Arctic to Antarctic
July 22nd 2009 -» January 27th 2010
London to Beijing & back again
April 16th 2010 -» August 6th 2010
South Georgia (again!)
October 15th 2010 -» November 7th 2010
Postcards from 2012
January 1st 2012 -» May 1st 2012
To Siberia ....... and Beyond
May 18th 2012 -» September 30th 2012
LorraineJ
Lorraine Johnstone
altitude
The bike went surprisingly well. Performance was a little bit down but mainly due to the poor quality fuel. The fuel economy was drastically effected for the better. At sea level we got approx 45mpg to over 60mpg - something to do with the engine management system and it realising there was less oxygen so it delivered less fuel??? Neither of was particularly effected, even when we went from sea level to 4000m in one day. When you climbed 4 flights of stairs in the hotel we were a bit more of of puff than normal. Some people were quite breathless, some had headaches, coughs and couldn't sleep properly. One poor chap was so breathless, nauseous and generally out of it he couldn't ride his bike.