I bought my first bicycle (a Sears Free Spirit) 34 years ago today, on 9 August 1981. I was 24 years old. As of today, I've pedaled 82,332.2 miles, which is an average of 2,421.5 miles per year, 6.62 miles per day, and 46.4 miles per week. I've ridden the equivalent of 3.3 times around the Earth at its equator. (The Earth is 24,901.55 miles in circumference.) Many people have ridden more miles than I have, some vastly more. Danny Chew, for example, is on his way to a million miles. I'm writing this post not to brag, and not to imply that I'm doing something extraordinary, but to mark another year of riding. It was 103º Fahrenheit the past two times I rode (Thursday and Saturday). I thrive in the heat.
Roto Ergo Sum
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