A few statistics from BBB Tour, for those of you who like numbers. This is the first trip I’ve actually tracked properly, given that it wasn’t a complete “back to basics” adventure.
Total distance cycled: 1615km
Average distance per day: 70.2 km
Total ascent: 10501m
Average speed: 17.6 km/hr
Maximum speed: 52 km/hr, Stellenbosch to Cape Town
Longest day: Edenvale to Sasolburg, 110 km
Fastest day: Stellenbosch to Cape Town, 20.1 km/hr
Hilliest day: Hermanus to Stellenbosch, 13.9 m/1 km
Total energy burnt: 194658 kJ
Average energy per day: 3.9 KFC Streetwise 2 with chips OR 4.1 McDonald’s Big Macs OR 15.6 slices of margherita pizza (you can’t outrun a bad diet, folks!)
Litres of beer drunk: errr, somewhere around 40l
Tent poles broken: 2
Best scoring camping site shower: 8/10 Amanzi Game Lodge (Brandfort)
Best beer: Triggerfish Black Marlin Imperial Stout [Bianca’s choice. Colin still to be announced in his own blog post]
Illnesses contracted: 2 (Bianca, mumps, about two weeks; Colin, gastro, one day)
Bicycle mechanical issues: zero (excluding punctures)!
Hottest day: 21 March (Swellendam) 34-38 degrees Celcius
For those who want to dig into numbers a bit more, all the rides are logged on my Strava https://www.strava.com/athletes/11958375