Fun with Numbers

Here's a breakdown on the stats for those who are curious. First, the round trip stats, then a breakdown of the cycling stats between Delta, BC and St. John's, NL:


Round Trip (includes days spent spinning circles in the city after reaching St. John's)
Total distance: 8331 km
Number of days: 91 days
Dates of travel: June 3, 2011 - September 1, 2011

Non-cycling Transportation Events (NTEs):
Ferry rides: 3
Hitch-hikes: 1 (add roughly 40 km, if you like)
Taxi rides: 1 (to the airport)
Airplane flights: 1

Mechanical Incidents:
Flat tires: 5 (all on the rear tire)
Scrapped tires: 2
Broken spokes: 1
Worn pedals: 1 pair
Broken pedals: 1 (the clip broke around the same time it wore out!)
Worn brake pads: 1 pair (replaced in Cranbrook!)

Food:
Number of meals paid for by absolute strangers: 3
Estimated number of calories burned on the bike: 300,000 cal
Weight lost: 0 lbs

At Night:
Stealth camping: 16
Free camping: 13
Hostel: 5
Campgrounds: 13
Couchsurfing: 7
Warmshowers: 11
Friend or Contact's home: 24
Ferry: 1


Cycling from City of Delta to City of St. John's 
Total distance: 8257 km
Number of days: 86 days (64 full days, 5 half days, 17 rest days)
Dates of travel: June 3, 2011 - August 27, 2011 (equivalently: 2036 hours)

Longest day: 207 km
Shortest (full) day: 49 km

Number of days cycling the Trans-Canada: 24.5 days (Banff to Calgary, and Regina to Ottawa)

Average distance per full day on the bicycle: 119 km (and for the stats hats: a standard deviation of 29 km)
Estimated time on the bicycle: 425 hours (equivalently: 18 days non-stop... hmm, that doesn't sound so hard!)

Equivalent speed across the country: 4.1 km/h (boy, that's pretty slow, but... insomnia, anyone?!)

Estimated number of wheel rotations: 4.23 million
Estimated number of crank-arm rotations: 1.8 million


City of St. John's to City of Vancouver (just for fun)
Assumed cruising speed: 900 km/h
Total flight time: 7 hours, 33 minutes (roughly a day's work on the bicycle)
Inferred distance: 6800 km