Hot dogs, IndyCar and bikeshare — by the numbers

The Indiana Pacers Bikeshare program, which celebrates its first anniversary Wednesday, has exceeded the expectations even of those who planned it.

But how popular was it?

Around the world (nine times) in 365 days.

Renters rode 218,259 miles, or enough to pedal around the world nine times or participate in 436 Indy 500 races.

Hot dog! People were getting healthy

The bikeshare riders burned off 8,673,093 calories, the equivalent of 45,647 Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts, 27,533 hot dogs or 10,325 Five Guys cheeseburgers.

Pedals meant smaller carbon footprint

Bikeshare users saved 206,734 pounds of carbon emissions — the output of a 2012 Ford Explorer all-wheel-drive in 250,000 miles — by biking rather than driving. That's the same as taking 25 cars off the road for a year.

Workhorse of the fleet

One bike of the 250 available was ridden more than any other. Sadly, it doesn't have a name and is known only as Bike No. 227. It was taken out for a spin 334 times.

Big Easy Rider of the Year

Garth Brazelton has ridden more miles than any other bikeshare user. The 34-year-old Downtown office worker has traveled 819.4 miles on 539 trips, or the distance from Indianapolis to New Orleans.

Grand Central Stations

The busiest bike stations were 1. Washington and Meridian streets. 2. White River State Park. 3. Massachusetts Avenue and Alabama Street.

Lots of gold moving Downtown ...

Users took 108,049 trips on the three-speed gold bikes. That means on an average day 296 bikes could be seen cruising along the Cultural Trail Downtown.

... but they didn't go very far

The average trip was 2.2 miles, or about the distance from the heart of Mass Ave. to Lucas Oil Stadium.

Day trippers, long haulers

The Bikeshare sold 28,206 one-day passes for $8 apiece and 1,581 annual passes for $80.

But who were they?

Fifty-nine percent of bikeshare users were men. Half of all users were 25 to 34 years old, while 21 percent were 35 to 44.

Call Star reporter John Tuohy at (317) 444-6418. Follow him on Twitter: @john_tuohy.