July was a long and very hot month of bike riding through Alaska and Canada. Here are some additional facts and figures:
July 1st: Prudhoe Bay, AK (70 degree North)
August 1st: Williams Lake, BC (52 degree North)
Distance travelled: 4027km
Time on bike: 220h
Total elevation gain: 42300m
Days riding: 29
Rest Days: 3
Average daily distance: 139km
Average daily ride time: 7.5h
Average daily elevation gain: 1460m
Average speed: 18.3km/h
Top speed: 80.54km/h
Sunny and hot days: 30
Cloudy and rainy days: 2
Longest day: 196km in 10.5h from Whitehorse to Teslin
Shortest day: 70km in 4.5h from Hudson’s Hope to Chetwynd (semi rest day)
Flat tires: 6 (4 near Watson Lake within 24h period)
Total weight of bike: 60kg
Memorable wildlife moments:
- Eagle taking off 10 m overhead (near Summit Lake, BC)
- Grizzly Bear crossing road 100m ahead (near Kluane Lake, YT)
- Bison on the road (South of Watson Lake, YT)
- Black Bear Sow with two cubs (North end of Muncho Lake park, BC)
Other memorable items:
- Lots of very friendly and helpful people along the way
- Great riding in late evenings up North due to long daylight hours
- Good samaritans like Scott Mullin (spare tire) and many others
- Mosquitoes were annoying, but mostly manageable
- Headwind / no wind / tailwind = 20% / 40% / 40% (estimated)
- Hills were harder than I anticipated (made worse due to bike weight)
- Best food: Fast Eddies in Tok, AK – Prime Rib special with all-you-can-eat salad bar 
- Biggest disappointment: Getting to town 5 mins after restaurants close
- Biggest mistake: Not replacing old back tire soon enough
- Could have ended badly: going downhill at 65km/h with truck right behind, when 1″ nail got into back tire…
Memorable weather phenomena:
- full double rainbow on bus ride up Dalton Hwy, AK
- midnight sun in AK the first three nights North of Arctic Circle
- asymmetric sun halo in Brooks Range, AK
- thunderstorms in Brooks Range and at Pine Pass, BC
- record breaking heat in Fairbanks, AK and in Southern BC
- heavy smoke from forest fires near Fairbanks, AK and later South of Williams Lake, BC
