Cycling personal goals

[Orestes Munn]

@Crickey7 100588 wrote:

My goal is to be less dogmatic about my own preference for minimalist, fast gray/black bikes and more open-minded about all flavors and colors of bikes, drivetrain systems, footwear and attached portaging accessories.

Hey, I thought we were talking realistic, doable, stuff here!

[Steve O]

Some of the things I did this year:
– Assisted two cyclists with chains that fell off
– Helped a cyclist with a brake adjustment
– MacGyvered a problematic fender
– Gave directions to about a dozen cyclists
– Taught several WABA cycling classes and assisted with two of their rides
– Had conversations along the trail with several cyclists who were new to the area and/or new to biking
– Invited them to BAC or Coffee Club and told them about the Forum
– Met some new cyclists at Coffee Clubs and other events
– Gave out dozens of lights on Lights for Bikes day
– Volunteered at BTWD
– Volunteered at the Arlington County Fair
– Am active on the Arlington BAC
– Attended a DC BAC meeting
– Contributed occasional wisdom (and occasional drivel) on this here Forum
– Gave unsolicited (and possibly useless) ideas to BikeArlington staff
– Whined and whined until the Underpass of Eternal Darkness was fixed
– Secretly removed a bunch of bollards in the middle of the night (JK. I wish, tho)
– Chipped in to help make Freezing Saddles a totally fun and successful activity
– Gave friendly greetings to others on the trail (but not nearly as much as FFG!)

My goal for next year is to see an increase in all these kinds of things. That will mean that there are more and more cyclists out there–including new ones. I wrote about embracing the newbies a month ago. I still wholeheartedly believe in that.

The point being that the more of us there are, the more successful we are likely to be to accelerate the kinds of improvements we seek. So everything we can do to encourage and help people to bike or bike more or broaden their use of cycling, is good.

On the personal side, my goal remains minimum 300 miles a month.

[Subby]

1. Never drive to work.
2. Lead by example.
3. Eat 3,000 calories per day.
4. Do stupid human rides every chance I get.
5. Live forever.

[vvill]

@Steve O 100620 wrote:

My goal for next year is to see an increase in all these kinds of things. That will mean that there are more and more cyclists out there–including new ones. I wrote about embracing the newbies a month ago. I still wholeheartedly believe in that.

Agreed. I vaguely remember helping people trailside with bikes at least twice in the last 12 months, but I don’t recall specifics. I think I showed up to help at BtWD this year too although it was very rained out.

[mstone]

@Subby 100631 wrote:

3. Eat 3,000 calories per day.

I got 1 out of 5. Not bad.

[Geoff]

@Subby 100631 wrote:

1. Never drive to work.
2. Lead by example.
3. Eat 3,000 calories per day.
4. Do stupid human rides every chance I get.
5. Live forever.

6. Wake up once for everytime I go to sleep.
7. Do not get smushed by any cars.

[Subby]

@Geoff 100637 wrote:

6. Wake up once for everytime I go to sleep.
7. Do not get smushed by any cars.

Those are both subparts of #5.

[Steve O]

@vvill 100635 wrote:

I think I showed up to help at BtWD this year too although it was very rained out.

You did! We were there cowering inside Freshbikes. More volunteers than riders if I recall.
See you next May on a warm, sunny day.

[dkel]

I’m in the process of working on one of my goals: build up a bike myself. I haven’t gotten very far yet, but I have made lots of plans and learned a lot, so the actual work won’t be too difficult (part of why I chose to build up a FG bike: automatically simple!).

Other goals: ride a century. I did a metric on the 50 States ride, so the next step is pretty obvious, though I don’t know when I might possibly get it done, due to other obligations.

I think I’ve already destroyed my mileage goal for the year, so that’s good.

Speaking of other obligations, I have a dissertation to finish. (Yes, “finish.” That means I have actually started!) I consider that a cycling goal, because it stands in the way of other cycling goals, like that century, not to mention the possibility of spending more money on n+1 and less on Degree in Progress tuition.

[cyclingfool]

@Subby 100638 wrote:

Those are both subparts of #5.

In which case #1 is a supart of #2.

[cyclingfool]

@dkel 100645 wrote:

Speaking of other obligations, I have a dissertation to finish. (Yes, “finish.” That means I have actually started!) I consider that a cycling goal, because it stands in the way of other cycling goals, like that century, not to mention the possibility of spending more money on n+1 and less on Degree in Progress tuition.

As someone nearing graduation from my masters program, I can identify!

[dkel]

@cyclingfool 100651 wrote:

As someone nearing graduation from my masters program, I can identify!

I hope you’re farther along than I am: this crap is going to take forever. I should be finished in 2015…

[cyclingfool]

@dkel 100659 wrote:

I hope you’re farther along than I am: this crap is going to take forever. I should be finished in 2015…

Well, I just found out that my capstone paper is defensible,though it needs some additional work and changes in the next month. I have my research presentation and defense in two weeks. Assuming I don’t royally screw things up, I’ll have a diploma in my mailbox in January. Working full time and having a family all while doing grad school part time over three years has been quite taxing. I’m ready for it to end.

Good luck on your work. You can do it… the end is nigh. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

[Greenbelt]

I’m too lazy to look them up from another thread, but I think my goals for this year were to 1.) keep my weight under 200, and 2.) not crash. Double fail.

[Crickey7]

@Greenbelt 100711 wrote:

I’m too lazy to look them up from another thread, but I think my goals for this year were to 1.) keep my weight under 200, and 2.) not crash. Double fail.

It is a cosmic inevitability you will crash. The longer you tempt fate, the more inevitable it becomes. It’s always best to start the year off with a clean cosmic slate by purposefully riding into a tree or hurling yourself to the ground on January 1st.

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