How many miles on your C&V bikes this year
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How many miles on your C&V bikes this year
I've been tracking my miles for training this year and decided to add up how many were on my C&V bikes. Total for the year (no possibility for commuting - so it's getting rides in when I can) 2135 miles (3,436 km). Of this 861 miles (1385 km) have been on my Gitane Sprint and 185 miles (298 km) are on the Gitane Tour de France. The remaining miles are split between my Bianchi, Nishiki (just 10 miles) and an old Trek mtb (rides with the kids).
Other than flat tires there haven't been any mechanical issues at all. I'd like to ride the TdF a little more (Super Vitus frame) but with tubular tires I'm a little more hesitant because I just don't have a lot of experience with them.
Is anyone else tracking the miles you're putting on your C&V bikes?
Other than flat tires there haven't been any mechanical issues at all. I'd like to ride the TdF a little more (Super Vitus frame) but with tubular tires I'm a little more hesitant because I just don't have a lot of experience with them.
Is anyone else tracking the miles you're putting on your C&V bikes?
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I do not have nearly enough miles on any bike this summer between work, trying not to get too much sun. however since I was unable to ride at all last year this summer was a blast. I regret that I was unable to log any miles on my Rigi but 5 bikes in my hotel room is too many already so a few had to stay home LOL
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How many miles on my C&V bikes? All of them.
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+1, but no odometer
No, actually I did take my fixed gear to the beach. But it does have a C&V wheelset and front brake
No, actually I did take my fixed gear to the beach. But it does have a C&V wheelset and front brake
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Marathon has racked up 2561 miles so far this year. My Reliant has only been ridden 44 (but I've only had it in a finished state for a little while).
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Mostly on my Monark -75. Early spring on my Crescent -79 and quite a bit with my youngest on the Mustang of -85. If utility distance count I´m having c:a 2.500 km in my legs.
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I have 13 working bicycles of all types (road, track, cyclocross, MTB) of which 9 are more than 15 years old, so I suppose they qualify as C&V. I ride/race most of them, but don't keep track of mileage. Now that I am retired and have more time on my hands, I will probably put more miles on my older bikes, including my recently restored 1976 Ron Cooper which rides like an absolute dream.
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Haven't done a good job of tracking mileage this year, but now that I'm back to nothing but vintage bikes... 100%.
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No idea. I tried riding with a computer on the Bottecchia but it looked so out of place I took it off. I've been thinking about getting a GPS to carry in my jersey pocket. Around 700 miles on the Panasonic since I commute with that. Maybe a hundred or so on the Peugeot and another 600-700 on the Bottecchia. It was a cold rainy spring so I really didn't do too much riding aside from my commute until June I hate spring here. Back home spring was wonderful - like flipping a switch it would suddenly go from cold to 75 degrees and everything would turn green and the flowers would bloom in the last week of February or the first week of March. Here it doesn't really turn nice until June. And now it's the first week of September and it's already turning cool again How I long for those endless summers that lasted from March to October kicking back with the Beach Boys playing on my old record player (what's an MP3? ) and a tall glass of iced tea.
On the bright side, I lost about 10-lbs over the summer.
On the bright side, I lost about 10-lbs over the summer.
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No modern bikes here so all of them!
Seriously, about 1000 miles split between the '85 Schwinn Peloton and the '81 Schwinn Traveler. Not of ton of miles but's it's the most I've done in 25 years. Couldn't be happier on those two bikes either. Peloton is great for serious rides and triathlons. The Traveler is perfect for commuting and more relaxed rides.
Seriously, about 1000 miles split between the '85 Schwinn Peloton and the '81 Schwinn Traveler. Not of ton of miles but's it's the most I've done in 25 years. Couldn't be happier on those two bikes either. Peloton is great for serious rides and triathlons. The Traveler is perfect for commuting and more relaxed rides.
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I've been averaging 60 miles/week riding to work on my '84 Motobecane Mirage Sport. Been going on for about a month - month & a half now.
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I've got about 1600 on my '73 Gitane TdF commuter, another 300 on my '85 Schwinn (commuting), 200 on the '75 Romic (commuting) and about 1000 on the '85 Rockhopper apocolypse snow comuting bike.
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No clue on total miles (no odometer/computer/speedometers) But the bulk of the miles have been on my Raleigh Twenty.
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I have one bike with a computer, my DeRosa Professional SLX, and it tells me 1,900+ since April. I split my riding time equally between three main bikes so I am really not positive. None of my other bikes use modern electonics. I just put another new set of Continental 4000s tires on my Colnago though, so I am not totally gaga over the wear performance on those. Also, I put hundreds of kilometers on a Pinarello FP3 and a Corratec mountain bike while on vacation this summer in Europe. Hardly vintage though.
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Im up to about 1,000 or so estimated. It's been raining quite a bunch, I am down significantly in road/offroad miles this year. This past week has been awesome though, and next week looks great too!
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I stopped tracking my mileage this spring as my attempts at "training" were getting in the way of my attempts at "having fun."
On the whole, my mileage is probably about 50-60% C&V, and that's only because I got a new modern toy last winter with 10 speed Ultegra components.
On the whole, my mileage is probably about 50-60% C&V, and that's only because I got a new modern toy last winter with 10 speed Ultegra components.
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100% C&V here - mostly on '72 Sports Tourer - adding another 110 miles (hopefully) tomorrow. Also have a few months of commuting on citified '80 Voyageur 11.8 and some rides on the '73 Raleigh Sports...