made 1973
on bikes since 1976
race bike since 1989
long pause riding sporty 2009-2017
infected with zwift virus since late 2020
living in 3-border region 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇧🇪
happy cycling place 🇫🇷 Vaucluse / Luberon

stats

From the time of data storage in strava since 2017. The data from the late 80s to the 00s with races and tours beyond 300km or Alpine crossings have unfortunately disappeared somewhere, sometime, with the respective Ciclomaster bike computers and an Access database 😞 So just my midlife cyclist stats...

76.053 km

 Distance breakdown
0-20 km 1.105
20-40 km 401
40-80 km  556
80-120 km 192
💯 Centuries 146
120-160 km 30
160-240 km 12
240-320 km 4
Eddington Number
 		107
 Gear Breakdown Rides Total (km)
Smart Trainer // wahoo kickr 1.181 49.003
Race // Focus 130 12.387
Race // Orbea 69 6.167
Race // Ghost 33 2.723
Cargo // muli 479 2.394
Cargo // Butchers & Bicycles 269 2.340
other bikes...    
 Year Max. Ride (km) Total (km) Centuries
2017  77 447 0
2018  124 998 2
2019  100 1.351 0
2020  205 7.779 27
2021  211 15.855 33
2022  282 13.057 31
2023  246 13.515 22
2024  249 12.454 15
2025  302   16

Status 08/31/2025

49%

51%

What a good visualization can tell you... You can see when I introduced kickr and virtual cycling and when I started recording commuter rides...

643.703m

 Elevation breakdown
0-250m 1.446
250-500m  435
500-1.000m 299
1.000-1.500m  95
1.500-2.000m  22
2.000-3.000m  4
3.000-4.000m  1
Eddington Number 1.220
 Gear Breakdown Rides Total (m)
Smart Trainer // wahoo kickr 1.181 418.696
Race // Focus 130 106.061
Race // Orbea 69 44.375
Cargo // muli 479 25.695
Cargo // Butchers & Bicycles 269 22.463
Race // Ghost 33 18.343
other bikes...    
 Year Max. Ride (m) Total (m) Elev./Dist.
2017  866 4.061 9.1 m/km
2018  795 3.762 3.8 m/km
2019  1.459 11.274  8.3 m/km
2020  1.570 67.399  8.7 m/km
2021  2.114 146.876  9.3 m/km
2022  3.030 111.557 8.5 m/km
2023  1.837 104.907  7.8 m/km
2024  1.641 103.000  8.3 m/km
2025  1.788   8.5 m/km

Status 09/30/2025

country points & segments

since 1989 in order of  occurrence

 Strava Segments
KOMs  11
Podiums 25
Top 10s  35
Top 25s 53
Top 50s 61
Top 100s  93

details per year

Happy cycling place in spring 😀 🇫🇷 ...300km in one ride tackled and finally also in strava...

Solo Velothon Aachen - Zeeland was longest ride with 302 km.

Base 200' was longest virtual ride with 115 km.

St. Sat' > Sault > Gorges de la Nesque > Blauvac > Murs > St. Sat' was the ride with most elevation gain of 1.486m.

Base 180' @ Power to the Tower was the virtual ride with most elevation gain of 1.788m.

2025 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan 1.278 10.563
Feb 1.132 12.121
Mar 1.423 13.763
Apr
 		1.003 8.704
May 1.246 10.087
Jun 1.470 13.487
Jul 1.003 5.989
Aug 1.002 6.585
Sep 1.039 9.570
Oct    
Nov    
Dec    
Total    

Outdoor rides: 16 |  Commuter: 119  |  Indoor rides: 120

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Smart Trainer // wahoo kickr 8.374 73.431
Race // Orbea 1.584 10.066
Cargo // muli 567 6.062
other bikes...    
Type breakdown
Ride 21% 19%
Virtual Ride 79% 81%

Status 09/30/2025

New country point in Norway, fewer kilometers on the road after eye surgery in spring and missed season goals as a result...
🇳🇴

Solo Velothon Aachen > Zeeland was longest ride with 249 km.

Base or Boredom on Good Friday was longest virtual ride with 208 km.

Base @ Heuvelland was the ride with most elevation gain of 965m.

Base @ The Mega Pretzel was the virtual ride with most elevation gain of 1.641m.

2024 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan 1.545 11.010
Feb 1.301 10.643
Mar 1.296 9.411
Apr
 		1.437 10.952
May 277 2.175
Jun 936 9.456
Jul 745 7.528
Aug 1.313 13.482
Sep 1.063 9.224
Oct 926 8.153
Nov 1.182 7.084
Dec 432 3.882
Total 12.454 103.000

Outdoor rides: 17  |  Commuter: 189  |  Indoor rides: 164

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Smart Trainer // wahoo kickr 9.957 83.655
Race // Orbea 1.548 8.988
Cargo // muli 903 9.942
other bikes 46 415
Type breakdown
Ride 20% 19%
Virtual Ride 80% 81%

Slow reconstruction of the knee, new Orbea toy and 2 weeks in happy cycling place in October.

Solo Velothon Vennbahn out & back again was longest ride with 246 km.

Base 5hrs @ Castle to castle was longest virtual ride with 169 km.

Rund um Murs was ride with the most elevation gain of 1.729m.

Tempo @ My private ToW - Pt. 2, The South was virtual ride with the most elevation gain of 1.837m.

2023 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan 858 5.480
Feb 1.049 7.463
Mar 1.474 14.678
Apr
 		1.320
 		9.301
May 1.369
 		8.616
Jun 886
 		5.707
Jul 795
 		7.537
Aug 1.459
 		10.445
Sep 848
 		5.854
Oct 1.126
 		12.216
Nov 1.081
 		8.419
Dec 1.252
 		9.191
Total 13.515 104.907

Outdoor rides: 37  |  Commuter: 219  |  Indoor rides: 169

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Smart Trainer // wahoo kickr 9.380 68.172
Race // Orbea 3.035 25.321
Cargo // muli 924 9.691
other bikes 176 1.723
Type breakdown
Ride 31% 35%
Virtual Ride 69% 65%

An epidemic year, but still above the previous year's volumes until mid-September, then abruptly slowed down by my first fall since I don't know when, with serious consequences for my right knee.

Solo Velothon Frankfurt/Main > Aachen was longest ride with 282 km.

Base 5hrs @ Tick Tock was longest virtual ride with 194 km.

Schauinsland & Tuniberg-Runde was ride with the most elevation gain 1.589m.

Deux fois Ven-Top was virtual ride with the most elevation gain of 3.030m.

2022 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan 2.056 16.792
Feb 1.819 16.504
Mar 1.722 15.939
Apr
 		407
 		2.005
May 1.520
 		15.529
Jun 1.272
 		9.465
Jul 1.257
 		13.569
Aug 1.257
 		8.312
 Sep 315
 		2.452
Oct 1.028
 		8.297
Nov 303
 		2.168
Dec 103
 		526
Total 13.057 111.557

Outdoor rides: 26  |  Commuter: 150  |  Indoor rides: 152

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Smart Trainer // wahoo kickr 9.675 81.919
Race // Focus 2.591 22.109
Cargo // Butchers & Bicycles 642 5.931
other bikes 149 1.598
Type breakdown
Ride 26% 27%
Virtual Ride 74% 73%

Still a hell of a lot of time for cycling and probably the year with the highest volumes and best form for 30 years for a long time to come...

Tour de Vakantie - Etappe 4 was longest ride with 211 km.

Miles Century Ride was longest virtual ride with 163 km.

Mount Ventoux via Sault was ride with the most elevation gain of 2.080m.

4 Horsemen - whooooo! was virtual ride with the most elevation gain of 2.114m.

2021 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan 1.284 9.925
Feb 1.264 11.143
Mar 1.605 14.200
Apr
 		1.464
 		12.395
May 1.513
 		10.323
Jun 1.375
 		16.567
Jul 898
 		7.909
Aug 1.146
 		12.002
Sep 1.368
 		10.877
Oct 1.083
 		16.098
Nov 1.339
 		14.251
Dec 1.507
 		11.187
Total 15.855 146.876

Outdoor rides: 50  |  Commuter: 129  |  Indoor rides: 204

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Smart Trainer // wahoo kickr 10.659 96.750
Race // Focus 4.250 41.339
Cargo // Butchers & Bicycles 911 8.392
other bikes 35 395
Type breakdown
Ride 26% 27%
Virtual Ride 74% 73%

The year of radical changes: New Focus race bike in spring, lots of time due to Covid pandemic, wahoo kickr and the discovery of virtual cycling platforms in winter...

Driedaagse Zeeland was longest ride with 205 km.

SST (Long) was longest virtual ride with 60 km.

Heimbach ab Stolberg was ride with the most elevation gain of 1.570m.

FulGaz - L'Alpe d'Huez was virtual ride with the most elevation gain of 1.037m.

2020 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan 29 236
Feb - -
Mar 583 6.260
Apr
 		989
 		9.734
May 1.053
 		7.651
Jun 707
 		5.595
 Jul 752
 		5.987
Aug 1.282
 		7.926
Sep 1.252
 		10.368
Oct 303
 		1.316
Nov 40
 		399
Dec 789
 		11.927
Total 7.779 67.399

Outdoor rides: 95  |  Indoor rides: 29  |  Commuter not recorded

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Race // Focus 5.758 46.500
Cargo // Butchers & Bicycles 766 7.181
Smart Trainer // wahoo kickr 745 11.622
other bikes 464 1.949
Type breakdown
Ride 90% 83%
Virtual Ride 10% 17%

For the first time since 1999, back on my race bike in the south of France and the realization that I was much fitter and lighter back then and that, as a midlife cyclist, I am a rouleur now... 😉😎

Schinveld > Maas was longest ride with 100 km.

St. Sat' Jour 3 was the ride with the most elevation gain of 1.459m.

2019 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan - -
Feb 213 1.689
Mar - -
Apr
 		349
 		4.725
May 176
 		1.154
Jun 255
 		1.588
Jul -
 		-
Aug 358
 		2.118
Sep -
 		-
Oct -
 		-
Nov -
 		-
Dec -
 		-
Total 1.351 11.274

Outdoor rides: 26  |  Indoor rides: 0  |  Commuter not recorded

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Race // Ghost 1.292 10.797
other bikes 59 477
Type breakdown
Ride 100% 100%
Virtual Ride 0% 0%

A bit more than in 2017, but still very manageable volumes on the good old Ghost Race 5000. First time on danish roads in Rømø...
🇩🇰

Vennbahn Troisvierges > Aachen was longest ride with 124 km.

Vennbahn Troisvierges > Aachen was ride with the most elevation gain of 795m.

2018 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan - -
Feb - -
Mar - -
Apr
 		40
 		275
May 18
 		57
Jun 29
 		195
Jul 117
 		582
Aug 374
 		217
Sep 312
 		1.463
Oct 109
 		972
Nov -
 		-
Dec -
 		-
Total 998 3.762

Outdoor rides: 21  |  Indoor rides: 0  |  Commuter not recorded

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Race // Ghost 814 3.385
other bikes 184 377
Type breakdown
Ride 100% 100%
Virtual Ride 0% 0%

It was the first time in years that I had ridden a race bike alone for several days in a row and started data collection on strava. Let's call it the year of the new start, even if I didn't really get much out of it in the end.

Vennbahn Malmedy > Aachen was longest ride with 77 km.

Sauerland Radring was the ride with most elevation gain of 866m.

2017 Distance (km) Elevation (m)
Jan - -
Feb - -
Mar - -
Apr
 		31
 		279
May 398
 		3.523
Jun -
 		-
Jul -
 		-
Aug -
 		-
Sep -
 		-
Oct -
 		-
Nov -
 		-
Dec 18
 		258
Total 447 4.061

Outdoor rides: 9  |  Indoor rides: 0  |  Commuter not recorded

Gear Breakdown Dist. Elev.
Race // Ghost 258 2.571
other bikes 189 1.490
Type breakdown
Ride 100% 100%
Virtual Ride 0% 0%