I ended up with 10 rides on the bike in December for 280 miles. The weather was mild much of the month, and 6 of those rides were outdoors. My left knee cratered in the middle of the month, and so did my mileage the rest of the month. I wasn’t able to ride at all the last week of the month. I’ve had problems with both knees in recent years. They both pop so loudly that you can hear it across a room. It’s pretty obvious there isn’t much cartilage left, and they are both going to need to be replaced. I’m hoping that still a ways down the road. But it was frustrating, finally being healthy enough otherwise to ride, but having my knee preventing me from doing it. I’m hoping for a better riding year in 2022. I ended up with 2,857 total miles ridden in 2021, easily my lowest total annual mileage since I started riding in 2004.

My last ride of the year, on December 23rd.