Any good experiment needs some statistics to make some sense of what’s going on.

Since starting this experiment, I’ve been recording some facts about my cycling trips: where I rode, why, how far it was, how long I took and for a bit of fun, the maximum speed I rode (which at present is 45.2 km/hour! It was downhill with a tailwind – I had very little choice but to go fast ☺).

Here’s a snapshot of some interesting stats from the first two weeks:

• I rode a total of 203 kilometres.
• About 93 kilometres were to places where I would usually drive the car.
• Each week there were car journeys that I chose not to take because it would be too difficult to ride by bike or because I realised I didn’t really need to go there anyway.
• I drove the car twice: once to collect the new bike rack and once to a wedding. That’s right.. a wedding and riding the bike eleven kilometres to the wedding in winds around 25 knots (or 50km/hour) with a chance of rain, dressed for a wedding just wasn’t going to work out!

As I keep this cycling log, I’m learning that some days across two or three small trips – to the shops, the gym, the beach – I can easily ride up to 15 kilometres in a single day. It all adds up and means I’m getting some really good exercise along the way.

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