2010 Bike Rides

I returned to Philadelphia today after spending Christmas back home and found the streets covered with slush & snow. These conditions along with the wintery weather forecast for the next couple of days suggest that I won't be able to ride my bike again this year--I've only had three rides since an expensive repair in October. The times seems right to post of summary of my rides for the past year. This year, I rode 1,049 miles on twenty-two rides within six states (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan & Indiana).

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Eighteen of the rides started from my apartment building Philadelphia. The four non-local rides included two on Cape Cod, an Eastern Shore trip that included a ferry crossing, and a nostalgic hometown ride from Niles to South Bend. The total miles are more than the 757 I rode last year but less than the all-time high ridden in 2008 (1,335 miles). I'm just fifty-two miles short of 5,000 since rediscovering the hobby in 2006 and have put 4,474 miles on my Kona Bike. The average mileage per ride (47.7) this year was my highest average yet.

Without question, reaching (and returning from) the Atlantic Ocean was the major milestone achieved this year. It was the longest (133 miles) one of four century rides for 2010. Other memorable rides include a one-way trip back from Central Jersey using the old D&R canal tow path, a long ride to northern Bucks County and two short theme rides (Germantown historic houses and Mural Arts program.)