This will be a two-part recap of our whole trip. This first part will focus more on the stats and the second part will be the “fun facts” page. After these two posts I’ll write up a reflection on where we’ve been and where we’ll be.
Stats:
4335 Miles
If we had strictly followed the route the entire time and never left it our total would be
4,064. We added 271 miles or 3.7 miles a day which includes wrong turns, off route
housing, food, and attractions. Or you could look at more discouragingly and say we
added 4.5 days.
84 Days
This doesn’t include the week we took off for Abbie’s wedding. 72 of these days were
biking days and 12 were rest days.
379 Total Hours
The hours we sat on our bike seat, which total to 15.8 solid days.
60.21 Average miles per day
Below is a chart of all our days, including rest days. Our highest mileage day was 90.5. It
wasn’t supposed to be our highest day but thanks to missing a turn it became our record.
11.5 Average mph
5 ¼ Average hours
The average hours we spent pedaling a day. Once you add in breaks and lunch it turns
into about an 8-hour day.
Stats:
4335 Miles
If we had strictly followed the route the entire time and never left it our total would be
4,064. We added 271 miles or 3.7 miles a day which includes wrong turns, off route
housing, food, and attractions. Or you could look at more discouragingly and say we
added 4.5 days.
84 Days
This doesn’t include the week we took off for Abbie’s wedding. 72 of these days were
biking days and 12 were rest days.
379 Total Hours
The hours we sat on our bike seat, which total to 15.8 solid days.
60.21 Average miles per day
Below is a chart of all our days, including rest days. Our highest mileage day was 90.5. It
wasn’t supposed to be our highest day but thanks to missing a turn it became our record.
11.5 Average mph
5 ¼ Average hours
The average hours we spent pedaling a day. Once you add in breaks and lunch it turns
into about an 8-hour day.
Weather:
Below gives a rough idea of the weather we encountered on our trip. Some days were a combination of two elements like cold and rainy, however for this chart we picked the dominate element for each day.
Below gives a rough idea of the weather we encountered on our trip. Some days were a combination of two elements like cold and rainy, however for this chart we picked the dominate element for each day.
Lodging:
Below is a breakdown of where we spent our nights. We camped at RV parks, city parks, and US Forest Service sites. Hostels ranged from privately or city owned out buildings, to firehouses and churches. The hostels didn’t start popping up till Missouri and were a wonderful escape from the heat. They often had a small kitchen and some places even stocked the fridge for us. Warm Showers includes homes from the biker only couch surfing network which we’ve mentioned before, along with a few families-of-friends who were volunteered for us to stay with. At a motel we would spend 2 nights so that we could have a full day off in climate controlled rooms equipped with a kitchenette.
Below is a breakdown of where we spent our nights. We camped at RV parks, city parks, and US Forest Service sites. Hostels ranged from privately or city owned out buildings, to firehouses and churches. The hostels didn’t start popping up till Missouri and were a wonderful escape from the heat. They often had a small kitchen and some places even stocked the fridge for us. Warm Showers includes homes from the biker only couch surfing network which we’ve mentioned before, along with a few families-of-friends who were volunteered for us to stay with. At a motel we would spend 2 nights so that we could have a full day off in climate controlled rooms equipped with a kitchenette.
Terrain:
One thing we learned about the US is that the terrain is very regular within one region; there is little variation and mixture of terrains. One of the European riders we met in Kansas mentioned that in his country a rider will get all the terrains in one day.
I know the Appalachians are classified as mountains, but after climbing the West, the Appalachians feel much more like hills, so we classified them and the Ozarks as steep hills.
One thing we learned about the US is that the terrain is very regular within one region; there is little variation and mixture of terrains. One of the European riders we met in Kansas mentioned that in his country a rider will get all the terrains in one day.
I know the Appalachians are classified as mountains, but after climbing the West, the Appalachians feel much more like hills, so we classified them and the Ozarks as steep hills.