The Meaning of 100 and 8000
@teamfreak16 (43640)
Denver, Colorado
June 20, 2017 6:09pm CST
I started late in the season, but my annual quest to ride my bike at least 1000 miles each year is off to a good start.
I'm doing short, 10 or 11 mile rides as I try to ride myself back into cyling shape. I did two rides today, for a total of 19 miles.
I am now ranked 1882 on Bikejournal.com. This is the fastest I've broken the 2000's. So far, in the month of June, when I started riding again, I have surpassed 100 miles. Just as important is my lifetime odometer, beginning when I joined bikejournal. I now have 8010 total miles.
Otherwise, the ride was uneventful.
Photo is of my first mountain bike, a Trek 930.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
21 Jun 17
That is a good trip! Keep it it up! I see it as eventful :)
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
21 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 That is really cool :) I never seen deer up close
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
I did see a couple of deer the other day as I rode down the bike path. They were grazing right beside the path. Really cool.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
@infatuatedbby - These deer are so used to people, they'll let you get close enough to take a picture or something, but not any closer than that.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
21 Jun 17
Doing fantatstic Scott! Congrats on moving up as well on BikeJournal.com.
You sure are putting some miles in now that the weather permits.
Yes your old bike I know you loved it. Its leaning haha
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
Yeah, leaning on my old dirty, beat up truck!
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
21 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 Hey it still drives huh?
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
@TiarasOceanView - No, I sold it two a guy my ex-girlfriend knows. He blew the thing up first day he had it.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
21 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 I agree I need to ask some of my friends to do it.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
You should. It's a lot of fun riding with friends.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
21 Jun 17
I wonder if the heat wave in other parts of the country has something to do with others not riding as much...or if they're just forgetting to post....or if they've turned into couch potatoes.
Congratulations on both accomplishments!!
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
21 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 -- you like hot weather? Man, are you in the wrong state! 
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
@FourWalls - We get 80's and 90's all summer. I like it.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
Could be. I've noticed that a lot of people don't like the hot weather as much as I do.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Feb 18
All I have now is that Trek Fuel Ex 7 from that other photo. My road bike is in my sister's basement.
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
21 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 Absolutely and you are doing fantastic!
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
@paigea - Thank you for the encouragement. It does help.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
I set the goal because it gives me something positive on which to focus.
@Fishmomma (11658)
• United States
21 Jun 17
I miss bike riding and will have to start saving money to get a new bike. Its great exercise and a fun way to see places that I haven't seen recently.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
I agree. Those are two of the reasons that I ride as much as I do.
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Jun 17
That's cool! Cycling is an interesting sports since you can see the views on the way. At present the sharing bike service has become very popular here and therefore I also ride a lot. Usually I go to work and go home by bike. It spends me about 17 minutes. In the weekend sometimes I will ride a very long distance because the riverside views are nice and relaxing.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
The scenery while on the bike is always relaxing.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Jun 17
That is a lot of miles in 20 days, way to go! getting there slowly but surely.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jun 17
Just keep plugging away. I like the ranking thing. That kind of incentive appeals.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jun 17
It is kind of cool competing against riders from all the place.
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