Granted of dubious interest to anyone but me, but I felt like sharing.
While I'll admit that this was probably done mostly to feed the OCD monster's insatiable appetite for spreadsheets, I have found it pretty insightful.
Below is a graph of rolling 365 day distance travelled by bike as well as the total for all bikes. Limitations include miles on the OCR as I did loads on this before I got the GPS unit from which all this data is pulled - at which point the bike was on its last legs, had been replaced and was only being used for utility. Also my Routier beater isn't listed as the nature of its use prevents the use of the GPS head unit..
The graph begins in October 2018 when I got my Boardman and Polar head unit. We can see that at this time nearly all distance was accumulated on this bike, with its usage declining when I got the CdF in 2020 as I much preferred the versatility of the gravel bike over the Team Carbon's faster but road-only use. In this time we have a few utility miles covered on the OCR and Ofo before they were both eventually sold.
We can see the covid-utopia spike in 2020 when mileage was piled onto the CdF on the gloriously deserted, sun-baked roads; peaking at a max of maybe 3200 miles covered in a year. From here distance covered fell sharply as life fell apart, I had to move home and I completely lost my cycling mojo - resulting in a dismal trough of maybe 700 miles / year in mid-2022.. the CdF still being the bike I used almost exclusively.
August 2022 brought the arrival of the Fuji in the hope that a more utility-focussed bike would get me out more; which worked and distance covered started to climb significantly. At first the new utility hack was used alongside the CdF until I finally admitted to myself that I preferred the Fuji on account of it's nicer 3x9 gearing and wider Q-factor / pedal spacing which is much easier on my knees and hips. I still have the CdF but it's unlikely to get much use until I've sorted the Q-issue... plus most of my riding round here is utility so the Fuji remains the default.
June 2023 saw the arrival of the Brompton in an effort to salvage what I could from the commute-ruined vestages of my mental health, and mileage really started to stack up. Due to the distance covered on the Brompton the Fuji is seeing less use; partially because I can only cycle so far (and am now doing more on the Brompton after work just for the sake of it), partially because I sometimes pick up stuff on the commute that I'd otherwise have got at the weekend on the Fuji.
Now, just over a year later we can see rolling annual mileage flattening out at around 3800 miles.. which is more than I've managed previously and mostly thanks to the commute.
As it stands the Boardman was sold a few months ago due to lack of use, the Genesis remains mothballed, the Ragley (purchased late 2023) gets a little tickle on the bridleways when it's dry (although needs frame protection tape!) while the Brompton and to a lesser extent Fuji get the lion's share of the work.
While I'll admit that this was probably done mostly to feed the OCD monster's insatiable appetite for spreadsheets, I have found it pretty insightful.
Below is a graph of rolling 365 day distance travelled by bike as well as the total for all bikes. Limitations include miles on the OCR as I did loads on this before I got the GPS unit from which all this data is pulled - at which point the bike was on its last legs, had been replaced and was only being used for utility. Also my Routier beater isn't listed as the nature of its use prevents the use of the GPS head unit..
The graph begins in October 2018 when I got my Boardman and Polar head unit. We can see that at this time nearly all distance was accumulated on this bike, with its usage declining when I got the CdF in 2020 as I much preferred the versatility of the gravel bike over the Team Carbon's faster but road-only use. In this time we have a few utility miles covered on the OCR and Ofo before they were both eventually sold.
We can see the covid-utopia spike in 2020 when mileage was piled onto the CdF on the gloriously deserted, sun-baked roads; peaking at a max of maybe 3200 miles covered in a year. From here distance covered fell sharply as life fell apart, I had to move home and I completely lost my cycling mojo - resulting in a dismal trough of maybe 700 miles / year in mid-2022.. the CdF still being the bike I used almost exclusively.
August 2022 brought the arrival of the Fuji in the hope that a more utility-focussed bike would get me out more; which worked and distance covered started to climb significantly. At first the new utility hack was used alongside the CdF until I finally admitted to myself that I preferred the Fuji on account of it's nicer 3x9 gearing and wider Q-factor / pedal spacing which is much easier on my knees and hips. I still have the CdF but it's unlikely to get much use until I've sorted the Q-issue... plus most of my riding round here is utility so the Fuji remains the default.
June 2023 saw the arrival of the Brompton in an effort to salvage what I could from the commute-ruined vestages of my mental health, and mileage really started to stack up. Due to the distance covered on the Brompton the Fuji is seeing less use; partially because I can only cycle so far (and am now doing more on the Brompton after work just for the sake of it), partially because I sometimes pick up stuff on the commute that I'd otherwise have got at the weekend on the Fuji.
Now, just over a year later we can see rolling annual mileage flattening out at around 3800 miles.. which is more than I've managed previously and mostly thanks to the commute.
As it stands the Boardman was sold a few months ago due to lack of use, the Genesis remains mothballed, the Ragley (purchased late 2023) gets a little tickle on the bridleways when it's dry (although needs frame protection tape!) while the Brompton and to a lesser extent Fuji get the lion's share of the work.
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