Bicycle geohashes
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This is a list of all Geohashes reached (partly or wholly) by bike or similar vehicles. As such, it may include any expedition during which the geohashers cycled any distance, even if the expedition does not completely qualify for the Bicycle Geohash award (for which the whole distance must be cycled).
Geohashers are listed in descending order of total cumulative distance cycled, and expeditions for each hasher are listed in chronological order.
| Total | Geohasher(s) | Expedition | Distance (there, back) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4265.9km | 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 49 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 Vancouver's bike routes 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! | |||
| 1056.61km, 8030m uphill | Ekorren (full list here) | Ekorren also made his own Bicycle Geohashes page. This is just a summary and selection of a few notable ones. Currently Ekorren did 23 expeditions by bicycle. | |||
| 2008-11-15 48 9 | 22.69km (appr. 15.5/7.2) | first bike expedition, very near location | |||
| 2008-12-12 48 9 | 77.30km (40.03/37.27) | Up a mountain, down a valley, through the | |||
| 2008-12-15 48 9 | 78.63km (59.35/19.28) | Currently the longest one by km (definitely not the most exhausting, though), back by train | |||
| 2009-01-07 48 9 | 34.58km (11.90/22.68) | detour with some lake biking on the way back ;-) | |||
| 2009-03-08 48 8 | 45.23km (20.76/24.47) | A hardcore snow trip. Got frequently stuck in a sticky mess, and didn't reach the coordinates. | |||
| 2009-03-19 48 9 | 46.45km (33.88/12.57) | Up in the mountains, got stuck in snow again at +10°C. 980 elevation metres of significant uphill slopes and a torn tyre. | |||
| 819.96 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 | |||
| 2009-03-05 Vancouver, BC | 19.6 km (9.8, 9.8) | With picnic basket and Twister game. | |||
| 2009-03-09 Vancouver, BC | 2.5 km (1.25, 1.25) | With trailer, and groceries on the way back. | |||
| 2009-04-05 Lynden, WA | 55.9 (forgot to record splits) | Took public transit to get over the Fraser River. | |||
| 2009-04-16 Blaine, WA | 53.8 (return) | Took transit the rest of the way. | |||
| 757.3 km & 4940 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 | |||
| 2009-03-18 Bamberg, Germany | 36.4 km (20.2+16.2) | Uphill: 260 m | |||
| 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. | |||
| 176.71km | 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 trespassing. The hash point was inside a house. | |||
| 2009-03-07 Bendigo, Australia | 34.27 km | No trespassing. Since I found the front gate, I also found the sign. Also, my bike had fun Inside a tree | |||
| 2009-03-15 Bendigo, Australia | 38.65 km (20.13Km, 18.52km) | Success. Was able to claim the Virgin Graticule this time. Bike at the hash | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 64.3km | Koepfel | 2009-04-18 49 8 | 9.1km | Took the train to Zaisenhausen, from there by bike. | |
| 2009-04-18 49 7 | 28.2km | Took the train to Wissembourg, from there by bike. | |||
| 2009-04-05 48 8 | 27.0km | tracklog of the 12km-ride there available on the expedition page. The 27km also include the ride to a nearby geocache and the way back, on which we took a different route. | |||
| 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) | ||||
| 51.7km | Benjw | 2009-04-03 Cambridge, UK | 7.4 km (3.4, 4.0) | Returned via work to see if I'd got the cubicle geohash (no -- it was 1.04km) | |
| 2009-04-07 Cambridge, UK | 44.3 km (21.0, 23.3) | Out on roads, back mostly on bridleways | |||
| 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 | |||
