. I reckon this is 50% commuting/general transportation and 50% "just going out for a ride, won't be long". I was slightly surprised as I've not done many long rides with the exception of a 600km long weekend which was a 250km first day, which was the furthest I'd been in a day, a 100km circle of the Norfolk coast and Broads, followed by 262km return journey setting my new longest day record (I followed the same route as on day one but got slightly lost) And all done with no aches and pains - RST, Brooks, Thorn comfort bars and Ergons.

[freddered]

I have a few "main bikes", here is my mileage history

2006
Thorn RT - 1542.1   
British Eagle Touristique - 204.2

2007
Thorn RT - 3121.8   
British Eagle Touristique - 37.0

2008
Thorn RT - 4224.3      
British Eagle Touristique - 535.6
Orbit Single Speed - 170

2009
British Eagle Touristique - 2476 (frame broke)
Thorn RT - 1404
Orbit Single Speed - 532
Condor Fratello - 517 (New)
Ribble Audax - 513 (replaced Brit Eagle)

2010
Condor Fratello - 3657.5
Orbit Single Speed - 955.5
Thorn Raven Tour - 155.5
Ribble Audax - 125.0

2011
Condor Fratello - 3433.2
Orbit Single Speed - 962.6
Thorn Raven Tour - 387.7
Ribble Audax - 378   

You can see that my mileage has increased but my use of the Thorn Raven has decreased dramatically.

[Andybg]

With my bikes arriving two weeks before the snow I only managed 300km on the Nomad and just over 100 on the RST as it had no pannier racks fitted at the time.

I have ordered some studded tyres and fitted a rack to the back of the RST so hoping to get some good mileage done once the roads permit.

No specific mileage targets for 2012 but we shall see how it goes

[Andybg]

Congrats Cake - hope 2012 is a great year for you.

Get a baby seat for the back of the bike - then you get to cycle, babysit and be a hero at the same time.

I have found no better way of getting a screaming baby off to sleep than on the back of the bike.

Just make sure to wrap them up really really warm and when I take the grand daughter out I always use standard pedals rather than cleats or toe clips.

I have a baby seat that bolts on to the seat tube with a quick release. It doesnt interfere with the rear carrier and it gives the child seat some suspension

[Erudin]

3285 miles for my Thorn Audax Mk3, almost double the miles I rode in the year before. Although the Thorn's not my lightest bike it's the one I like riding most as it's so comfortable, versatile and reliable. Took up audaxing and just scraped through a Randonneur 500 series of rides which was fun, hope to do more this year. Had my first go at touring with it too and found it rode very well loaded.


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