Tandem Bicycle

Vancouver to Vegas
April 3rd - April 16th 2011
Distance: 1396 miles
 
Between April 3rd and 16th Dave and his friend Sebastian Terry pedalled a tandem bicycle from Vancouver, British Colombia, to Las Vegas, Nevada, arriving just in time to give a motivational lecture at a business conference.

Prior to Day 1 of their journey, neither Seb nor Dave had sat on a tandem bike, and as they're not cyclists either, this was always going to be quite a challenge. Cycling through five States, over mountains, along highways, across plains and through deserts, it's hard to believe the 1400 mile journey only lasted 14 days.

As always Dave is supporting two charities, the AV Foundation and CoppaFeel. Seb is fundraising for Camp Quality. If you'd like to make a donation the boys thank you from the bottom of their hearts (and blisters).

Vancouver to Vegas by Tandem was the 3rd journey of Dave's Expedition1000 project.

The Background Story
In early 2010 a strange Australian man turned up on the doorstep of Dave's house in London, UK. The Australian man carried a bag of eggs, and his name was Sebastian Terry. Sebastian wanted Dave to help him break a world record, and the next day Seb claimed the honour of breaking a great amount of eggs (24) in 30 seconds. He now walks around all day with his certificate, very proud...

One month later Dave and Seb became the first people to Stand Up Paddleboard the length of Europe's largest freshwater lake, and then in October 2010 began a one month motivational speaking tour around Australia. One of the businesses they address, called PIS, asked Dave and Seb to speak at the company's annual conference in Vegas the next year, and the answer was as follows: 'That sounds awesome, but we'd feel lazy flying into Vegas, so we'll go to Canada first, and then cycle to the talk.'

Statistics
Day 1: Vancouver, BC to Everett, WS - 90 miles in 6hrs 40min
Day 2: Everett, WS to Frederickson, WS - 84 miles in 7hrs 11min
Day 3: Frederickson, WA to Longview, WA - 101 miles in 8hrs 1min
Day 4: Longview, WS to Woodburn, OR - 88 miles in 6hrs 43min
Day 5: Woodburn, OR to Cottage Grove, OR - 115 miles in 8hrs 39min
Day 6: Cottage Grove, OR to Wolf Creek, OR - 103 miles in 8hrs 15min
Day 7: Wolf Creek, OR to Ashland, OR - 64 miles in 5hrs 31min
Day 8: Ashland, OR to Mt Shasta, CA - 77 miles in 8hrs 20min
Day 9: Mt Shasta, CA to Lassen Nat Pk, CA - 106miles in 9hrs 2min
Day 10: Lassen Nat Pk, CA to Sparks, NV - 122 miles in 8hrs 43min
Day 11: Sparks, NV to Walker Lake, NV - 108 miles in 7hrs 41min
Day 12: Walker Lake, NV to Tonopah, NV - 134 miles in 9hrs 20min
Day 13: Tonopah, NV to Beatty, NV - 103 miles in 6hrs 27min
Day 14: Beatty, NV to Las Vegas, NV - 101 miles in 6hrs 47min

Totals
Days: 14
Miles: 1396 miles
Broken chains: 2
Flat tyres: 0
Falls: 1
Hottest: 44 deg C
Coldest: -15 deg C