The BIG Ride - Epilog. After making our way North to Vina del Mar, where we washed the bikes and prepared to ship them home, the three of us left, then made our way to our shipping agent. A couple of months later, our bikes arrived home here in New Zealand which kinda marked the end of a fabulous and remarkable adventure. Here are some observations….. Total distance : 40,050 km’s. The circumference of Earth at the equator is 40,075 km, but from pole-to-pole — the meridional circumference — Earth is only 40,008 km around. This shape, caused by the flattening at the poles, is called an oblate spheroid. Border Crossings: We crossed 19 borders in total, not all of them easy…. Fuel Consumption : Average 5 Litres per 100 Km’s. 40,000 kms divided by 5
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