Divvy 2025 in Review

Last week I opened the Divvy (bikeshare system for Chicago) app and they prompted me with a 2025 year-in-review. Strange! A bit late? But I appreciate it all the same.

Summary:

• 144 rides
  • This puts me only in the top 20%
  • August was the highest with 25 rides (music festival season!)
  • ~285 miles and 30 hours
• 62 stations visited
  • Apparently I’m in the top 6% of prolific riders
• 4 days was my longest streak
• 56% of rides were on an e-bike
  • I took a lot more e-bikes this year because I rode a bunch to doctor appointments where I didn’t want to be sweaty.

I’ve been a Divvy annual member for 8 years now and it’s a no-brainer for getting around the city. My friend Ned always says:

If you need to guarantee being on time, always take a bike. The train can be delayed, the traffic can slow down cars, but bikes can always get through, at their normal speed.

Divvy has a “Bike Angel” program that rewards you for bringing bikes to empty stations. Ned treats this like a game and has paid for months of his membership this way. I don’t usually aim to do so, but occasionally it works out that way. It’s paid for a month or two of my membership now.