{"id":528,"date":"2009-08-03T18:52:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T23:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/?p=528"},"modified":"2009-08-03T18:52:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T23:52:22","slug":"july-1-to-august-1-a-biking-month-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/july-1-to-august-1-a-biking-month-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"July 1 to August 1 – a biking month in review"},"content":{"rendered":"

July was a long and very hot month of bike riding through Alaska and Canada. Here are some additional facts and figures<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

July 1st: Prudhoe Bay, AK (70 degree North)
\nAugust 1st: Williams Lake, BC (52 degree North)
\nDistance travelled: 4027km
\nTime on bike: 220h
\nTotal elevation gain: 42300m
\nDays riding: 29
\nRest Days: 3
\nAverage daily distance: 139km
\nAverage daily ride time: 7.5h
\nAverage daily elevation gain: 1460m
\nAverage speed: 18.3km\/h
\nTop speed: 80.54km\/h
\nSunny and hot days: 30
\nCloudy and rainy days: 2
\nLongest day: 196km in 10.5h from Whitehorse to Teslin
\nShortest day: 70km in 4.5h from Hudson’s Hope to Chetwynd (semi rest day)
\nFlat tires: 6 (4 near Watson Lake within 24h period)
\nTotal weight of bike: 60kg <\/p>\n

Memorable wildlife moments<\/strong>:
\n– Eagle taking off 10 m overhead (near Summit Lake, BC)
\n– Grizzly Bear crossing road 100m ahead (near Kluane Lake, YT)
\n– Bison on the road (South of Watson Lake, YT)
\n– Black Bear Sow with two cubs (North end of Muncho Lake park, BC)<\/p>\n

Other memorable items<\/strong>:
\n– Lots of very friendly and helpful people along the way
\n– Great riding in late evenings up North due to long daylight hours
\n– Good samaritans like Scott Mullin (spare tire) and many others
\n– Mosquitoes were annoying, but mostly manageable
\n– Headwind \/ no wind \/ tailwind = 20% \/ 40% \/ 40% (estimated)
\n– Hills were harder than I anticipated (made worse due to bike weight)
\n– Best food: Fast Eddies in Tok, AK – Prime Rib special with all-you-can-eat salad bar \ud83d\ude42
\n– Biggest disappointment: Getting to town 5 mins after restaurants close
\n– Biggest mistake: Not replacing old back tire soon enough
\n– Could have ended badly: going downhill at 65km\/h with truck right behind, when 1″ nail got into back tire…<\/p>\n

Memorable weather phenomena<\/strong>:
\n– full double rainbow on bus ride up Dalton Hwy, AK
\n– midnight sun in AK the first three nights North of Arctic Circle
\n– asymmetric sun halo in Brooks Range, AK
\n– thunderstorms in Brooks Range and at Pine Pass, BC
\n– record breaking heat in Fairbanks, AK and in Southern BC
\n– heavy smoke from forest fires near Fairbanks, AK and later South of Williams Lake, BC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July was a long and very hot month of bike riding through Alaska and Canada. Here are some additional facts and figures: July 1st: Prudhoe Bay, AK (70 degree North) August 1st: Williams Lake, BC (52 degree North) Distance travelled: 4027km Time on bike: 220h Total elevation gain: 42300m Days riding: 29 Rest Days: 3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}