This is an exact parallel with this cycling history. My brother was always a club "sport" cyclist and mainly went out riding on fine weather Sundays. At most I reckon he covered around 1000 miles a year, often much less. His car mileage was very much greater.It reminds me of a guy I work with who always takes the mick out of me for my motorbike. Because I don't ride insanely fast or take stupid risks, he reckons I am not a true biker. He rides his on a few sunny days every year; I ride to work every day, rain or shine*. Who's the true biker?
I've always been a utility cyclist, using a bike for everything from shopping to leisure rides in the countryside, and could at times cover over 5000 miles a year cycling and never less than 2000. My car mileage could be only in the hundreds each year, it often sitting in the garage unused for up to three months at a time.
Now in our much older years just either side of eighty, he stopped cycling in his mid 70s, only driving for everything then. I'm still on my bike, though with much reduced mileage, but my car still only covers less than 800 miles a year currently.
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