How many miles?

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I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are between 100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles
lifetime?

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I'm sure as hell not, but I'm betting on Mr. Crockett for most miles. Bill C

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I tried to calculate how many miles I have ridden a rode bike since high school which was when I
started getting serious about climbing. This included everything, races, training rides, trainer
at home, etc. I was riding before Avocet and Ciclomaster came out so it's hard to remember and
count the miles but I came up with a very questionable number. How many miles? What's your guest?
I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are

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100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles lifetime?

I conservatively estimate the equivalent of at least 250,000.

Andy Coggan

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I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are between 100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles
lifetime?

B-

I'm sure as hell not, but I'm betting on Mr. Crockett for most miles. Bill C

Maybe Henry or Carl, how about Bob Schwartz?

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I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are between 100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles
lifetime?

B-

I'm sure as hell not, but I'm betting on Mr. Crockett for most miles. Bill C

Maybe Henry or Carl, how about Bob Schwartz?

My bet would be Kunich...............

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100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles lifetime?

Of course a lot more, myself.

Sergio Pisa

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I tried to calculate how many miles I have ridden a rode bike since high school which was when I
started getting serious about climbing. This included everything, races, training rides, trainer
at home, etc. I was riding before Avocet and Ciclomaster came out so it's hard to remember

and

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count the miles but I came up with a very questionable number. How many miles? What's your
guest? I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are

between

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100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles lifetime?

I conservatively estimate the equivalent of at least 250,000.

Andy Coggan

Between 250,000 and 300,000 miles = 25 years of racing, plus a few years before and after, with most
racing years around 10,000 per year.

Or as I like to say - about half a million kilometers.

-Bruce

Our club member Dan Tonelli has close to 300,000 and there is one guy in the US who has well over
1,000,000.

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I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are between 100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles
lifetime?

B-

I'm sure as hell not, but I'm betting on Mr. Crockett for most

miles.

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I tried to calculate how many miles I have ridden a rode bike

since high

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school which was when I started getting serious about climbing.

This

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included everything, races, training rides, trainer at home, etc.

I was

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riding before Avocet and Ciclomaster came out so it's hard to

remember and

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count the miles but I came up with a very questionable number. How

many

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miles? What's your guest? I bet most of the older roadies on RBR

are

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between

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100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles lifetime?

I conservatively estimate the equivalent of at least 250,000.

Andy Coggan

Andy, Dan Tonelli was riding a century three times a week to put together the 250,000+ mileage he
has. He is about 42 or so.

Nah, I only returned to bicycles in the late 80's and I have something like 60,000.

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> From: "Bruce Johnston" [email hidden]

> I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are between 100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles
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I'm sure as hell not, but I'm betting on Mr. Crockett for most

miles.

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Bill C

Maybe Henry or Carl, how about Bob Schwartz?

My bet would be Kunich...............

Endurance cycling legend Danny Chew claims 527,921+

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I tried to calculate how many miles I have ridden a rode bike since high school which was when I
started getting serious about climbing. This included everything, races, training rides, trainer
at home, etc. I was riding before Avocet and Ciclomaster came out so it's hard to remember and
count the miles but I came up with a very questionable number. How many miles? What's your guest?
I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are between 100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles
lifetime?

I'm not that old (32), but I've been riding for the past 15 years with only a couple of relatively
short breaks. I've always liked riding lots of kilometres, so even in the early years I was doing
20,000km/yr. The last six years would be close to the 30,000km/yr mark, so a fairly conservative
estimate would be 350,000km/220,000mi. That's a hell of a lot of food.

Jeff

No, Million Mile Freddy. Contrary to comon belief it is extremely hard to put in over 150,000 miles
on a bike in a lifetime. People who really push hard over a long period of time are rare. There are
some racers who put in some pretty phenomenal mileage during their careers but they have short
careers and they stop riding when they leave racing.

Consider, 200 mile weeks is only 10,200 mile years. When was the last time you did a 10,000 mile
year? I live in an area with great weather and even when I was off work the best year I put in was a
little less than 7,000 miles.

I average something like 5,000 miles a year and that would take me 40 years without a bad year to
achieve 200,000 miles.

When you hear people talking about long miles they usually don't really have any evidence such as
logs and notes. Million Mile Freddy and Dan Tonelli have ride logs that note every single ride
they've ever done.

Dan used to get up early and ride 50 miles, then go to work and then after he got off work he would
ride another 50 just to get a 20,000 mile year because he was competing against another guy in our
club (who broke down and died BTW) for one year high mileage. Now it's true that Dan's a fair
weather rider but in the San Francisco bay area you only lose 20 days a year to rain and most of
those are work days.

If someone like Tonelli can expect to make a lifetime mileage of 400,000 miles you can bet that most
mileage claims are pure hot air.

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there is one guy in the US who has well over 1,000,000.

Scott Dickson?

From: <http://www.milly.org/hkingman/pbp_history.html> or

<http://tinyurl.com/v86z>

<< American Scott Dickson began his glory years by placing third in

1979, though

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at just less than 49 hours he was four hours behind the winners. In

1983 he

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again came third, this time by only one hour. He won his first PBP

in 1987 by

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breaking away in Brest, aided by a strong tailwind and a few strong

riders from

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the "touring" group, which that year started many hours before the

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group. Dickson also won in 1991 and in 1995.>>

Known "back when" for cranking out 100 miles a day, every day.

Probably missed

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a few. --Tom Paterson

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there is one guy in the US who has well over 1,000,000.

Scott Dickson?

Freddie Hoffman

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<< American Scott Dickson began his glory years by placing third in 1979, though at just less than
49 hours he was four hours behind the winners. In 1983 he again came third, this time by only one
hour. He won his first PBP in 1987 by breaking away in Brest, aided by a strong tailwind and a few
strong riders from the "touring" group, which that year started many hours before the "racing"
group. Dickson also won in 1991 and in 1995.>>

Known "back when" for cranking out 100 miles a day, every day. Probably missed a few. --Tom
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I tried to calculate how many miles I have ridden a rode bike since high school which was when I
started getting serious about climbing. This included everything, races, training rides, trainer
at home, etc. I was riding before Avocet and Ciclomaster came out so it's hard to remember

and

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count the miles but I came up with a very questionable number. How many miles? What's your
guest? I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are

between

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100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles lifetime?

I'm not that old (32), but I've been riding for the past 15 years with only a couple of relatively
short breaks. I've always liked riding lots of kilometres, so even in the early years I was doing
20,000km/yr. The last six years would be close to the 30,000km/yr mark, so a fairly conservative
estimate would be 350,000km/220,000mi. That's a hell of a lot of food.

Jeff

Skip breakfast and lunch and dinner will taste so much better. 220,000mi., that's impressive!

B-

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No, Million Mile Freddy. Contrary to comon belief it is extremely hard to put in over 150,000
miles on a bike in a lifetime. People who really push hard over a long period of time are rare.
There are some racers who put in some pretty phenomenal mileage during their careers but they have
short careers and they stop riding when they leave racing.

How about Longo? I wonder how many miles she has under her belt? How about Merckx?

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there is one guy in the US who has well over 1,000,000.

Scott Dickson?

From: <http://www.milly.org/hkingman/pbp_history.html> or

<http://tinyurl.com/v86z>

<< American Scott Dickson began his glory years by placing third in 1979,

though

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at just less than 49 hours he was four hours behind the winners. In 1983

he

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again came third, this time by only one hour. He won his first PBP in 1987

by

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breaking away in Brest, aided by a strong tailwind and a few strong riders

from

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the "touring" group, which that year started many hours before the

"racing"

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group. Dickson also won in 1991 and in 1995.>>

Known "back when" for cranking out 100 miles a day, every day. Probably

missed

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a few. --Tom Paterson

Now known as Scott Dickson, Ph.D.

Andy Coggan

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I bet most of the older roadies on RBR are between 100k and 200k. Anybody over 200,000 miles
lifetime?

B-

I'm sure as hell not, but I'm betting on Mr. Crockett for most miles. Bill C

Maybe Henry or Carl, how about Bob Schwartz?

Not me, I'll guess I've got less than 150,000. Not many miles in the last few years.

Nice picture of Freddy. But they did make a decimal point error in his high year's mileage. I don't
believe he managed to average almost 1400 mile per day for one year.

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From: "Tom Kunich"

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there is one guy in the US who has well over 1,000,000.

Scott Dickson?

Freddie Hoffman

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<< American Scott Dickson began his glory years by placing third in

1979, though

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at just less than 49 hours he was four hours behind the winners.

In 1983 he

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again came third, this time by only one hour. He won his first PBP

in 1987 by

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breaking away in Brest, aided by a strong tailwind and a few

strong riders

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from the "touring" group, which that year started many hours before the

"racing"

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group. Dickson also won in 1991 and in 1995.>>

Known "back when" for cranking out 100 miles a day, every day.

Probably missed

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a few. --Tom Paterson

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