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The display on a $25,000 bicycle totem that counts cyclists on the 5th Street S.W. cycle track near the CPR underpass has hit its maximum annual capacity.

Sixty-eight days before the end of the year, on Tuesday afternoon between 2:30 and 2:45 p.m., someone became the 350,000th person this year to bike past the counter at 5th Street, north of 10th Avenue S.W., according to the city.

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The so-called bike totem is an automated sign that broadcasts the number of bikes that have passed by daily, and displays a running tally for the year that caps out at 350,000, offering cyclists a thrill as they pass by and see the numbers rise.

With no plans to modify or replace the sign, the “Cyclists This Year” display on the totem will remain maxed out at 350,000 until 2017, though sensors embedded in the pavement will continue to tally riders and data will continue to be collected.

“We’ve hit this target earlier than we thought,” said Pooja Thakore, a spokeswoman with the City of Calgary.