Plans & reality & statistics

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On this page, We would like to present our plans and ideas here before the start of our expedition and their subsequent development, alterations and also some interesting statistical data, which won’t have place within our reports.

KM STATISTICS from the 25. 3. 2010

Week	km	minutes on bike
1.	317	1372
2.	299	1379
3.	353	?
4.	41	?
5.	0	0
6.	43	185
7.	346	1550
8.	311	1411
9.	312	1335
10.	270	1170
11.	259	1093
12.	173	703
13.	265	982
14.	389	1633
15.	265	1070
16.	220	931
17.	312	1235
18.	230	1056
19.	125	446
20.	231	863
21.	286	1149
22.	325	1018
23.	207	861
24.	399	612
25.	302	1126
26.	458	1957
27.	262	1079

On Sunday 26. 9. 2010 in the evening Renata and Martin reached the end of their bike trip. On the way from Cuba to Mexico and USA they pedalled 7000 kilometrů and the next 340 km they hiked in the national parks and national monuments!


Our goal is not only to cycle across America, but also to see and experience as much as we can. Therefore we want to visit plenty of national parks, reservations, museums and different places of interest. We would like to penetrate local cultures and the way of life of the local people. Let’s hope we will succeed. Our weekly plan is to cycle 350-400 km, which is 65 km daily on average + 1 day off and 2-3 days off once a month. It makes roughly 1500 km per month.

OUR PLANNED ROUTE IS AS FOLLOWS:

Kuba - 1-month bike trip round the island
Mexiko - 3-week trip without bikes
USA - El Paso - White Sands - Chiricahua - Saguaro - Phoenix - Grand Canyon - Page - Monument Valley - Mesa Verde - Arches - Bryce Canyon - Zion - Las Vegas - Death Valley - Sequoia NP - Yosemitte - San Francisco

The estimated total length of the trip is about 7000 km. But we will see how it will end up finally, where we will cycle and how many kilometres.

We don’t have any precise financial plan, but we wouldn’t like to exceed 25000CZK/month/2persons including food, admissions etc.

We would like to travel well and enjoy all food and places we fancy along the way as well as regular hygiene, washing and so on; therefore we are not going to keep our budget too tight. Well, we will see how it goes… After all it is not Europe, but different parts of America J

WEIGHT OF THE BIKES AND EQUIPMENT
The expected weight of our bikes and equipment will vary as per the necessary quantity of food and water we will have to carry for the following distance. We reckon 40-50 kg including bikes. But we have to be prepared that in more difficult and less inhabited areas our outfit may reach up to 60 kg.