After 6 days in St. John’s we returned to Ontario. The Canary Bicycle shop in St. John’s boxed our bikes and sent them by courier back home. Our camping gear was sent through the mail and the rest of our gear flew home with us. We are in some ways relieved but in many ways are sad that this adventure has come to an end.
One of the things that I would like to do is a ‘statistic page’ of our adventure. So here goes...
# of Days Riding = 111
# of Days Riding in the Rain = 39 + 1 snow day
Average Daily Distance for whole adventure = 76.17 km
Province By Province Statistics...
British Columbia = 1193.20 km in 17 days for a 70.18 km per day average
Alberta = 444.78 km in 6 days for a 74.13 km per day average
Saskatchewan = 750.89 km in 8 days for a 93.86 km per day average
Manitoba = 536.37 km in 7 days for a 76.62 km per day average
Ontario = 2596.16 km in 33 days for a 78.67 km per day average
Quebec = 994.26 km in 11 days for a 90.38 km per day average
New Brunswick = 443.69 km in 6 days for a 73.94 per day average
Prince Edward Island = 171.82 km in 4 days for a 42.95 km per day average
Nova Scotia = 335.52 km in 5 days for a 67.10 km per day average
Newfoundland = 988.31 km in 14 days for a 70.59 km per day average
Longest Day = 143.83 km taking 8 hours 27 minutes on the bikes (Atikokan to Shabaqua)
Days cycling over 100 km = 9
Maximum Speed = 71.44 km
Equipment Analysis...We each had only one flat but both were fixed in campgrounds. Both of our front tires made it all the way across Canada. Sue had 2 back tires and I had 4 back tires. I had to replace my back wheel in Sault Ste. Marie and upon arriving in St. John’s realized that ‘that’ rim was also ‘toast’. Another time a BOB trailer might have to be considered! Our ‘Rocky Mountain’ bicycles held up really well. They were truly ‘workhorses’! Our MEC bags and clothing also stood the test of everything that the weatherman could throw at us and trust me that was a lot! Overall our equipment with the exception of my 2 back ‘rims’ served us well.
Stay tuned for some ‘FINAL’ musings!!!
