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1.
When touring what do you hate the most?
| A headwind |
   37.6% |
(183) |
| Climbing hills |
3.1% |
(15) |
| Boiling in the hot sun |
5.1% |
(25) |
| Transiting a large city or urban environment |
8.2% |
(40) |
| Heavy traffic sharing the road with you |
27.5% |
(134) |
| Being a convenient food resource for visiting bugs |
3.3% |
(16) |
| Constant mechanical problems with the bike |
9.0% |
(44) |
| TOTAL |
93.8% |
487 |
|
2.
How far do you like to go in a day if you have a choice?
| 16 - 50 km (10 - 30 miles) |
2.5% |
(12) |
| 51 - 80 km (31 - 50 miles) |
16.6% |
(81) |
| 81 - 100 km (50 - 60 miles) |
36.3% |
(177) |
| 101 - 125 km ( 61 to 78 miles) |
27.5% |
(134) |
| 126 - 150 km (79 to 94 miles) |
7.2% |
(35) |
| 151 - 170 km ( 95 to 106 miles) |
2.7% |
(13) |
| 171+ km (107+ miles) |
1.2% |
(6) |
| TOTAL |
94.0% |
487 |
|
3.
What's your favourite roadside snack?
| Ice cold bottle of gatoraid/power aid or some other athletic drink |
10.9% |
(53) |
| Icy cold water |
7.6% |
(37) |
| A chocolate bar |
4.5% |
(22) |
| An energy bar like a PowerBar, Vector bar etc. |
7.0% |
(34) |
| An ice cream cone |
4.5% |
(22) |
| A milkshake |
4.3% |
(21) |
| Good old raisons and peanuts (GORP/Mixed nuts etc) |
5.7% |
(28) |
| A bag of potato chips or other similar snack |
1.0% |
(5) |
| A peanut butter and jam sandwich |
7.0% |
(34) |
| A tasty banana |
6.8% |
(33) |
| Some fig newtons |
4.9% |
(24) |
| Ice cream sundae/banana split or something similar |
2.1% |
(10) |
| A tasty meal with substance cooked by a restaurant |
7.2% |
(35) |
| A tasty roadside meal created by you using your food supplies. |
8.8% |
(43) |
| A nice sandwich from a local deli. |
11.1% |
(54) |
| TOTAL |
93.4% |
487 |
|
4.
What do you fear the most when preparing for your tour?
| Heat or sunstroke |
10.1% |
(49) |
| Hypothermia (drastic lowering of your core body temperature) |
2.1% |
(10) |
| A bad sunburn |
4.1% |
(20) |
| A pulled muscle or similar repetitive strain disorder |
24.6% |
(120) |
| Wild animals |
4.3% |
(21) |
| The itch of a million mosquito bites |
9.0% |
(44) |
| Running out of food |
5.7% |
(28) |
| Being unable to find a place to sleep |
30.6% |
(149) |
| TOTAL |
90.6% |
487 |
|
5.
When your tour ends which of the following is most true
| You packed too much stuff so you carried unnecessary weight with you. |
53.0% |
(258) |
| Your packing was perfect. Nothing extra and nothing missing. |
35.3% |
(172) |
| You packed too little and suffered as a result when things were unavailable |
5.1% |
(25) |
| TOTAL |
93.4% |
487 |
|
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 |
13.8% |
(67) |
| Beautiful scenery that makes you want to get back on the bike right now and visit it again |
18.3% |
(89) |
| The total separation from your normal day to day lifeThe feeling of absolute freedom that came while on the open road |
56.7% |
(276) |
| The sounds of the wild life in the nearby woods while cycling or while camping at night |
2.5% |
(12) |
| The glorious sunrises and sunsets |
1.8% |
(9) |
| Visiting museums and other places of interest along the way |
0.6% |
(3) |
| TOTAL |
93.6% |
487 |
|
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 |
31.0% |
(151) |
| Cold drink or snack like ice cream etc. |
23.2% |
(113) |
| Lie down beside a nice shady tree and have a snooze for a bit |
28.1% |
(137) |
| Drink some water and keep on pedaling so that the air conditioner keeps blowing. |
11.3% |
(55) |
| TOTAL |
93.6% |
487 |
|
8.
When touring what time do you tend to get up in the day?
| Before dawn |
8.0% |
(39) |
| At dawn or just after |
47.0% |
(229) |
| 7 - 9 am in the morning |
23.6% |
(115) |
| 9 am + |
1.8% |
(9) |
| Whenever my body awakens. |
13.3% |
(65) |
| TOTAL |
93.8% |
487 |
|
9.
Everyday starts with a nice refreshing shower before you hit the road?
| Yes |
11.3% |
(55) |
| No |
82.3% |
(401) |
| TOTAL |
93.6% |
487 |
|
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 |
52.0% |
(253) |
| No |
41.7% |
(203) |
| TOTAL |
93.6% |
487 |
|
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 |
72.5% |
(353) |
| Flat route |
21.1% |
(103) |
| TOTAL |
93.6% |
487 |
|
12.
When touring do you use guide book(s) or touring specific maps to route you?
| Yes |
60.8% |
(296) |
| No |
32.4% |
(158) |
| TOTAL |
93.2% |
487 |
|