250 Mile Ride

2010 Bicycle Miles Chart

2010-04-11T07:43:00.000-07:00

My goal for 2010 is to bike 1000 miles. I plan on biking to work as much as possible (3-5 times a week). Occasionally I'll also bike trails and parks with Tiff and Emilie on the weekends. And I'll probably plan a few long distance trips later into the summer.

I've put together a chart in Google Docs to track my progress. The red line represents my target stretched out over the year until mid October when it will likely be too cold to continue biking. The blue line represents the actual mikes I've ridden so far. Each date on the horizontal axis represents a 7-day week starting on the listed date

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I started riding again :)

2010-04-05T08:23:00.001-07:00

I changed the battery in my Bike-o-meter :) It needed it. I clocked 600 mi. in two years. This year I hope to get 600 more.

First ride of the year was last week when I rode the rail trail... 12 mi. (This one is NOT on the Bike-o-meter odometer)

Rode to work last Friday.
Rode in again today.

Work ride :)

2009-09-26T06:45:00.000-07:00

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 8.63 mi
Avg. Speed: 12.4 mph
Max Speed: 28.7 mph
Time biking: 41:49

Garage to work and back

2009-09-22T13:14:00.000-07:00

Car is in ye olde garage so I had to bike to work today. Will have to so the same tomorrow.

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 3.6 mi
Avg. Speed: 13.0 mph
Max Speed: 28.7 mph
Time biking: 17 m

3 trips this fall

2009-09-20T17:39:00.000-07:00

1 mtn biking trip (Oakley Corners)
(had stats, wrote em down... can't find em :) Roughly 2 miles. Avg speed was ~6m/h I think?

1 trip to work
(no stats)

1 trip to Highland Park
Distance: 6.4 miles
Max speed: 28.7 m/h
Avg speed: 12.8 m/h
Total time: 30 min.

First bike outing of the year

2008-03-06T15:30:00.000-08:00

We biked the rail trail today :) It was cold, but it was fun!! First time on the bikes this year.

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 6.3 mi
Avg. Speed: 8.9 mph
Max Speed: 22.4 mph
Time biking: 42 m

More work rides

2007-07-16T15:47:00.000-07:00

Several rides to work over the last two weeks.

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 29.1 mi
Avg. Speed: 12.3 mph
Max Speed: 37.4 mph
Time biking: 2:21:48

2007-07-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

Typical Ride to Work Minus going up the big hill today :) Tiff picked me up... I was tired and dehydrated so I took the easy way out. I'll get it tomorrow!

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 7.8 mi
Avg. Speed: 13.6 mph
Max Speed: 32.1 mph
Time biking: 00:34:30

One last week of work rides

2007-07-02T03:14:00.000-07:00

This concludes my trip to the Hudson Valley region. :-P Back to good old Endicott today.

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 16.0 mi
Avg. Speed: 15.3
Max Speed: 28.5 mph
Time biking: 1:02:53

Another week of work rides in the HV

2007-06-21T13:39:00.000-07:00

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 22.5 mi
Avg. Speed: 14.0
Max Speed: 29.7 mph
Time biking: 1:36:02

2 Weeks of work rides

2007-06-15T13:02:00.000-07:00

Last week

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 9.7 mi
Avg. Speed: 12.7
Max Speed: 28.7 mph
Time biking: 45:51

This week

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 22.4 mi
Avg. Speed: 13.5
Max Speed: 28.5 mph
Time biking: 1:39:19

Wallkill rail trail

2007-06-07T18:00:00.000-07:00

I rode over half of the wallkill rail trail today. I rode from New Paltz to the second or third road past Gardiner. The trail is gravel and dirt so it is a little rougher going than pavement. I forgot my bike-o-meter at home so I don't have setailed stats but as far as I can estimate:

Distance: 15.5 mi
Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

I saw 2 Kitties, 4 bunnies, and 2 chippymunks!! :-D

Rides to work

2007-06-03T07:03:00.000-07:00

3 rides to my work :)

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 10.2 mi
Avg. Speed: 12.5
Max Speed: 25.9 mph
Time biking: 49:08

Husdon Valley Rail Trail

2007-05-29T16:35:00.000-07:00

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 10.6 mi
Avg. Speed: 15.1
Max Speed: 20.4 mph
Time biking: 42:25

Rides 04/29/2007 - 05/04/2007

2007-05-04T08:00:00.000-07:00

Rode to work Thursday and Friday. Also rode to Tom's place Thursday night.

I made it up Boswell Hill with only 1 rest stop!! :)

Bike-o-meter stats (combined):
Distance: 21 mi
Avg. Speed: ??
Max Speed: 30.1 mph (think this might be my meter's max speed)
Time biking: ??

Ride to Work

2007-04-30T17:30:00.000-07:00

Typical Ride to Work

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 8.53 mi
Avg. Speed: 10.9 mph
Max Speed: 30.1 mph
Time biking: 00:46:56

To Work, one way

2007-04-25T18:17:00.000-07:00

Rode one way to work. It started raining. Tiff picked me up and brought me home. The bikey is sitting alone in my office :(

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 4.29 mi
Avg. Speed: 11.2 mph
Max Speed: 28.2 mph
Time biking: 00:22:00

Bike Activity for the Day

2007-04-24T17:02:00.000-07:00

Today I rode my bike to work (map) and then Tiff picked me up after work and we rode the rail trail (map) 2 1/2 times.

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 14.72 mi
Avg. Speed: 11.3 mph
Max Speed: 29.2 mph
Time biking: 01:18:00

Otsiningo Park Ride

2007-04-22T16:44:00.000-07:00

We rode around Otsiningo Park a few times today. Heres the map.

The Map!

Google Maps doesn't seem to have the whole trail but I filled in the blanks :)

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 12.00 mi
Avg. Speed: 10.1 mph
Max Speed: ?? mph
Time biking: 01:11:33
Total Trip: 01:30:00 minutes??

Rode my bike to work today :)

2007-04-20T12:29:00.000-07:00

It was a fun but cold ride. Going down the hill was extremely cold at 32MPH in the wind!!! It took me 10 minutes to warm up after that. It probably didn't help that the temperature was only 35-40.

Boswell Hill was a nightmare again. I ALMOST made it up without a second stop but I just couldn't take it :( and had to stop and catch my breath only two houses away from mine!

Obligatory map

Bike-o-meter stats:
Distance: 8.58 mi
Avg. Speed: 10.7 mph
Max Speed: 32 mph
Time biking: 00:48:22
Total Trip: 01:30:00 minutes?? (there and back)

Bike Ride: Endicott to Maine NY

2007-04-14T05:26:00.000-07:00

This will be a fairly short (~25-mi) ride to get us used to the idea of biking for long periods of time and to break in the bikes a little bit.

Link to Map!

Even though we had snow yesterday AND we're expecting more tomorrow the weather SHOULD cooperate today.

I'm estimating the final distance of the trip to be somewhere between 20 and 25 miles but I can't be sure until we ride it and see.

Before we take off I need to get a hair cut, adjust Tiff's front derailleur, tighten seat posts and other misc bolts, air up our tires, and attach the portable air pump (and toolkit) to one of the bikes in case we have a problem on the road.

I'll update this post with how the ride went when we get back. Now I'm off to get ready :-D

Back from ride:

Twas a fun ride indeed!! The trip started out down Boswell Hill where we managed to get going at a pace of 27.4 mph!! That'll melt the rubber right off your brakes! Other than a few stops to make some very minor adjustments to Tiff's new bike (and mine, and Tom's) the trip went smooth. We averaged somewhere between 10-15 mph for most of the trip if I remember correctly. Dinner was at Our Country Hearts Restaurant. I had chicken parmesan and Tiff and Tom both had a burger and fries. The only part of the trip that was rough was the trip BACK UP BOSWELL HILL!! They all walked but I, for some reason, decided that I had to try and ride it. It's a mile long stretch of road completely uphill the entire way... very steep! I had to stop twice to catch my breath, hydrate and let my legs rest for a bit but I ended up biking the whole way up it in lowest gear almost the whole way. I was pretty tired at the end of that.

I can't wait till our next ride!!

Ride Stats

Distance: 17.72 mi
Avg. Speed: 9.7 mph
Max Speed: 27.4 mph
Time biking: 1:49:15
Total Trip: 4:15:00

Tentative Route

2007-04-09T18:58:00.000-07:00

I've mapped out a tentative route from Endicott to Brushton. The route pretty much stays on US11 the entire way except near Syracuse and Water town. I'm trying to avoid those two cities for the sake of safety. I'm not sure which parts of Syracuse would get me shot at not to mention the highways and insane amounts of traffic we would be facing.

The map

The map was made using a new feature Google Maps. You can see the whole route in as little or as much detail as you'd like. My only gripe is that I have no way of getting an estimated distance for my route. It would be great to just be given a map and to be able to click out my route and be given an estimated distance. I'm guessing its close to 250 miles based on my car trips north and base done the routes Google Maps and Mapquest find between the two points.

This route will definitely change as I have not accounted for stopping yet. We'll certainly need to stay a few nights in hotels on the road and we'll need to stop to eat and get supplies (snacks/dihydrogen oxide) so we don't perish. So look for the route to change as more of the details are hammered out.

Purpose of This Blog

2007-04-07T19:55:00.000-07:00

I've set up this blog to track the planning and progress of a (roughly) 250 mile bike ride that I will be taking some time in the summer/fall of 2008. The trip will be starting at my apartment in Endicott NY and ending in Brushton NY. My wife Tiffanie will be accompanying me on the ride. We have a little over a year to plan and prepare for the trip. As we plan and prepare we'll be updating this blog to track and record decisions and progress.