Another six months' cycling
25 January 2012 02:55 pmOne last odometer reading off my cycle computer before re-starting at zero: now up to 1140 miles since 31st October. 385 miles in 86 days, corroborating my previous estimate of about 1,500 miles in a year.
Mind you, I'm pretty sure the wheel size (selected from a limited number of pre-sets) was wrong: I did an actual measured rotation using high-tec chalk marks on the ground, which gave a wheel circumference of 2175 mm (equivalent to a 27.25" wheel). I've been running on a pre-set of 26"!
The tyres are printed with a 28" x 1 3/8" size, so I'd guess that the wheels on my small-frame road bike really are larger than I thought - that's what you get for riding on 'trail tyres'. (Spec for the bike is 700c rims, according to the manufacturer, but what counts in calculating distance travelled is the actual outer circumference of the tyre...)
Mind you, I'm pretty sure the wheel size (selected from a limited number of pre-sets) was wrong: I did an actual measured rotation using high-tec chalk marks on the ground, which gave a wheel circumference of 2175 mm (equivalent to a 27.25" wheel). I've been running on a pre-set of 26"!
The tyres are printed with a 28" x 1 3/8" size, so I'd guess that the wheels on my small-frame road bike really are larger than I thought - that's what you get for riding on 'trail tyres'. (Spec for the bike is 700c rims, according to the manufacturer, but what counts in calculating distance travelled is the actual outer circumference of the tyre...)