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Old 06-09-10, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by love2pedal.com
I am pleasantly surprised to see how many of the C&Vers put on substantial miles. I envisioned most of the C&Vers as putting in tons of time acquiring and restoring and not much time riding
I fall into that trap...I didn't ride the past two days because I wanted to finish a bike I'm flipping before I travel for business next week and then vacation the following week.

Always need to ride more and, well, everything else less
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100 miles a week on my Daccordi SLX. Maybe 25 a week on the voyageur. if your fast your fast if your slow your slow ( i am slow). Plus New bikes are ugly! i cant stand the look of new bikes. No class.
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i'm doing about 80 to 100 miles a week commuting and a group ride on Saturday and it's all on a 1981 Carlton Raleigh Competition. still friction shifting like mad!
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Not enough. Solely on vintage, though.
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Last year, about 8,000, 1/3 C&V, 1/3 modern, 1/3 singlespeed
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Last year 11000km on my eighties Colnago, which has an alarming amount of distance on it.
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100% steel this year. I wouldn't classify them all as C&V though.

According to my apps on my phone, 2,100 miles in the saddle.

Won't hit annual goal of 4,500 due to knee surgery.

Gives me a little more wrenching time than I care for at this point in the season.
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Most of my bikes are vintage and I suspect a few might be considered classics

I ride around 2,000 miles a year over 90% of that is on classic steel, with the bulk being on my Raleigh Twenty. I travel extensively for work and the Twenty can be tucked in the back of the work truck.

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I have computers on most of my bikes, but jeez, how do you keep track? I have no idea how many miles I put on. I don't keep track of when I install the computers.
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Last two years, 5000+ miles per year on my 1984 Paramount tourer, my daily commuter. However, last month the Phil Wood bottom bracket bearings started to fail. I was willing to replace with a cheap modern BB (all are sealed bearings these days), but couldn't find one that would fit without having to change to a more modern crank set. So, I bought a "new" bike - 2000 Marin Verona. It's still steel, yet much less flexy and has 9 spd campy ergo shifting instead of my 6-spd bar end shifting. The old Phil Wood BB has been sent to Phil Wood Co for bearing replacement. Unfortunately, I am becoming accustomed to the newer bicycle. The stiffer frame, extra gears, and tighter gear range leave my legs never aching even after aggressive, long rides. We may have lost another to the dark side?
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1,500 to 2,000 miles per year, 95% on vintage stuff, 5% on my 2003 Colnago. My main ride right now is my 1987 Prologue, my back up is my 1984 Lotus Classique, and my trail bike is my 1992 Trek 950. The Colnago right now is wall art. I have several other bikes that come and go out of the fleet. I only have a computer on the Lotus, so the mileage estimate is based on years past where I rode a modern bike with a computer.
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Old 06-10-10, 07:59 AM
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Current records indicate I've ridden 1930 miles so far this year, of which 1330 were commuting miles. My commuter is a modern (2007) folding bike. All my other riding is on vintage bikes.
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I do 75-100 miles a week all on Classic & Vintage Steel....thats comprised of commuting 12-15 miles roundtrip (depends on my route...i like to mix it up) and doing a longer 25-35 mile ride at least one day a weekend.

I don't have a cyclo on any of my bikes, I just look up my route using Google Maps if I want to know how far I rode. I'm too nerdy to have a computer on my bike...I'd just spend my whole ride fiddling with it and watching the numbers

My youngest bike (In rideable condition) is an '89 Miyata 1000 but the most modernized is probably the '73 Varsity with 7 speed SIS, and Modern Drum brake/Dynamo hubs.

sad to say my Velo-de-Cheapo has barely been ridden in the last month....its actually on the chopping block being considered for sale....for some reason I've got this urge to thin the herd.
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All steel, only new bike is a Surly Cross Check. I have no intention of purchasing anything made of cf. If I ride I am on vintage steel or the Surly. These days about two or three thousand a year just for fun and an occasional commute or errand.
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I commute twice per week, 25 miles per day, split between a '76 fuji track, and an early 80s bianchi track. On the weekends I try to get in at least one longer ride (~35 -50 miles) on my '89 waterford paramount, but sometimes that gets switched up, depending on schedule, weather, mood, etc.
2 weekends ago I did a 35 miler on my bianchi, with 3 others, it was a lot of fun. They had just gotten into riding, so I enjoyed schooling them on some of the hills. It won't be long before that ends though, they are young and strong!
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Probably 50% C&V, riding 25-100+ miles per week, depending on my schedule.

My modern bike is nothing special, a 2002 Trek 1000 f&f with some Campy components hanging on it. It's just available when I need to "tweak" or swap out something on the current C&V ride, so it gets used.
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25 - 100 per week if I'm lucky.
As my newest bike is 1990 I'd say they're all C&V or KOF.

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I haven't been riding a lot due to hip surgery the last two years, probably ~30 miles per week. Working on increasing that and maybe doing some longer rides. All of it on the only bike I own, 1973 Raleigh RRA, all nuovo record. Friction shift ftw.
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Keep up the healing Pars!

I commute 70 miles a week. The other miles are hard to figure. At least 30 more though and probably closer to 50 on average, but let's just say 100 a week though to be safe. All C&V all the time!
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In the range of 80/week but trying to up it a little with longer weekend rides. 35 or so commuting/grocery getting/etc on the 1990-era Tommaso that's setup fixed right now and the other 55 or so on a similar-era Zunow (which I want to ride more :). Them's the bikes for now, so it's all C&V for me :)
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Originally Posted by noglider
I have computers on most of my bikes, but jeez, how do you keep track? I have no idea how many miles I put on. I don't keep track of when I install the computers.
gps. 1 "computer" for all of your bikes. no wires.
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I don't ride enough and it is all C&V.
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