2009 on Bike Journal

[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?

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

(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?