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Well, the Big Trip is over and the final statistics have been gathered. From bikes to planes and buses to trains, this is how we covered the kilometers between Stockton-on-Tees to Brisbane.
Updated: Brisbane (Australia), 12 August, 2005
During the 467 days of the trip we covered over 47,000 kilometers.
Here's how it all breaks down...
Mode |
Kilometers |
Duration |
Average Speed |
Bike |
1204.34 |
90:24.56 hours |
13.32 km/h |
Train |
18, 860 |
332:04 hours |
56.8 km/h |
Boat |
2,897 |
121:55 hours |
23.8 km/h |
Bus/Car |
11,354 |
232:39 hours |
48.8 km/h |
Plane |
12,313 |
21:40 hours |
568.3 km/h |
Total |
47,048 |
807:12 hours |
N/A |
Ave per Day |
100.74 |
1:43 hours |
58.29 km/h |
Other notable highlights...
- We spent 75 hours on a train from Moscow to Irkutsk
- We had 2 punctures between us, both to the trailer tyre
- Other modes of transport used but not logged are motor scooter, elephant, horse, horse drawn sleigh and camel
- Banz filled 3 journals with his various musings
- We visited 24 countries
- We sent parcels home from 12 of them
- We had confirmed temperature extremes of -26c (Siberia) and +45c (India)
- We saw the highest (Mt Everest) and lowest (The Dead Sea) points on the Earth's surface
It all started with the bikes so here are our final cycle specific stats.
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We were in the saddle for 90 hours, 24 minutes and 56 seconds
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We covered 1204.34 Kms
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Our average was 26.18 Km per riding day
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Our average speed of 13.32 Km/h
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Top speed of 57.2 km/h
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We climbed 9,165 vertical metres
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That's a gradient of 1 in 131.41 (or 0.76%)
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When cycling our average day started at 9:45.22am
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It ended at 3:13.03pm
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An average day length of 5 hours, 27 minutes and 40 seconds.
Our cycling records were...
Record |
Day |
Our Personal Best |
Longest day in the saddle |
163 (White Desert) |
3:39:14 |
Longest day from 'door to door' |
42 (Grancey to Lyon) |
12:35 |
Most Kms in a day |
163 (White Desert) |
58.5 |
Fastest average speed |
56 (Vaison - Orange) |
19.02 Km/h |
Slowest average speed |
111 (To Kalamata) |
9.19 Km/h |
Top speed |
51 (Taulignan) |
57.2 Km/h |
Biggest altitude gain |
2 (Yorkshire) |
602m |
Steepest day |
51 (Taulignan) |
1 in 47.58 (2.10%) |
Flattest day |
6 (Barlby - Blacktoft) |
1 in 2231.33 |
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