2009 on Bike Journal

[RoadRaven]

Well, TE-ers!
Time to start logging those kms/miles again on BikeJournal! We were 7th club in 2008 (I think we were 7th or 8th in 2007 - can anyone remember?)

http://bikejournal.com/

Three of us have logged our New Year's Day rides already...

Oakleaf 53km
RoadRaven 24km
siouxgeonz 9km

...c'mon TE Whanau... the challenge is before us...

(I was wrapped to be 11th - last year I was 23rd... in 2009 I'd like to be in the top ten - just a good motivating goal to make sure I get on my bike and ride!)


I think I will convince my partner to log his 2009 miles for us... he reads TE and BikJournal and at 23,001km for the year in 2008, his rides might be useful for our talley - what do you all reckon?



Individual Team Stats as of Jan 1, 2009 for the 2008 year (TE members only):

Rank Rider Distance (km)
1 siouxgeonz, 13,704.4
2 makbike, 11,443.7
3 bikegoddess, 10,520.0
4 silver, 9,114.8
5 lph, 8,920.0
6 mmann964, 7,746.4
7 bikerHen, 6,994.4
8 pelaton, 6,964.4
9 MrSilver, 6,515.4
10 songlady, 6,203.7
11 RoadRaven, 6,060.5
12 li10up, 6,035.0
13 7Rider, 6,026.4
14 OakLeaf, 5,753.9
15 lauraE10330, 5,182.3
16 Grog, 5,110.6
17 divingbiker, 5,100.2
18 CThorn, 4,807.0
19 Susan126, 4,769.0
20 allezgirl, 4,726.0

Club Sats - TE 7th in 2008!!!!

Rank / Club / Num of Riders / Location Distance (km)
1 'BentRider Recumbent Club / 222 / International 914,278
2 Space City Cycling Club / 133 / Houston, TX 582,465
3 yACF 70 / 78 / The Interweb 478,091
4 Phoenix Metro Bicycle Club / 79 / Tempe, AZ 475,629
5 TEAM PAIS / 46 / Miami, FL 396,774
6 Bicycles Network Australia / 94 / Australia 341,321
7 Team Estrogen / 163 / all over the world 328,459
8 Rapid Wheelmen / 70 / Grand Rapids, MI 295,270
9 So Cal BikeForums / 68 / California 289,943
10 Corinth Cycling Club / 92 / Corinth, TX 288,116

[andtckrtoo]

My resolution for the year was to faithfully log my miles. I just paid for a premium membership as if I'm paying for it, I'll log it. :rolleyes: Thanks for the reminder!! I'm in awe of the ladies and the miles!! Way to go!!! http://www.myemoticons.com/emoticon-critic/cute/images/cheer.gif

[7rider]

Wow. My mileage looks so much more impressive when shown in kilometers! :p

I exceeded my goals in '08. I'm setting the same mileage goal in '09, but aiming for a commuter century (100 commute days). I am content that my mileage goals allow me to do lots of riding, but still have a life beyond the bike(s).

[OakLeaf]

Dang, if it wasn't for REALLY slow months last January and November, I'd have been in the top 10 :rolleyes: But I'm pretty much okay with my total mileage. Considering it's more than double what I did last year and WAY more than I've done since about 1993, I can't complain. And yeah, it sure does look better in km! :p

[RoadRaven]

Wow. My mileage looks so much more impressive when shown in kilometers! :p


And yeah, it sure does look better in km! :p

LOL... had to smile... when folks here talk about weight loss, it looks much better in imperial rather than metric!

She lost 20lbs... or she lost 10kgs...

[OakLeaf]

LOL... had to smile... when folks here talk about weight loss, it looks much better in imperial rather than metric!

Okay then, let's get our units straight for this year.

Elevation gain in FEET.

Distance travelled in KILOMETERS.

Weight lost in POUNDS.

Weight gained in KILOGRAMS.

Everyone got that? ;)

[RoadRaven]

Everyone got that? ;)

You betcha!!!
MOST excellent
:D

[KathiCville]

I'm on board! Just logged my first ride for 2009 today! I kept a journal last year and loved being able to look back at individual rides AND see the miles pile up! Go, TE!!

[Biciclista]

ah, you cut your stats right above my name! :confused: oh, right; i'm mimitabby. you probably didn't recognize me ?
I did just under 4500 km. Yes, Kilometers are impressive; and i logged a ride today for 2009.

[indysteel]

I'm trying to figure out why I'm not on the list for top mileage since I rode 4700+ miles in 2008 and am a TE member on Bikejournal. Not that it matters that much....I'm on my Crackberry right now, however, and don't have full access to Bikejournal on it so I can't check.

[Thorn]

I'm trying to figure out why I'm not on the list for top mileage since I rode 4700+ miles in 2008 and am a TE member on Bikejournal.

Two thoughts...if your miles are not logged against TE, then your miles don't show. You can belong to more than one club, but miles only count against one club. When you go to "club home", those stats show only the miles logged against TE (the page has lots of green). Yet, if you follow the link to TE from the "All Clubs" link on the home page, you'll the miles for all TE members, regardless of which club got credit for the miles (the page is has lots of blue).

Second thought is that RR grabbed stats not including indoor miles. Ignoring the religious beliefs on whether they matter or not, if you're used to looking at your miles with indoor, this list shows without.

BTW, Raven, I logged my (alas, indoor) miles this AM and thought you'd changed your handle....the caffeine hadn't kicked in yet. So the other half is logging to TE? Cool...

[HillSlugger]

I logged 2000 miles for TE last year. Aiming for about the same this year, maybe a little more. Logged my first rides of 2009 yesterday and today.

[smilingcat]

rode paltry XXXX miles last year. whooey :mad:

will be out riding tomorrow. hope to add another 40miles of hills. Would love to do some timed rides again. :D :D

smilingcat

[channlluv]

I'm signing up, too. What are these Road Categories?

Roxy

[Aggie_Ama]

I have almost 50 miles this year and plan to ride tomorrow (mountain). Last year I rode much less than 2007 and am completely okay with that. But I log and add to the pile even if it is a 10 mile mountain or 50 mile road ride.

BTW- KM makes my head hurt why can't we have just used those all our lives? :confused:

[RoadRaven]

Second thought is that RR grabbed stats not including indoor miles. Ignoring the religious beliefs on whether they matter or not, if you're used to looking at your miles with indoor, this list shows without.

My apologies everyone. I remembered this earlier today... I don't log spin bike time/miles and always view outdoor miles... so sorry if I offended anyone by inadvertently leaving you out of this stat list.

Perhaps someone else could post the list which includes all miles - indoor and out?


BTW, Raven, I logged my (alas, indoor) miles this AM and thought you'd changed your handle....the caffeine hadn't kicked in yet. So the other half is logging to TE? Cool...

Yup, he offered to a couple of times last year, and I figured with MrSilver and Boy etc on board TE... and with my M8 often reading posts here and at BikeJ ... well, then I figured 'why not?'

[ClockworkOrange]

Okay then, let's get our units straight for this year.

Elevation gain in FEET.

Distance travelled in KILOMETERS.

Weight lost in POUNDS.

Weight gained in KILOGRAMS.

Everyone got that? ;)

I'm still in £sd, I never changed since 1971 :D

Goodness all this metric palaver confuses me. Nevermind, determined not to get left behind, :rolleyes: in all ways, so have just downloaded a real handy widget for converting everything.

Am aiming for 2000 km's this year, my average is only 1600.

Still don't know how you guys manage to fit in all these miles..........ooooops, kilometres into your lives, I'm afraid real life gets in the way far too much for me.

Clock

[OakLeaf]

But I log and add to the pile even if it is a 10 mile mountain or 50 mile road ride.

If I ride 2 miles to church or out to dinner I log it... it adds up. I had over 300 miles of short commutes last year.


have just downloaded a real handy widget for converting everything.

My favorite tool is online (http://www.convert-me.com/en/). Not just metric to American and Imperial and vice versa, but cooking conversions (e.g., how many grams of ground almonds in a tablespoon?), conversions from archaic units that you might come across in literature or religion, speed to pace... it's fun to just look at the site!

[ClockworkOrange]

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My favorite tool is online (http://www.convert-me.com/en/). Not just metric to American and Imperial and vice versa, but cooking conversions (e.g., how many grams of ground almonds in a tablespoon?), conversions from archaic units that you might come across in literature or religion, speed to pace... it's fun to just look at the site!

Hey, that is really cool, just removed all the banners and even better. Agree with you, the Cooking Conversions are excellent.

So, my distance per year will be equivalent to 60,000 Chinese Imperial yin!

Thanks OakLeaf, that is so very useful.

Clock

[indysteel]

Raven, no worries at all! I wasn't offended at all; just curious. TE isn't listed as my primary club so Thorn's response probably explains it. I don't count my indoor miles so that's not it. I've never completely understood how club miles are calculated. In any event, I'm impressed by all of TE's miles. It's sure impressive. Hat's off, ladies (and Mr. Silver).

[bikerHen]

Gotta say I like those km too. :D

As far as 2009 miles. We've had offically 69.5" of snow since Dec. 17th. There's barely room for cars on the roads. So it's back to riding the trainer three times a week. :( I count my indoor miles. I figure indoor miles should count even more than road miles. Especially when I have no other biking options. Although we are going to So. California for a couple of weeks in February. I WILL get some road miles in then. :p bikerHen

[ibcycling]

It's not as snowy here but still icy enough to make me stay home. Hopefully it will melt tomorrow and I'll get some miles in this week. If I start missing the snow can I come visit you bikerHen? I'm from Nebraska and used to snow during the winter!

Lora

[crazycanuck]

We arrived home late this afternoon from our road trip. I am sooo desperate to get on my bike & ride after being in the car for 5days. Yes, a road trip is cool but i wanna biiiikeeee.

My thought is to equal the km's we drove from Perth-Sydney-beyond-Perth..exactly 9455km

Hmmmm

[7rider]

I'm signing up, too. What are these Road Categories?

Roxy

Do you mean "ride categories?"?
Those are a way to divide up your rides - primarily for those using filters - so you can split out one type of ride vs. another. So you can answer the questions:
How many commutes did I do this year?
How many group rides did I do?
How did my races improve or not over the season?
How many miles do I have on the road, vs. the in the woods? (oh, no...wait...you still can't answer that one)
How many miles do I have on Bike A, vs. Bike B. (oops...nope...can't answer that one, either)

Personally, I don't think they are all that great. I don't like that I can't answer those last 2 questions (at least...I haven't figured out how) Also, does 2 people on a ride make a "group"? Is my weekly ride with the folks at the shop a "general"/"leisure" ride...cuz it sure is fun, or is it "training"/"general"? If I do an organized ride with those same folks, is that an "event" or is it a "club" ride? :confused:

And...if I don't set my own standards for answering those questions...or worse, if I apply what little standards I have :rolleyes: inconsistently, then my filters get all messed up. :eek:

(Geez...can you tell I fret about those things....a lot??)

[indysteel]

Mystery solved. Even though I was listed as a TE club member, I hadn't "moved" my miles from my primary club (my local club) to TE. I've since fixed that, so now I'm listed in the year-end stats. Again, not that it matters, but I do like the fact that I'm in some darn good company!!!!

[AnnieBikes]

I do not have a local club and have always just been solo. Can I post my miles for TE without being a premium member on Bikejournal? I rode about 4300 MILES last year. Do you always use kilometers? Questions questions!!

[HillSlugger]

Do you mean "ride categories?"?
Those are a way to divide up your rides - primarily for those using filters - so you can split out one type of ride vs. another. So you can answer the questions:
How many commutes did I do this year?
How many group rides did I do?
How did my races improve or not over the season?
How many miles do I have on the road, vs. the in the woods? (oh, no...wait...you still can't answer that one)
How many miles do I have on Bike A, vs. Bike B. (oops...nope...can't answer that one, either)

Personally, I don't think they are all that great. I don't like that I can't answer those last 2 questions (at least...I haven't figured out how) Also, does 2 people on a ride make a "group"? Is my weekly ride with the folks at the shop a "general"/"leisure" ride...cuz it sure is fun, or is it "training"/"general"? If I do an organized ride with those same folks, is that an "event" or is it a "club" ride? :confused:

And...if I don't set my own standards for answering those questions...or worse, if I apply what little standards I have :rolleyes: inconsistently, then my filters get all messed up. :eek:

(Geez...can you tell I fret about those things....a lot??)

Regina, I've never used filters or reports so I may be way off here: if you use the ride type when you add your ride you can tag your ride for indoor/outdoor/off road/etc. These show on your ride journal. You can also specify which bike you rode. In your profile you can then see your yearly and lifetime miles per bike. Are you saying you can't later differentiate these things in a report?

[indysteel]

I do not have a local club and have always just been solo. Can I post my miles for TE without being a premium member on Bikejournal? I rode about 4300 MILES last year. Do you always use kilometers? Questions questions!!

You don't have to premium member to log your miles for TE. Go under clubs and "manage my clubs." Choose TE as your club by selecting it from the drop down menu and clicking "join club." Then "move" your 2008 miles to them. As I learned, until you "move" them to TE, they won't count for the club. Let me know if that doesn't work.

[bmccasland]

I tend to forget about my neighborhood errand commuting miles. Yesterday I rode up to the park to see if the ground was too wet for a picnic - standing water on the grass after 4.5 INCHES of rain (11.3 cm) over night. Why yes it is too wet :eek: Swim fins anyone?

So I'll go on Bike Journal and start my TE log. Can't wait for the days to get a wee bit longer.

[7rider]

Regina, I've never used filters or reports so I may be way off here: if you use the ride type when you add your ride you can tag your ride for indoor/outdoor/off road/etc. These show on your ride journal. You can also specify which bike you rode. In your profile you can then see your yearly and lifetime miles per bike. Are you saying you can't later differentiate these things in a report?

In creating filters, you can select *one* ride type, or *one* bike used. That's okay for, say, all rides done on my mtb. But I have 2 road bikes. I'd have to create one filter for the ID8 and one filter for the Axiom. Which ruins the use of a filter to show me all my road rides. Plus...my commutes are on the road on road bikes, and I'd need to filter those OUT (I can create their own category, however, to put them IN).

And my ride types on the road differ -- some routes are "rolling hills", some are "flat", etc. And selecting for ride category (club vs. training vs. racing, etc) bring up the inconsistent application problem for me. :rolleyes: (Crud...did I call the shop ride a "leisure ride" or "training"??? Is it "rolling hills" or honest to goodness "hills"??)

[uk elephant]

My 2009 riding has finally started too and I just logged the first 5 miles on bikejournal. Not much, but every little bit adds up, right?

[Possegal]

I signed up. I hope I don't pull down the team average. :-) I'm not much of a long distance rider, though hoping to improve on it this year. And this is the first time I've tried riding in the cold weather. So maybe I won't be too much of a team albatross. :)

[RoadRaven]

Not much, but every little bit adds up, right?
Absolutely, UK. I enter everything in my log... even 1-2kms when checking a new component on a bike, or 3-5km round the paddocks with my youngest son. Everything counts.

Enjoy every little bit :)

[OakLeaf]

RoadRaven, you didn't warn us your m8 was going to hog the #1 spot! ;)


j/k

[Geonz]

Average doesn't matter - total does. Everybody helps :D

I was the first American (either america) to post in 2009... 'cause I had to get back from that NY Eve party. I was #23 for a few minutes!! (Now ... 600's somewhere...)

[li10up]

I too like those km. Wish I would have updated my stats for December...I had another 300 miles that would have put me at 6517 km for the year - enough to jump into the top 10! :mad: oh, well...what's important to me is that I made my goal of 4000 miles! My most ever in one year.

Well, check that, looks like I would have been 11th. pooo

[RoadRaven]

RoadRaven, you didn't warn us your m8 was going to hog the #1 spot! ;)
j/k


Hehehe... I did ask if anyone minded... am happy to take him off our team at BikeJ if anyone has an issue. He is what would be classed as a minimum Cat 2 rider in the states - possibly a Cat 1. He does do LOTS of time on the bike.
:p

[RoadRaven]

I signed up. I hope I don't pull down the team average. :-) I'm not much of a long distance rider, though hoping to improve on it this year. And this is the first time I've tried riding in the cold weather. So maybe I won't be too much of a team albatross. :)

As Geonz said, average doesn't matter. BikeJournal just tallies up team mileage totals... and every bit counts.

As for being our albatross... most excellent - have you ever stood and watched them fly over head? I did for the first time in 2007 at Dunedin... awesome creatures... an albatross would be an elegant and beautiful bird to be likened to... besides, don't they travel miles and miles and miles? You might end up our team leader with a nic like that!

[OakLeaf]

Hehehe... I did ask if anyone minded... am happy to take him off our team at BikeJ if anyone has an issue. He is what would be classed as a minimum Cat 2 rider in the states - possibly a Cat 1. He does do LOTS of time on the bike.
:p

No, no, he's welcome as far as I'm concerned. Just kidding!!

[bikerHen]

It's not as snowy here but still icy enough to make me stay home. Hopefully it will melt tomorrow and I'll get some miles in this week. If I start missing the snow can I come visit you bikerHen? I'm from Nebraska and used to snow during the winter!

Lora

Come on up! Although with the wind and rain we've had the last two days the snow is melting fast. Now of course there are huge, HUGE puddles everwhere. :D Of course there's still lots of snow in the mountains. bikerHen

[Aggie_Ama]

You must not be where it is flooding bikerhen?

[uk elephant]

I find myself getting surprisingly competitive about this, and I'm not a particularly competitive person. I have been logging my 8.5 commuting miles as soon as I get home from work, seeing my ranking climb. Then today, I was down one spot again!