10 February 05

Milestone

Bike computer milestoneThe odometer on my bike computer hit 10,000 miles last night when I was coming home from my Spanish class. I’ve had this computer since 1997, when Pica and I moved up to the Trout Club some 1200 feet above Santa Barbara. Commuting half the time by bike, I wanted a bicycle computer with a built-in altimeter, so I got this one. Most of the time it has lived on my red hybrid, but several years ago I started swapping it onto my road bike whenever I would ride it. Living in a place as flat as Davis is, the altimeter function isn’t terribly useful here, but at least it gives some indication of the passage of weather fronts.

As for the mystery of what happens after the odometer turns over from 9999.9, it went to 10000, with no decimal points forevermore.

Posted by at 07:38 PM in Bicycling | Link |
  1. Are you kidding me? 10,000 miles on a bicycle for someone not named Lance Armstrong?! Way to go, Numenius! I hope Pica popped a bottle of champagne when you got home!

    — Chris    11. February 2005, 08:22    Link
  2. Does nobody else miss the old roller-style odometers, and the great heaving motion as they clicked over a big milestone like this, one roller slowly dragging on the next, which dragged the next? Does nobody else remember how numbers ending in 000 were usually a little crooked until the rollers to the left set into their new position?

    It was great. As a kid, I insisted that we drive around in an empty parking lot so that we could watch it without distraction …

    — Jarrett    12. February 2005, 08:31    Link
  3. You stoppped at the side of the road in the dark and took a photo? Oy vey!

    — Coup de Vent    14. February 2005, 10:33    Link

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