Hit 1,200 miles on my bike this year and did the math on what it actually saved

Jesse Thompson · 2026-10-29T09:50:03.668331+00:00

I logged every commute and errand in a free app since January and just crossed 1,200 miles last Friday. When I sat down with a calculator, it worked out to roughly 48 gallons of gas I didn't buy, which is about $170 here in Columbus. That sounds small until I added up the parking meters and the two oil changes I skipped, and then it got real. The part that got me was the 900 pounds of CO2 I didn't put in the air, which felt like a lot for one guy on a 12 mile round trip. Has anyone tracked their own car miles replaced like this and found a number that actually stuck with them?

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