That was the last bike ride in May. In total I covered 485 km with the Mango velomobile last month. Clearly that's the choice for most of the longer rides.
I also rode 202 km with my two wheel recumbent bike. It's very nice to use for rides through the countryside: It fits on narrow countryside paths better than a three-wheeler and it is less conspicious when parked in city centres.
Then I rode 144 km with my traditional town bike. It's always surprising how much distance is covered on the town bike. It's only used for short journeys within town, but there are a lot of those short journeys: On average last month I rode it about 4.6 km per day.
I also rode about 29 km with my racing bike. It's super fun to ride: I can pretend that I'm (a very weak version of) Eddy Merckx for a few minutes. But as my arms and wrists don't like the vibration through the handlebars it's not a bike that I ever ride very far.
In total that's 860 km, or about 100 km more than my monthly average for the last quarter.
I like all these bikes. They're all fun and useful. One day we can be one kind of cyclist, and the next we can do something completely different.
Total cost of ownership / km travelled, even for multiple bikes, is virtually nothing after a few years.
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David Hembrow
