Comments on: The 2,000 Mile Year

By: mtbgreg1

mtbgreg1 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:31:50 +0000

Wow, riding in Arizona for a full week… sounds like a great vacation to me!!!

And congrats on having a good year of riding!

By: Jared13

Jared13 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:24:09 +0000

Wow, congrats Greg!

I was stoked I broke 300 miles. Most of my riding was May through August, when school was out. Due to the unseasonably warm/dry weather, I was able to sneak two rides in the last few weekends in November. My main trail is only 7 miles long and hilly as crap (but oh so much fun!)

No goals for 2012 yet. I’m vacationing in Arizona so my current sights are set on riding every day from Christmas through New Years. So far, so good!

By: mtbgreg1

mtbgreg1 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:37:10 +0000

Wow guys that’s a ton of miles, mad props!

By: jaybird57

jaybird57 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:27:25 +0000

Way to go, Greg! I just reached my goal of 2,500 miles for the year… all on fat tires w/ ~60% of them being singletrack/fs road.

But I’m more proud of my 9 year old son who logged over 2,000 miles this year on his Scott Scale JR 24! I’d say at least 50% of his miles were from MTBing while the remaining miles were ridden on greenways, rail-trails, & the ocassional road ride.

Haven’t made any specific goals for 2012 other than having fun MTBing w/ my oldest son & getting his little bro (5 yrs old) out on the trails more this coming year!

By: TJ_CRASH

TJ_CRASH — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:31:27 +0000

Nice job attaining your goal. I like the idea of knocking off a list of trails as a goal. I’m going to “borrow” that idea. Bought my first decent mtb in April & just rolled over 2500 miles today. I’m hooked! Didn’t set any goals, just decided to trade some couch time for riding. I might have had a shot at 3k, but a cracked heel & separated shoulder/cracked collarbone took a few weeks out of my riding time. Keep up the great work – love this site.

By: mtbgreg1

mtbgreg1 — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:30:59 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement and congrats, guys! And for all of you setting and attaining goals, mad kudos to you!

@d_gaddis, that stinks man, but I can definitely empathize!

@ak_dan, that sounds really cool! Like you said, there are so many ways to get involved. I think we each might have our own niche that we can fill.

@captainbrock, 10,000 miles in one year is insane! Yeah, I’ll bet you went through a ridiculous amount of gear!! Some day….

By: CaptainBrock

CaptainBrock — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:14:40 +0000

Hey Greg, thanks for the inspiring post. I know how it is. In days past I have racked up 10k miles in a single year. That includes a lot of pavement, but still on fat knobbies. (You said “Mountain Bike Miles.”) I did not own a car, so fifty-mile rides were routine. That was a lot of chains, cassettes, rings, and tires. Maybe you can consider some flatland activity to fill out your goal next year.
I’m guessing I get just short of a thousand now but it is real mountain riding. My goal this year is Santiago Peak in Orange County CA, a 15-mile grunt at a sustained 10% grade. Looks like I have four days left to get it done.

By: AK_Dan

AK_Dan — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:54:03 +0000

Nice job man.

I am looking forward to becoming more active with the biking community in general, whether its through advocacy work, trail work, my photography/writing or all the above. still kind of trying to find my niche in all this but one thing is for sure; there is a ample opportunity to join in and work on the betterment of this sport along with cycling in general.

By: dgaddis

dgaddis — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:53:27 +0000

Nice job man. I was shooting for 1500 miles for the year, and I was on track…untill the very end. Rain, and life in general, got in the way, so I’m going to end the year with 1,421 miles. I’ve only been on my bike twice this month! The fact that I’ve been working 50hr weeks for the last few months hasn’t helped either lol. I’m not too bummed about it though, it’s been a great year of riding!

By: steve32300

steve32300 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:23:18 +0000

Nice job Greg,bet it feels good.

By: Johns96ss

Johns96ss — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:14:45 +0000

I thought my 600 .c. was a lot last year. then i got to thinking how i could ride just about any time august 20-march 30 and realized i’m way behind. Way to Go. My goal this year is 1k. cya out there.

By: mtbgreg1

mtbgreg1 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:59:27 +0000

Thanks so much everyone, it’s really been a great year!

By: ricknorman

ricknorman — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:01:47 +0000

Hey congrats on the goal! 2,000 miles doesn’t sound like chump change to me – that’s a heck of a lot of riding year round.

By: slipfinger

slipfinger — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:10:04 +0000

Good for you Greg, I’m sure you were pretty happy when you hit that 2000 mile mark!

One of my goals this coming season is to hit as many different trails as I can. I already find myself thinking about family vacations and weekend get a ways based on the trails that are in the area.

By: joetutt

joetutt — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:52:11 +0000

Nice job Greg! I think I’ll have to set myself a goal this year! Good idea!

By: mtbgreg1

mtbgreg1 — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:29:43 +0000

Thanks, guys, it’s been a great year!

Nanook, that’s insane man! What an awesome year! I think my goals are going to be a little more abstract as well. Although 365 days of riding sounds like a worthy goal…

By: nanook

nanook — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:01:53 +0000

I’m starting to think about my goals for next year too. It looks like I will meet the goals I set for 2011: I already met my mileage goal (on Christmas Day), and I only have get out these six remaining days to ride every single day of the year. I didn’t break up my road vs. trail totals, but I know I put over 1800 miles on my full-suspension rig alone and those were ALL trail miles.

Since 2011 was about days and miles, I think 2012 goals might be more about mtb trips and destinations; being able to check off more trails on my riding “wish-list”.

By: fat_billy

fat_billy — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:54:01 +0000

Awesome Dude! Hard to do on MTB and it says a lot about you commitment and addiction. Later,

By: brianW

brianW — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:43:37 +0000

Awesome job Greg.