Commuting Numbers

[culimerc]

Over the past year (365 days, not 2012) for commuting only I’ve:

122 days ridden/ 3562 miles/ 246.5 hours/ 186,854 calories burned

If I had driven I’d have spent more than $520 dollars on gas (driving is longer than by bike, 25.5 mpg @ 3.60 $/gallon)

$60.00 on an oil change

$549 on tolls,

$500 and 150 hours at the gym

and emitted 2600 lbs CO2 into the atmosphere.

Total= $1629. The way I see it, I should be able to buy a new bike with all the money I saved 😎

Plus I lost 6 lbs.

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[vvill]

@Certifried 35072 wrote:

One option in Strava is to use different equipment. So if you really wanted to calculate commuting miles, you could have 2 of the same bikes listed, just name one “commute”, then you can look at how many miles on that piece of equipment. It’s easy to edit rides to change which bike was used.

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Yeah, but Strava could simply total up commute-tagged rides for you! I like the separate bikes because not only can you track mileage per bike, you can add gear and easily track how many miles it’s been since you swapped out a chain or even mounted a different set of tires.

[5555624]

@culimerc 34909 wrote:

The bike? yeah I bought one just for commuting and I bought bags and a rain suit and some cold weather gear.

Those are also costs that won’t recur every year, either. My commuter bike is on it’s 14th year of year-round commuting and it cost me less than $400 new. The panniers are at least as old as the bike. Although I’m on my second rain jacket in 12 years, the rain pants are 12 years old. Once you’ve got everything, it’s just maintenance and consumables and those are cheaper. (Not to mention less time consuming if you do it all yourself.)

[Dkeg]

I commute for one reason, it allows me to be on my bike more. Everything else is a bonus.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Today marks the first time I’ve ridden 5 work days in a row. Granted, the weekend was wedged in there, but I had two days off last week for Sandy, otherwise it would’ve been my first full work week. Overall, Strava is showing about 3k miles since I started using it in April, so I’m thinking I’m actually at about 4k for the year, and I’d say about 1200 of that is commuting. Hopefully I can double that next year, now that I’m in a more bike-commute-friendly location.

[dbb]

I discovered that I used my transit subsidy so sporadically, my agency cancelled my benefits! When I noticed and called, they said they though I might have quit (or something even more permanent) so they unilaterally cancelled my transit subsidy enrollment. Now I have to re-enroll.

[rcannon100]

I’ve been wondering about that. I think I took the subway a couple of days ago, for the first time in months.

[dbb]

@rcannon100 35298 wrote:

I’ve been wondering about that. I think I took the subway a couple of days ago, for the first time in months.

I found it an overrated experience.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@rcannon100 35298 wrote:

I think I took the subway a couple of days ago, for the first time in months.

You think you took the subway a couple of days ago? The experience was so traumatic that it is partially/mostly blocked from your memory?

[KelOnWheels]

@ShawnoftheDread 35315 wrote:

You think you took the subway a couple of days ago? The experience was so traumatic that it is partially/mostly blocked from your memory?

It should be

I swear I’m going to start wearing gloves and a mask on Metro. Or a bunny suit.

[cephas]

After My Tracks and Sports Tracker, I’ve started using Endomondo. I like the way it picks out your fastest portions, and highlights them on the map. Can anybody compare Endo with Strava? I hope I’m not straying too far off topic into how we get the commuting numbers…

[TwoWheelsDC]

@cephas 35320 wrote:

After My Tracks and Sports Tracker, I’ve started using Endomondo. I like the way it picks out your fastest portions, and highlights them on the map. Can anybody compare Endo with Strava? I hope I’m not straying too far off topic into how we get the commuting numbers…

If the posts in the National Bike Challenge thread are evidence, you’ll find very few Endomondo users here, myself included. It’s not awful or anything, but I found the interface to be really clunky and requiring too many clicks just to download your rides. I think for casual users, it probably works okay, but it’s hard to beat Strava for detailed analysis of your rides, and the social networking aspect of Strava also is superior IMHO.

[consularrider]

@dbb 35297 wrote:

I discovered that I used my transit subsidy so sporadically, my agency cancelled my benefits! When I noticed and called, they said they though I might have quit (or something even more permanent) so they unilaterally cancelled my transit subsidy enrollment. Now I have to re-enroll.

They deactivated my Metro benefits a couple years ago since I wasn’t downloading. However, I still had to formally quit the program before I could attempt to use our new bike reimbursement program that started in January. I still need to submit my first SF-1164 and supporting memo with receipts to see how the process works. I’m well over the annual $240 amount with true commuting expenses on maintaining the two bikes I use for commuting, and that doesn’t even include the basics like tires & tubes/chains/cassettes/chain lube. Guess that’s what happens when both cranksets need replacing during the same year.

[5555624]

@KelOnWheels 35317 wrote:

Or a bunny suit.

You do know that pics will be required, right?

[culimerc]

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probably not the Bunny you were expecting.

[ShawnoftheDread]

Don’t taunt the Bunnyman. He’ll get ya.
http://www.hauntedusa.org/bunnyman.htm

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