[malandrew]

That's it? A paltry 40km/yr? I think I put like 5000km on mine in the past year just by commuting daily.

[teej]

This isn't too surprising to me. I'm not sure how average americans perceive the tradeoffs, but biking where I live is incredibly dangerous.

Your yearly commute in micromorts is 311 versus 12 by car.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort

[alxndr]

You (and I) keep that average up at 40 by balancing out all the bikes that get 0 km/yr.

[WildUtah]

I do 15,000km per year here in Utah. Even 188km per annum seems like maybe you don't need a bike because you could just walk.

[Luc]

Not how averages work :) (Maybe everyone only used their bike for a yearly 188 km ride. Or one woman rode 10,000 km and the rest 10 km. Etc.).

But then I do often use my bike to go 50 m, since it's faster and I can carry stuff on it.