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His Canada to Mexico (BC 2 BC) journey was possible through the newest mapped addition to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventurecycling.org\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.adventurecycling.org\/', 'Adventure Cycling Association\\'s ']);\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure Cycling Association's <\/a>Sierra-Cascades Bicycle Route.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregmccormack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SierraCascadesMap1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-535 alignleft\" title=\"SierraCascadesMap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gregmccormack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SierraCascadesMap1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"494\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">By The Numbers:<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\u2022Miles pedaled: <strong>2,402\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Days to complete: <strong>49 (7 weeks)\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Autumn days of sunshine: <strong>45 (2 days rain, 2 days cloudy)\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Total Pedal strokes: <strong>about 10 million\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Cadence, or revolutions of the pedal cranked per minute: <strong>60--80 rpm\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Average hours of pedaling per day: <strong>6 Hours\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Average hours of light per day:<strong> less than 12 Hours\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Flat tires; tires and chains replaced: <strong>1, 2 and 2, respectively<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u2022Hours spent climbing each day: <strong>4 or more\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Climbs of over 1000 feet: <strong>over 100\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Climbs of over 4000 feet in a day: <strong>7\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Number of calories consumed daily: <strong>6,000\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Pounds lost:\u00a0<strong>11 Pounds<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u2022Mountain ranges traversed: <strong>3<\/strong> (<em>Cascades, Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges<\/em>)\r\n\u2022Volcanoes seen: &gt;<strong>10<\/strong> (<em>Rainier, St. Helens, Adams, Hood, Bachelor, Crater Lake, Shasta, Lassen, amongst other lesser-known fire mountai<\/em>ns)\r\n\u2022Weight of bike, including racks, water bottle mounts, tools, food, water, clothing, computer, camera, rain gear, toiletries, water purification, tent, sleeping pad\/bag: <strong>100 Pounds\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Liters of water consumed daily: <strong>2-3 liters<\/strong> (cool weather, less sweat)\r\n\u2022Number of water bottles bought and thrown away: <strong>Zero <\/strong>(Gregg used same 1.5 liter plastic bottle for his 1800 miles cycled\r\n\u2022Number of rear-view mirror looks per minute\/hour\/trip: <strong>5; 300; 72,000\r\n<\/strong>\u2022Days and miles cycled alone: <strong>9 days, 560 miles<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"280\" height=\"137\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TGmjHZ5-hyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><\/object><\/p><span id='mp-share-below-action'>Spread the Adventure!<\/span><ul class='mp-share-boxes'><li class='mp-share-boxes-fb'><iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gregmccormack.com%2Fadventures%2Fadventure-cycling%2Fsierra-cascades-bicycle-route-facts-and-figures&amp;send=false&amp;layout=box_count&amp;width=100&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=arial&amp;height=21' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; 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