Back at the beginning of November 2024 I had biked 500 miles for the year. I did a little maths and thought that if I could bike at least 3 miles per day (or better yet, 5 miles per day) I should be able to hit 1,000 miles in 2025. Well, we passed that goal for sure. Back at the end of July I was at 800 miles and adding 200 in 5 months seemed doable, so I figured maybe 1,200 should be the new goal.
All that got thrown out the window because in August when my bike was in the shop and Matt loaned me an ebike. I started riding to work and then I got my own ebike and started riding to work nearly every day.
In September I rode a bike to work 17 out of 22 days. There were a few days it rained hard, and a few days I had appointments I could not (easily) bike to. I did manage to find routes to some of the grocery stores I used to drive to on the way home, so that’s a huge win.
I mainly started riding a bike for fitness and to get outside more, spend less time staring at a screen, etc. and I loved it. I still ride for fitness (to some degree) but now my knee doesn’t cause me as much grief and I can ride father and spend a lot more time biking. For many an ebike is an assistive device. If I would take an escalator or elevator rather than 5 flights of stairs, I don’t see an ebike any different. (And yeah, I cannot tell you how slowly I would go up a flight of stair with my knee!) Uphill? Wind? They matter so much less on an ebike.
Well, I plan to keep biking to work when I can, and just riding around town, etc. I’ll ride in the winter as well. I did a lot of indoor riding last winter but I’ll try to get outside as well when the weather is nice! Cold doesn’t bother me too much, but the wind and wetness do.
See Also: milesBiked – A Bar Graph Generator