I've been biking in Seattle for over twenty years, having grown up in Roosevelt as a kid, but it wasn't until I came back to Seattle for college that I got into more adventerous cycling. Progressively the routes got more ambitious and ridiculous. After graduating and thru-hiking in Oregon and Washington, I settled back into Seattle late 2021 and discovered Wandrer. I'm a bit of a completionist, known to sample many beers at a brewery and summit as many new peaks as possible, so it naturally became a new year's resolution for 2022 to try and bike every street in Seattle. 

I was already at around 20% when I began actively seeking new streets, but I believe that those were all re-traced in the seeking of the other 80%. On a rainy day in April, I was coming back from a ride going east on 41st St N  when I was cut off by a 17 year-old speeding south on Bagley Ave through the unprotected intersection. Unable to stop in time going downhill in the rain, I (with the legal right-of-way)  slammed into the car and separated my AC joint, putting a damper on the new street process. 

Took a month or so before I could bike again, but I got back on the saddle and continued exploring. With grad school on the horizon and my injury reminding me of my mortality and fleeting youth, I decided to quit my job and bike to San Diego and back. This really put a damper on my Seattle biking progress, but I biked over 4000 new miles elsewhere!

I think I was around 80% complete when I began grad school at UW in September 2022. Despite research and hefty assignments, I ended 2022 at around 90% done, and with a 4.0 GPA. By mid- February I had finished. So, I guess I accomplished the goal within a year, just not a continuous one due to the months away from Seattle. I've learned that you really set your own rules for what constitutes completeness for a goal like this. Many hairs could be split and definitions made, but I took a look at my Wandrer map and Strava heatmap and recognized that I'd definitely done what I'd set out to do. 

Now, to bike the entire perimeter of the Puget Sound.   :)

...minus dead-ends.