Today is precisely 3 years since I left home on my bicycle. It is now also 1 month since I arrived back in London.
Alas, all good things must come to an end and so for my last post I shall leave you with some statistics on my cycle around the world:
Total distance: 48,850km (30,350miles)
Countries cycled: 42
Days spent cycling: 639
Hours spent cycling: 3232hrs (equivalent to 135 days continuous riding)
Average distance per day: 77km (48miles)
Average speed: 15km/h (9.3m/h)
Highest elevation: 4,708m/15,445ft above sea level (China, January 2016)
Total elevation gained: 420,756m/261miles (equivalent to 48 times up Mt Everest from sea level)
Furthest distance in one day: 185km/115miles (8hrs 15mins cycling in Australia, August 2016)
Longest time cycling in a day: 9 hours (over 140km in Iran, May 2015)
Most elevation gained in one day: 2,700m/8,900ft (over 80km in China, May 2016)
Shortest day: 20km/12miles (2hrs in East Timor, October 2016)
Top speed: 75km/46.5miles per hour (Thailand, May 2016)
Fastest day: 24km/15miles per hour (over 50km in USA, July 2017)
Slowest day: 6km/3.5miles per hour (over 37km in China, January 2016)
Hottest temperature: 46C/115F (Australia, December 2016)
Coldest night temperature: -20C/-4F (China, January 2016)
Coldest day temperature: -15C/5F (Iceland, November 2017)
Most water carried at one time: 25 litres (Australia, December 2016)
Most punctures in one day: 3 (Australia, December 2016)
Longest distance between civilsation/water: 225km/140miles (Australia, November 2016)
Longest time between punctures: Approximately 9,000km/5,600miles (From UK to Armenia at the start of the trip)
Most falls in one day: 3 (One ice and mud in Scotland, November 2017)
Collisions with cars/motorbikes: 3 (Georgia, China & Indonesia)
If you would like to read more about my journey then do check out my website www.jkbsbikeride.com where I have documented the whole trip.
See you next time!
