OhiOH

The text below is from the Commuter Chronicles Page of the Dayton Cycling Club’s March newsletter https://www.daytoncyclingclub.org/SNL/SnL2005.03.pdf (pages 10-11). Dayton and Cincinnati are a little over 50 miles apart and the two clubs have had this competition for at least 10 years. I don’t know how they calculate pollution saved, but it is a major number.

DCC keeps DC-8 by narrowest margin
The Dayton Cycling Club retained the Dayton Cycling Club/Cincinnati Cycle Club Commuter Challenge
Cup (DC-8) for the 10th consecutive year despite the efforts of an inspired group of CCC commuters.
The CCC logged its most commuter miles ever with 41,814 in 2004. The CCC broke its previous
record of 40,659, set in 1998. The DCC’s total of 51,987 was only 10,173 more than the CCC’s and
was its smallest victory margin. The important thing is that a total of 93,801
miles were logged on commuter bikes instead of cars by the two clubs in 2004, meaning that 94 tons of
pollutants were not released into the air of southwestern Ohio.
The DCC’s 2004 total of 51,987 miles exceeded 2003’s 50,064 but is only the sixth-highest total recorded
during the DCC/CCC commuter competition. It is far less than the club’s 2001 total of 61,474
miles. The DCC went over the half-million mark in 2004, bringing the grand total for 10 years to
518,180. The CCC brought its 10-year total to 309,436 miles. The combined total of 827,616 for
both clubs means the air of southwestern Ohio was spared 828 tons of pollution.

Year......DCC.......CCC....Combined.....Pollution saved (tons)
1995....33,614....24,924....58,538...................59
1996....41,218....33,641....74,859...................75
1997....48,243....34,189....82,432...................82
1998....55,317....40,659....95,976...................96
1999....57,433....24,842....82,275...................82
2000....60,874....28,329....89,203...................89
2001....61,474....25,892....87,366...................87
2002....57,956....22,182....80,138...................80
2003....50,064....32,964....83,028...................83
2004....51,987....41,814....93,801...................94

(sorry about the length of the title, but i don't know how to edit it)

ridealot

We are gaining on you!

OldShacker

To think that I did not post all my miles to the DCC because of other things. But evey bit helps. Way to go!!

ridealot

Wow, after reading your club newsletter, it looks like the Dayton club is really nice! I like all the ride and mileage logging. I also like the ackowledgement of people who reach certain mileage goals. Wish the Cincinnati club would do this. Great newsletter and great club you have there in Dayton!

OhiOH

Thanks ridealot. I can’t take any credit except for posting up some miles. Actually the newsletter is a big reason I belong, they do a great job.

I can see where Cinci would be a tough commute. You guys have two things we don’t: Lots of traffic and lots of big @ss hills.

Hey shacker, send Dennis Pohl (his address in in the newsletter) your email address and ask him to put you on his commuter mailing list. He’ll send you an email the 1st of each month and all you have to do is reply with your miles.

OldShacker

OhiOH
Sounds good. It is a good time to start again with the posting of the miles since I can do it from work now.

Dchiefransom

The tons of pollution is probably taken from the calculation of what an average car might put out per mile driven. I would think that only trips anytime a car would have been used would count, and not a normal ride that starts and ends at a persons front door, or a recreational ride from a certain location.

OhiOH

You are correct Dchiefransom. Here is their statement:

We count all miles, that otherwise would
have been driven in a motor vehicle. This includes
medical appointments, shopping, etc.

Ninty tons just sounds like a lot. I mean a standard pickup truck holds less than a ton of dirt etc. So 90 tons would be 125-150 pickup trucks of #@^% saved by maybe 100 people in 1 year.

1) I'm not disputing the calculation, I have seen it other places. Cars must be really dirty.
2) I know I am preaching to choir, but we can make a difference!

ridealot

Yeah, I am pretty lucky that my commute is fairly flat. I have a couple of hills but nothing that bad. Traffic is another story. The side streets out of town can get filled up quick when I-75 gets backed up in the afternoon.