Putting 100,000 miles on an automobile is nothing special.
According to Carfax the average vehicle odometer reading in the United States is 95,000 miles, and nearly 118 million cars on the road today have already logged more than 100,000 miles.
But bicycles hitting the 100,000-mile mark – that’s another matter.
Tom Jamison, a 67-year-old retired TVA project manager living in Soddy-Daisy, figures he has pedaled 160,000-to-170,000 miles on bicycles since retiring over a decade ago.
Jamison said at least 100,000 of those miles have been on one bike, a Trek 520 touring bike, which has been his go-to two-wheeler for cross-country trips in recent years.