The data below is from my Google spreadsheet. When I'm cycling (and I have Internet) it is updated daily
The basics
- 900 days of traveling, thereof 366 days actively cycling
- 24745 km cycled in 1390:45:00 hours, which equals a speed of 18 kph
- Probably you want to know how much that is in football fields! Turns out I have circumnavigated a typical field about 71517 times.
- Or one could also say I have completed about 6.44% of the distance to the moon.
- On a day of active cycling,
- my average progress is 68 km/day
- my average cycling time is 03:45 hours
- my average "break" time is 3:24 hours
- Because I sometimes take week or month long breaks, my overall progress is much slower: only just 27 km/day since the start of my trip
Other means of transport
Most days are spent cycling only, but sometimes I resort to other means of transportation
- By plane (2x): approx. 10631 km
- By train (6x): approx. 3630 km
- By bus (4x): approx. 900 km
- By "hitchhiking" (2x): approx. 106 km
- By ferry (12x): approx. 1237.5 km
- Cheating uphill by holding onto a truck: approx. 3.5 km
The nights
Since the start I've spent...
- 270 nights of camping (49 on serviced sites, 221 in the wild)
- 140 nights of couch surfing with "strangers"
- 300 nights in hotels, hostels, Airbnb
- 59 nights in long-term rentals (e.g. during Winter break)
- 10 nights on board of vehicles such as plane, ferry etc
- 121 nights with family (e.g. during Covid19 restriction)
- Overall I have slept at more than 378 distinct places/cities
Breakdown by countries
| Country | Nights | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania (al) | 8 | ≈ 142 km | |
| Austria (at) | 1 | ≈ 63 km | |
| Azerbaijan (az) | 17 | ≈ 941 km | |
| Belgium (be) | 1 | ≈ 84 km | |
| Switzerland (ch) | 9 | ≈ 419 km | |
| Germany (de) | 139 | ≈ 1,369 km | |
| Denmark (dk) | 8 | ≈ 445 km | |
| Estonia (ee) | 8 | ≈ 337 km | |
| Finland (fi) | 15 | ≈ 510 km | |
| France (fr) | 7 | ≈ 294 km | |
| Georgia (ge) | 37 | ≈ 513 km | |
| Greece (gr) | 8 | ≈ 555 km | |
| Croatia (hr) | 26 | ≈ 727 km | |
| India (in) | 50 | ≈ 1,666 km | |
| Iran (ir) | 59 | ≈ 1,873 km | |
| Italy (it) | 35 | ≈ 1,724 km | |
| Kyrgyzstan (kg) | 24 | ≈ 962 km | |
| Kazakhstan (kz) | 29 | ≈ 837 km | |
| Lithuania (lt) | 5 | ≈ 311 km | |
| Latvia (lv) | 4 | ≈ 196 km | |
| Macedonia (mk) | 5 | ≈ 163 km | |
| Myanmar (mm) | 21 | ≈ 1,517 km | |
| Netherlands (nl) | 1 | ≈ 76 km | |
| Norway (no) | 30 | ≈ 1,044 km | |
| Nepal (np) | 26 | ≈ 1,333 km | |
| Poland (pl) | 9 | ≈ 344 km | |
| Sweden (se) | 9 | ≈ 679 km | |
| Slovenia (si) | 2 | ≈ 117 km | |
| Slovakia (sk) | 2 | ≈ 38 km | |
| Thailand (th) | 69 | ≈ 424 km | |
| Tajikistan (tj) | 39 | ≈ 1,390 km | |
| Turkey (tr) | 190 | ≈ 3,515 km | |
| Uzbekistan (uz) | 6 | ≈ 138 km | |
Records and peaks
- On my longest day so far I was out cycling for 7:25 hours
- The farthest I have traveled in a day was 153 kilometers
- My personal speed record with a fully loaded bike stands at 79.1 kph (Descent from Ak Bosogo)
- The highest I have been was 4655 m (Ak Baital pass)
- The highest altitude I have slept at was 4180 m
- The lowest I have been was -116 m (Mangystau, KZ)
- The most cumulative altitude gain in a single day was 1,549 m
- On my hottest day cycling the temperature was about 44 °C (Mangystau, KZ)
- My coldest night was -5 °C (Cappadocia, TR)
Expenses
I will publish more detailed data about my daily expenses at a later stage. Currently I am spending about:
- 19 % on accommodation
- 38 % on food
- 26 % on other (ferry, public transport, bicycle maintenance, clothing, visa etc.)
- 17 % fixed costs (health insurance, web hosting, VPN etc.)
Bike maintenance
- Chain changed: 5 times
- (Outer) tires replaced: 3
- Who would have thought, I have had 35 flat tires so far!
- Brake pad sets replaced: 4
Other statistics
- Food poisonings: 4
- Successful visas + renewals: 9
- Declined visas: 1
Generated: 2020-12-03 20:43:51 CET
