Sunday, June 14

Scary figures along the road

Last Wednesday, that one almost scared me...



Yet today I've been looking at other figures: this is exactly the 7th days that my ride towards San Francisco has started and I took this Sunday off (biking) to reconcile some facts (and to rest).



I have ridden more than 700 km (440 mi) in a week; yet when I compare it to the distance I should have ridden according to Google Maps (544 km / 340 mi / option: 'walking'), it looks like I have ridden roughly 150 km (90 mi) that are not "west efficient". Hum, scary figures?

In other words, I estimated to 5,100 km my trip from NYC to San Francisco. If I apply this first experience, it would rather take me 6,700 km. Hum, hum...?

Let's think of that while I do my laundry.



Of course, I got lost a few times. And there's the distance to go and get back from the place where I camp (15 km today, one way!).

Yet a closer analysis day by day outlines that the back roads prove to be inefficient in my progression towards the west.

Hum... I guess you're right Jim:
"There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees"

(from 'The Trees', The Rush)

More info:
* BicyclePA: roads nice to ride and indicated along the way. I took road V but I can't manage to get hold of this PDF map (their ftp thing seems weird...)

4 comments:

  1. Ok pour le nettoyage des fringues et pour le cycliste ?!
    Très bonne idée pour la carte.

    A+

    Benoît

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  2. En effet , selon mes sovenirs en Floride , il y a souvent des routes (nouvelles ?) qui ne figurent pas sur les cartes , et c'est piégeant!
    Je continue à suivre sur Googlemap, depuis State College, Philipsburg (bons ouvenir),Curvensville ,Kittaning , mais il faudrait des indications plus fréquentes sur les villages traversés , les villes proches , et , quand c'est possible , sur l'itinéraire projeté , car , avec le blog on a forcément 2/3 jours de retard
    Bonne route !
    PP.

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  3. Hello, the link does not work. Can you send this map if it is possible. Thank you.
    anilersoz@gmail.com

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  4. Hello, the link does not work. Can you send this map if it is possible. Thank you.
    anilersoz@gmail.com

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