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Obstacles or fun times?

This poll gives you a chance to highlight the things you like or dislike while on tour.

 
1. When touring what do you hate the most?
A headwind
Climbing hills
Boiling in the hot sun
Transiting a large city or urban environment
Heavy traffic sharing the road with you
Being a convenient food resource for visiting bugs
Constant mechanical problems with the bike
 
2. How far do you like to go in a day if you have a choice?
16 - 50 km (10 - 30 miles)
51 - 80 km (31 - 50 miles)
81 - 100 km (50 - 60 miles)
101 - 125 km ( 61 to 78 miles)
126 - 150 km (79 to 94 miles)
151 - 170 km ( 95 to 106 miles)
171+ km (107+ miles)
 
3. What's your favourite roadside snack?
Ice cold bottle of gatoraid/power aid or some other athletic drink
Icy cold water
A chocolate bar
An energy bar like a PowerBar, Vector bar etc.
An ice cream cone
A milkshake
Good old raisons and peanuts (GORP/Mixed nuts etc)
A bag of potato chips or other similar snack
A peanut butter and jam sandwich
A tasty banana
Some fig newtons
Ice cream sundae/banana split or something similar
A tasty meal with substance cooked by a restaurant
A tasty roadside meal created by you using your food supplies.
A nice sandwich from a local deli.
 
4. What do you fear the most when preparing for your tour?
Heat or sunstroke
Hypothermia (drastic lowering of your core body temperature)
A bad sunburn
A pulled muscle or similar repetitive strain disorder
Wild animals
The itch of a million mosquito bites
Running out of food
Being unable to find a place to sleep
 
5. When your tour ends which of the following is most true
You packed too much stuff so you carried unnecessary weight with you.
Your packing was perfect. Nothing extra and nothing missing.
You packed too little and suffered as a result when things were unavailable
 
6. When you think of your favourite memory from your last tour which one comes to mind?
The incredibly nice people that you met while touring
Beautiful scenery that makes you want to get back on the bike right now and visit it again
The total separation from your normal day to day lifeThe feeling of absolute freedom that came while on the open road
The sounds of the wild life in the nearby woods while cycling or while camping at night
The glorious sunrises and sunsets
Visiting museums and other places of interest along the way
 
7. It's a hot day and you've been riding in it for hours. What do you most crave doing to cool down?
Going swimming in a beautiful and cold roadside creek, river, pond or lake
Cold drink or snack like ice cream etc.
Lie down beside a nice shady tree and have a snooze for a bit
Drink some water and keep on pedaling so that the air conditioner keeps blowing.
 
8. When touring what time do you tend to get up in the day?
Before dawn
At dawn or just after
7 - 9 am in the morning
9 am +
Whenever my body awakens.
 
9. Everyday starts with a nice refreshing shower before you hit the road?
Yes
No
 
10. You are in the middle of a wonderfully fast downhill with a clear view of a hill just down the road that you will have to climb in a few minutes. As you reach high speed you notice an amazing scenic view that's begging for a picture. Do you stop to take the picture? (grin)
Yes
No
 
11. You have a choice of a hilly route that's a slightly shorter distance or an absolutely flat route that's longer and could have a headwind. Which route would you choose?
Hilly route
Flat route
 
12. When touring do you use guide book(s) or touring specific maps to route you?
Yes
No
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