Here are just a few of my personal bests and some curiosities which I will constantly update:
Trip length: 373 days
Trip distance: 25,345kms
Number of days off: 99 days
Average load with bicycle: 45 kilos
Fastest 100km: 3:56m (Turkmenistan)
Fastest 100miles 6:40m (Brazil)
Number of centuries (100 miles or more): 22
Maximum elevation gain: from 1000m to 3200m approx. I was toasted! (Argentina)
Longest stretch without a shower: 7 days (Kyrgyzstan)
Longest riding day: 10:55m (Turkmenistan)
Longest day: 218 kms / 135.5 miles (Brazil)
Shortest day: 2.56 kms / 2 miles(Pakistan)
Biggest amount of coca cola (the zanjan kind) in a day: 7,5L (Iran)
Coldest temperature: -3.4c / 28f (inside tent) (Kyrgyzstan)
Hottest temperature 44c / 114f (Australia)
Biggest pass: 4740m (China)
Number of flats: 27 (All over)
Highest speed: 71kmh / 50mph (Turkey)
Earliest departure: 6:07am (India)
Longest day on the internet: 7 hours (China)
Longest stretch of headwind: 22 days (Iran to Uzbekistan)
Longest stretch of tailwind: 6 days (Thailand)
Cheapest Hotel: $1.10 (China)
Most expensive hotel: $30 (Turkmenistan)
Most expensive dinner: EUR 30 (Pasta in Italy, for two!)
Cheapest food: USD 0.10 (fried noodles in Malaysia)
Number of dog bites: 0, of bugs, 99343
Number of tires used: 4
Number of broken spokes: 7
Number of books read so far: 10
Number of involuntary vehicle rides: 1 bus ride in China for 225kms, 2 truck rides in Chile to cross 3kms of tunnels across the Andes and 1 5km truck ride in Argentina when my bike broke down beyond repair (grass didnīt solve it).
Number of voluntary bus rides: 1 (Skipped 600kms of India)
Most beautiful women: South America
Best city: Florianopolis, Brazil
Best scenery: Kyrgyzstan
Most friendly country: Turkey
Fattest: 74,5kg (Brazil)
Skinnies: 69kg (Turkey)
Start: 71kg
Actual: 71kg
Highest number of people on a single motorcicle: family of 6 (Pakistan)
Largest load carried on a bicycle: 7 gas tanks.
Attempted robberies: 4 (Italy, Uzbekistan (2), India
Successfull robberies: 1 (Italy)
Lowest morning heart rate: 44 HBM |
