Ollie has just finished an amazing 4228.5 mile unsupported ride across the USA from West to East. A really inspirational ride, and look forward to reading the book.
TransAM Miles: 4228.5 miles
Getting Lost / Accessing Services off-route miles: 36 miles
Total Miles: 4264.5 miles
Total Time: 28 days, 2 hours and 46 mins
Average miles per day: 152 miles
Longest Mileage Day: 202 miles (who even thought that was possible!)
Shortage Milage Day: 73 miles
Normal time cycling each day: 16/17 hours
Total punctures: Six
Tires worn out: Five (three back and two front)
Brake Pads worn out: Two sets
Crashes: One (Day 14 - all healed now but week three was pretty sore!)
Lowest Point: Sea Level 0m/ft at Astoria and Yorktown
Highest Point: 3617m / 11,539ft at Hoosier Pass, Colorado
Tubes of Chamois Cream used: 2.5
Favorite State: Wyoming (Can’t beat Yellowstone and the Tetons + good to re-visit some of the places that I peddled on the 2008 Divide Route)
Least Favorite State: Kentucky
Total Beers consumed: Three (yes, three in 28 days… that's how tough / little time there has been!)
Bikes for sale: One (well used but loved and with full service history from one careful male owner…)
Ollie at the start:
TransAM Miles: 4228.5 miles
Getting Lost / Accessing Services off-route miles: 36 miles
Total Miles: 4264.5 miles
Total Time: 28 days, 2 hours and 46 mins
Average miles per day: 152 miles
Longest Mileage Day: 202 miles (who even thought that was possible!)
Shortage Milage Day: 73 miles
Normal time cycling each day: 16/17 hours
Total punctures: Six
Tires worn out: Five (three back and two front)
Brake Pads worn out: Two sets
Crashes: One (Day 14 - all healed now but week three was pretty sore!)
Lowest Point: Sea Level 0m/ft at Astoria and Yorktown
Highest Point: 3617m / 11,539ft at Hoosier Pass, Colorado
Tubes of Chamois Cream used: 2.5
Favorite State: Wyoming (Can’t beat Yellowstone and the Tetons + good to re-visit some of the places that I peddled on the 2008 Divide Route)
Least Favorite State: Kentucky
Total Beers consumed: Three (yes, three in 28 days… that's how tough / little time there has been!)
Bikes for sale: One (well used but loved and with full service history from one careful male owner…)
Ollie at the start:
On the continental divide:
And at the finish....
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