I thought I might get out today but rain came down in the afternoon, so I didn’t. The forecast tells me I won’t be going out again before January, so the 2023 cycling campaign is complete.
Although I hadn’t intended to, I covered more distance this year than ever. I managed 6413 miles, beating my 2020 tally by 102 (and last year’s total by 936). September was my highest-scoring month (628 miles), March the lowest (303).
I did 38 fondos this year, 9 of them covering more than 100 miles. My longest ride was Sutton Bridge and back in June, 181 miles. Pleased to have done Northampton and back a couple of times as well, and Wales and back. I’d taken in all of Leicestershire’s neighbouring counties by March.
Didn’t do Newark and back this year which is a shame, will make it a target for next year.
I did 127 rides in all (120 last year). My average ride distance this year was 50.5 miles which I find amazing really. The median distance was 43.2.
My Roubaix came top of the distance league with 1461 miles done. My least-used bike, despite getting a new pair of wheels in 2022, was the Cannondale (313 miles). Probably because it needs a bit of fine tuning and I haven’t got round to it. I’m pleased to have got 1094 miles out of the second Boardman, because I replaced a broken freehub spring myself in late 2022 with a generic freehub spring purchased from Amazon, and I don’t completely trust it. Perhaps I should.