Lifetime Miles

Tom Kunich writes:

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9:34:09 AM UTC-7, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 11:59:03 UTC-4, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 3:08:21 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Op maandag 12 oktober 2020 om 21:39:47 UTC+2 schreef :
Sort move from the political although I don't mind it, I have
an interesting question. I am a long distance runner and that
really is the background I come from. I still run but age and
runner's dystonia make that much more challenging. I have
always ridden and bike and used it through most of my running
years. Runners keep a log an most serious ones can tell you
lifetime miles or a good estimate. I can running and even on
the bike.

So what sort of lifetime miles do the regulars here have on
the books? I still have way more running miles that cycling
miles but at present rate Lord willing. I will catch up. I
post mine of any are curious, maybe no gives a rats ass
too. Cycling is a bit more challenging to keep track off.

Deacon Mark
What is the point to know what your mileage was 20-30 years ago?
Only interesting is the current year compared to the year
before. Never found the ODO setting on a cycling computer
interesting. It is that with a Garmin(Connect)/Strava it is
logged automatically otherwise I wouldn't know. Just past the
10000 km mark last Sunday. Last year it was just over 11000
km. I think I will beat that this year, just because of the lock
down early this year and the fine weather during that period. We
are heading for a second (partial) lock down here, because we
f*cked up again.

Lou
I have three different Garmins and I continue to forget bringing
one along pretty often. They are nornally in my desk being
recharged.
I have basic computers on my bicycles. They start automatically and
they register total mileage plus trip mileage. I don't forget the
computer; it lives on the bike.

Auto-start means I don't forget to turn it on either.

Cheers
The trouble with these is that the battery goes dead suddenly and all
of your totals are lost.

I have used mostly Planet Bike simple wired computers. On those the
display goes noticeably dim long before the battery completely dies.
Before replacing the battery I write down the settings. I have killed
one by borking the little rubber nubbin that is pressed when setting,
but I'm more careful now.