Bicycle geohashes

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This is a list of all Geohashes reached by bike or similar vehicles in descending order of total cumulated distance cycled. This is not the page for the winners of the Bicycle Geohash award.

Total Geohasher(s) Expedition Distance (there, back) Notes
3565.1km Arvid Arvid cycled so much he made his own Bicycle Geohashes page. This is just a summary with his most noteable/longest hashes. Currently Arvid did 41 expeditions by bicycle.
2008-08-25 Beltrum, Netherlands. And Greven, Germany 168.4km (31.5, 79.5, 57.4) Multihash. Distances are home->hash1, hash1->hash2, hash2->home (first documented bike multihash)
2008-08-30 Bielefeld, Germany 198.2km (121.6, 76.6) Took a train back, because of ankle injury.
2008-09-20 Kampen, Netherlands 236.9 (119.2, 117.7) Didn't go off the route as often on the way back.
2008-10-04 Tubbergen and Groningen, Netherlands 339.4km (31.2, 141.7, 166.5) Multihash on 52 6 (my home graticule) and 53 6 (Groningen). Distances home->hash1->hash2->home.
2008-10-18 Rhede(Ems), Germany 211.7km (105.2, 106.5)
1175km thepiguy 2008-06-18 Vancouver, Canada 25km On the exact road I was taking to work already
2008-07-19 Nanaimo, Canada 109km My first big bike hash.
2008-08-16 Victoria, Canada 170km How else was I supposed to break in my new bike?
2008-08-17 North Vancouver, Canada 70km I even did this one the morning after my 170km Victoria hash!
2008-08-19 Richmond, Canada 45km A "small" "detour" on my "way" to work.
2008-09-01 Pender Harbor, BC 237km Went 8.5km by kayak too!
2008-09-07 Vancouver, BC 35km A short ride in the wind!
2008-09-11 Vancouver, BC 23km Another simple urban geohash.
2008-09-21 Vancouver, BC and Nanaimo, BC 167km Multihash!
2008-10-11 Richmond, BC 13km Within 200m of my normal bike route to UBC.
2008-10-26 Sooke, BC 171km Back on my favorite trail!
2008-11-08 Richmond, BC 10km A friend gave me a ride home.
2008-12-03 Vancouver, BC 45km My love for Vancouvers bike routs grows.
2008-12-07 Richmond. BC 13km Another hash in the middle of my route.
2008-12-11 Richmond, BC 18km Right by the new Olympic venue!
2008-12-21 Richmond, BC 21km In the middle of a blizzard!
720.9 km & 4680 m uphill Danatar
(Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany)
2008-09-07 Zielona Góra, Poland 32 km (16km, 16km) Used a leased bike.
2008-09-20 Würzburg, Germany 60.2 km (29.7, 30.5) Took a longer but paved road instead of the straight dirt track on my way back. Uphill: 420 m
2008-09-23 Bamberg, Germany 28.5 km (14.4, 14.1) Uphill: 220 m
2008-09-29 Fulda, Germany 27.5 km (27.5, 0.01) Had to take public transport on my way back because of a flat tire. Uphill: 340 m
2008-10-02 Würzburg, Germany 40.7 km (20.2, 20.5) Uphill: 540 m
2008-10-06 Bamberg, Germany 38.9 km (20.8, 18.1) Uphill: 310 m
2008-10-13 Würzburg, Germany 44 km (21.9, 22.1) Distance is not absolutely exact, because Google Maps didn't know the bicycle track I used. Uphill: 100 m
2008-10-20 Bamberg, Germany 48.6 km (24, 24.6)
2008-10-24 Würzburg, Germany 27.8 km (14.2, 13.6) Uphill: 390 m
2008-10-31 Bamberg, Germany 18.6 km (9.5, 9.1) Uphill: 130 m
2008-11-01 Bamberg, Germany 51.4 km (25.4, 26) Uphill: 480 m
2008-11-23 Bamberg, Germany 45.3 km (24, 21.3) Uphill: 180 m
2008-11-27 Würzburg, Germany 30 km (15km, 15km) Uphill: 130 m
2008-12-08 Würzburg, Germany 30.3 km (15.5, 14.8) Uphill: 140 m
2008-12-09 Würzburg, Germany 1.6 km Blew up my tire with the tire inflator and could not continue
2009-01-29 Würzburg, Germany 32 km (16.3, 15.7) Uphill: 200 m
2009-02-08 Bamberg, Germany 30.7 km (15.7, 15) Uphill: 180 m
2009-02-11 Bamberg, Germany 56.6 km (21.6+8.7+26.3) Distances are home-hp, hp-Volkach-hp, hp-home. Uphill: 370 m
2009-02-14 Bamberg, Germany 43.4 km (21.7 km *2) Uphill: 370 m
2009-02-21 Würzburg, Germany 32.8 km (16.4 km *2) Uphill: 180 m
688.87 km Robyn 2008-06-03 Bellingham 41.8km Never crossed the border, took the bus home from White Rock, drenched with rain.
2008-07-05 Surrey 63.2km return Just missed meeting other geohashers.
2008-08-14 Utikuma Lake est. 40km Estimated from position on Google Maps
2008-08-15 Slave Lake 34.8km return Distance known from the turn off.
2008-08-16 Slave Lake 21km Three of which was pushing the bike with a flat tire.
2008-08-17 Utikuma Lake 40.2km return From Google Maps directions
2008-08-21 Slave Lake 28.7km (14.3, 14.4) Not counting the last part done on foot
2008-08-24 Slave Lake 47km Lots of riding back and forth trying to find the access roads
2008-09-13 Maple Falls, WA 129 km (76, 53) Distances given exclude portions on public transit.
2008-09-21 Vancouver & Nanaimo, BC 128.27 km (68, 60) Multihash, distance by ferry not included.
2008-09-27 Everson, WA 114.9 km (86, 29) Took the bus part of the way back
612.54km, 3690m uphill Ekorren 2008-11-15 48 9 22.69km (appr. 15.5/7.2) uphill: 120m (i.e. approximate elevation covered, excluding detours)
2008-11-18 48 9 35.86km (14.21/21.65) uphill: 120m
2008-11-19 48 9 36.72km (11.34/25.38) includes 12 km with a half-flat tyre, uphill: 120m
2008-11-22 48 9 19.33km (~ 8.5/10.8) sub-zero temperature, lost a glove, snowfall, uphill: 160m
2008-11-29 48 9 41.95km (18.09/23.86) appr. 500 metres uphill, partly ice covered slope
2008-12-12 48 9 77.30km (40.03/37.27) Up a mountain, down a valley, through the fireiceswamps. 700m, lots of snow.
2008-12-15 48 9 78.63km (59.35/19.28) failed (No Trespassing), took train for 49 km on the way back after it got dark. ~300m.
2008-12-17 48 9 32.7km (14.2/18.5) several km on ice covered forest tracks, back through heavy snowfall, ~280m
2009-01-03 48 8 30.85km (15.9/14.95) ~80m
2009-01-04 48 8 55.93km (25.77/30.16) ~270m
2009-01-07 48 9 34.58km (11.90/22.68) detour with some lake biking on the way back ;-) 220m
2009-01-26 48 9 63.55km (~ 26/37.5) several detours, 400m (whereof 250 for detours)
2009-01-28 48 8 57.94km (23.91/34.03) +1.2 km walking, hash was not reachable by bike. 300m (whereof 250 for detours)
2009-02-13 48 8 24.51km Didn't make it by bike to the hash because of a torn tyre. Went by train & bus instead. 120m
430km dawidi User:Dawidi/Bicycle Geohashes
196km Tom 2008-06-22 Budapest, Hungary 64km I rode all the way. (A short detour on the way back to get some ice-cream.) Photo proof here, map here.
2008-06-29 Budapest, Hungary 9km Short one, by train to the nearest village. Map here.
2008-07-27 Budapest, Hungary 40km By bike from home to the hashpoint and back. Map here.
2008-07-31 Budapest, Hungary 17km From train station to another train station. Map here.
2008-08-14 Budapest, Hungary 20km By bike from the pharmacy where i work to the hashpoint and back home. Map here.
2008-10-31 Budapest, Hungary 46km By bike from my home to the hashpoint and back home. Map here.
176.4km Hermann
Hamburg, Ger
2008-05-26 45.5km (23.5km, 22km)
2008-06-03 38km (33.1km, 4.9km) returned by train
2008-06-24 24km (12km, 12km)
2008-06-29 26.9km (14km, 13.9km)
2008-08-06 42km (22km, 20km)
103.9km Bill^2 2008-06-22 Detroit, Michigan ~58km 18 miles each way, hope to post stop-motion video of the ride there, taken at 1 frame every 10 seconds from handlebar-mounted camera (sample with other riders here.)
2008-06-23 Detroit, MI 14.4 km 3 miles there, 6 miles back (left from work, returned home)
2008-06-27 Detroit, Michigan 31.5 km
103.79km myka 2009-02-14 Melbourne East, Australia 39.71km (~19.85km each way) My bike enjoyed stopping at the lake. Unfortunatly it picked up a slow puncture on the way home.
2009-02-21 Melbourne West, Australia 64.08km (27km there, the rest back) No tresspassing. The hash point was inside a house.
92km Tom Viza 2008-05-24 Sheffield, UK 92km (~45, 4, 43) Distance includes detour for fish & chips
90km ElSupreme 2008-06-07 Atlanta, Georgia ~ 90km (69km, 21km) Did not make the entire return trip
85km Evil Monkey 2008-06-15 Christchurch, New Zealand 48 km (18 km one-way) The difference comes from some mountain biking I did before going home.
2008-06-11 Christchurch, New Zealand 37km Forgot to take photo of me with bike but there is a photo of me with bike helmet on.
68km Kliment 2008-05-31 51 6 68km
64km Zigdon 2008-06-07 San Francisco, CA ~64km
57km Felix 2008-06-03 Hamburg, Germany 33km
2008-06-24 Hamburg, Germany 24km (12km, 12km)
50km Ben and Grace 2008-06-03 41 -71 ~50 km and ~15 km, respectively
36km Drakon 2008-08-06 Altoona, PA ~36km (21.5km, 14.5km) 13.5 miles to hash, got a flat tire 4.5 miles from home and hitched a ride the rest of the way. The field the hash was located in was off limits. (I was a biohazard, apparently.)
34km Floffe 2008-06-15 Linköping, Sweden 34km (17km, 17km) No picture of me with bike due to only having a phone camera
32.5km CaptainLJS 2008-06-28, Boston 32.5km (16.25km, 16.25km) Proof is coming once other's pictures show up, ask in IRC.
23km H.M.Thunder 2008-06-06 51 5 23km
19.5km Tuttleturtle42 2008-06-11 Boston, MA 19.5 km
17km Brett 2008-06-08 40 -88 17 km
16km Djomp 2008-06-20 Sheffield, United Kingdom ~16km
10.6km Thomcat 2008-06-28 Seattle, Washington 10.6km photo and collected Pub Geohash on the same date
9.5km hbrx 2008-06-25 Oslo, Norway 9.6 km (5km, 4.6km) left from work, returned home
? shenron and noamsml No photographic proof, but can be verified by the people who they met with when they geohashed