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03.08.2008

 

kilometers so far: 35.758 kilometers (2.715 on dirt-road), 12.671 in Australia

real riding time: 2.151 hours 27 minutes

flat tyres: Valeska 10, Philipp 13

the highest temperatures: on the ride across Sudan the thermometer sometimes climbs above 55 degrees (May 2007)

the lowest temperatures: crossing Finland in October 2006 temperatures were as low as -20 on some days

the highest altitudes reached: pedalling in the Ethiopian highlands we reached 3.000 meters every now and then (June 2007)

the lowest altitude reached: -420, end of March 2007 at the Dead Sea in Israel – absolutely no more downhill from here...

 the five longest days (real-riding-time):

10 hours 37 minutes 15 seconds, 07.11.2007, doing two-days-in-one in Zambia (kilometers 183.84, average 17.3)

10 hours 28 minutes 03 seconds, 10.12.2007, on a never-ending ride in the south of Namibia (kilometers 216.24, average 20.46)

09 hours 17 minutes 42 seconds, 31.08.2007, across lots of hills in Ethiopia – a „K.O. –Day“ (kilometers 111.36, average 11.98)

09 hours 08 minutes 42 seconds, 10.10.2007, longer than thought and expected – passing uncountable numbers of villages in Tanzania (kilometers 141.05, average 15.42)

08 hours 58 minutes 07 seconds, 12.12.2007, a long time on the way through „nothing“ in southern Namibia (kilometers 168.86, average 18.82)

the five longest days (kilometers):

216.24 kilometers, 10.12.2007, on a never-ending ride in southern Namibia (real-riding-time 10 hours 28 minutes 00 seconds, average 20.64)

215.44 kilometers, 11.05.2007, with tailwind-sand-storm in Sudan (real-riding-time 07 hours 56 minutes 51 seconds, average 27.01)

208.52 kilometers, 20.11.2007, on a fast and long ride in Namibia (real-riding-time 08 hours 51 minutes 04 seconds, average 23.55)

205.99 kilometers, 19.04.2007, with tailwind along the Red Sea in Egypt (real-riding-time 08 hours 27 minutes 49 seconds, average 24.33)

194.81 kilometers, 14.11.2007, the day riding into Livingstone in Zambia (real-riding-time 08 hours 43 minutes 08 seconds, average 22.34)

the five shortest days (kilometers) (with a real-riding-time of a minimum of 5 hours):

43.97 kilometers (large gravel), 09.06.2007, followed by an uncountable number of children through the Nile-gorge in Ethiopia (real-riding-time 05 hours 33 minutes 27 seconds, average 7.91)

47.45 kilometers (deep and soft gravel), 14.09.2007, on the last day of the Noth-Kenya-dirt-road to Isiolo (real-riding-time 05 hours 29 minutes 20 seconds, average 8.64)

49.41 kilometers (mainly sand), 04.05.2007, one of the days on the never-ending sandy-treck in northern Sudan (real-riding-time 05 hours 00 minutes 39 seconds, average 9.86)

49.81 kilometers (dirt-road uphill), 26.05.2007, on the ride from the sudanese-ethiopian-border up to the highlands (real-riding-time 05 hours 26 minutes 32 seconds, average 9.15)

50.20 kilometers (deep and soft gravel), 08.09.2007, in the middle of the North-Kenya-dirt-road (real-riding-time 07 hours 26 minutes 38 seconds, average 6.74)

the five longest streches of continuous dirtroad-kilometers:

800 kilometers, 27.06.2008 - 11.07.2008, on the Gibb River Road, a sandy and corrugated track in West Australia (Kununurra to Derby)

534 kilometers, 05.09.2007 - 14.09.2007 (two days not cycled), along the awful "road" of deep and loose gravel in North-Kenya (Moyale to Isiolo)

451 kilometers, 01.05.2007 - 08.05.2007, the ride on the sandy track in North-Sudan (Wadi Halfa to Dongola)

211 kilometers, 19.01.2008 - 22.01.2008, when we helter-skeltered on the Munda Bidi Trail in West Australia

200 kilometers, 24.05.2007 - 27.05.2007, continuous uphill, from the Sudan to the ethiopian highlands (Gedaref to Gondar)

the five best averages (with a real-riding-time of a minimum of 5 hours):

27.10 km/h, 11.05.2007, with tailwind-sandstorm in Sudan (kilometers 215.44, real-riding-time 07 hours 56 minutes 51 seconds)

24.33 km/h, 19.04.2007, with tail-wind along the Red Sea in Egypt (kilometers 205.99, real-riding-time 08 hours 27 minutes 49 seconds)

24.29 km/h, 31.05.2008, on a fast ride in Outback-Australia (kilometers 186.64, real-riding-time 07 hours 40 minutes 55 seconds)

23.55 km/h, 19.11.2007, on a fast ride in southern Namibia (kilometers 121.54, real-riding-time 05 hours 11 minutes 51 seconds)

23.38 km/h, 20.11.2007, on a fast and long day in Namibia (kilometers 208.52, real-riding-time 08 hours 51 minutes 04 seconds)

the five worst averages (with a real-riding-time of a minimum of 5 hours):

6.74 km/h, 08.09.2007, in the middle of the North-Kenya-dirt-road through deep and soft gravel (kilometers 50.20, real-riding-time 07 hours 26 minutes 38 seconds)

7.8 km/h, 07.09.2007, on the North-Kenya-dirt-road – see above – the same gravel, similar result (kilometers 50.55, real-riding-time 06 hours 28 minutes 19 seconds)

7.91 km/h, 09.06.2007, riding on large gravel and followed by an uncoutable number of children through the Nile-gorge in Ethiopia (kilometers 43.97, real-riding-time 05 hours 33 minutes 27 seconds)

8.64 km/h, 14.09.2007, on the last day of the North-Kenya-dirt-road through deep and soft gravel to Isiolo (kilometers 47.45, real-riding-time 05 hours 29 minutes 20 seconds)

9.14 km/h, 03.05.2007, while riding through the sand on the never-ending dirt-road in northern Sudan (kilometers 62.52, real-riding-time 06 hours 50 minutes 15 seconds)

the five highest maximum-speeds:

85,98 km/h, 07.04.2008, on the downhill from the Australian Alps to the farmland - feels almost like flying :-) (kilometers 87.61, real-riding-time 5 hours 31 minutes 00 seconds, average 15.88)

83.57 km/h, 23.10.2007, on the ride across the hills of southern Tanzania (kilometers 62.99, real-riding-time 3 hours 46 minutes 35 seconds, average 16.67)

78.81 km/h, 02.04.2007, great downhill in the Israelian highlands (kilometers 99.42, real-riding-time 5 hours 40 minutes 19 seconds, average 17.52)

78.81 km/h, 26.10.2007, on the day when cruising from the highlands of Tanzania down to Lake Malawi (kilometers 92.62, real-riding-time 5 hours 35 minutes 14 seconds, average 16.57)

78.81 km/h, 02.11.2007, on the ride coming into Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi (kilometers 109.79, real-riding-time 6 hours 21 minutes 12 seconds, average 17.28)

75.2 km/h, 14.02.2007, while meandering downhill on the mediterranian-coast of Turkey (kilometers 78.88, real-riding-time 4 hours 23 minutes 18 seconds, average 17.97)

74.52 km/h, 28.03.2007, on the long downhill-ride from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea (kilometers 88.44, real-riding-time 5 hours 01 minutes 10 seconds, average 17.61)

74.52 km/h, 03.04.2007, while riding from the Israelian highlands to the Red Sea (kilometers 99.46, real-riding-time 3 hours 03 minutes 46 seconds, average 19.64)

the five lowest maximum-speeds:

13.8 km/h, 07.09.2007, on the North-Kenya-dirt-road through deep and soft gravel (kilometers 50.55, real-riding-time 6 hours 28 minutes 19 seconds, average 7.8)

15.31 km/h, 08.09.2007, on the North-Kenya-dirt-road through deep and soft gravel (kilometers 50.2, real-riding-time 7 hours 26 minutes 38 seconds, average 6.78)

17.74 km/h, 12.09.2007, on the North-Kenya-dirt-road through deep and soft gravel (kilometers 64.66, real-riding-time 6 hours 50 minutes 28 seconds, average 9.59)

18.78 km/h, 14.09.2007, on the North-Kenya-dirt-road through deep and soft gravel (kilometers 47.45, real-riding-time 5 hours 29 minutes 20 seconds, average 8.64)

20.7 km/h, 06.09.2007, on the North-Kenya-dirt-road through deep and soft gravel (kilometers 56.11, real-riding-time 6 hours 01 minutes 42 seconds, average 9.3)