Bicycle geohashes
From Geohashing
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 in an attempt to reach the coordinates, even if the expedition does not completely qualify for the Bicycle Geohash award (for which the whole distance must be cycled, and the coordinations reached).
Geohashers are listed in descending order of total cumulative distance cycled, and expeditions for each hasher are listed in chronological order.
Contents
> 10000 km
| Total | Geohasher(s) | Expedition | Distance (there, back) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11775 km | Reinhard | Five longest trips only. | ||
| 2009-05-30 Babow, BB, Germany | 158 km | with Manu | ||
| 2009-06-17 Bad Frankenhausen, TH, Germany | 145 km | after work | ||
| 2010-04-17 Lindenau, TH, Germany | 224 km | |||
| 2011-03-05 Double bike hash, TH+SX, Germany | 139 km | with Manu | ||
| 2019-05-18 Double bike hash, TH, Germany | 205 km | without using other means of transport | ||
5000 - 10000 km
| Total | Geohasher(s) | Expedition | Distance (there, back) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8711 km | Ekorren (full list here) | Ekorren has his own Bicycle Geohashes page. This is just a summary and selection of a few notable ones. Ekorren attempted 178 geohashes by bicycle (for significant parts of the way). Also he never really used any motorized individual traffic for the way to a hash. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | ||
| 2009-08-08 48 8 | 113.35km (71.20/42.15) | Deep into the Black Forest. See list for more Black Forest and Schwäbische Alb Madness. | ||
| 2009-09-28 48 9 & 2009-09-28 48 10 |
156.28km (ca. 15/121/20) | Bike multihash over the Schwäbische Alb into the Donau valley. | ||
| 5988.7km | Arvid | Arvid cycled so much he made his own Bicycle Geohashes page. This is just a summary with his most notable/longest hashes. Currently Arvid did 60 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. | ||
| 2011-05-28 Flaesheim, Germany | 616.6km | Combined geohashing with a 600km BRM ride | ||
1000 - 5000 km
| Total | Geohasher(s) | Expedition | Distance (there, back) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 km | Manu | Four longest trips only. | ||
| 2009-05-30 Babow, BB, Germany | 152 km | with Reinhard, combined with nice tour along the cucumber bike path | ||
| 2009-08-08 Rohrer Berg, TH, Germany | 92 km | with Reinhard, extremely bad streets for some kilometres | ||
| 2010-05-23 Garz/Rügen, Germany | 127 km | with Reinhard, combined with a sightseeing tour on Rügen | ||
| 2011-03-05 Double bike hash, TH+SX, Germany | 139 km | with Reinhard | ||
| 1995 km + 13470 m uphill ("100% bike" expeditions only) |
Danatar (Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany) |
Special trips only, I did 62 in total (+1 without success). Full list can be seen here. | ||
| 2008-09-07 Zielona Góra, Poland | 32 km (16km+16km) | Used a leased bike. My first expedition | ||
| 2008-09-20 Würzburg, Germany | 60.2 km (29.7+30.5) | First expedition in my home graticule. 420 m uphill | ||
| 2009-07-06 Bamberg, Germany | 16.6 km (14.6+2) | In mortal danger because of a thunderstorm. 170 m uphill | ||
| 2010-06-13 Bamberg, Germany | 64.4 km (32.3+32.1) | My longest bike expedition. | ||
| 1805km | thepiguy | Favorite trips only. Complete list is here. | ||
| 2008-08-16 Victoria, Canada | 170km | How else was I supposed to break in my new bike? | ||
| 2008-09-01 Pender Harbor, BC | 237km | Went 8.5km by kayak too! | ||
| 2008-09-21 Vancouver, BC and Nanaimo, BC | 167km | Multihash! | ||
| 2008-10-26 Sooke, BC | 171km | Back on my favorite trail! | ||
| 2009-04-16 Blaine, Washington | 111km | First border hash. | ||
| 2009-05-16 Hollenbach, Germany | 140km | Didn't die on my first big bike trip in Germany! | ||
| 1262.10 km | Robyn | Showing longest rides only. Full list here. Robyn has attempted 22 geohashes at least partly by bicycle. | ||
| 2008-07-05 Surrey | 63.2km return | Just missed meeting other geohashers. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2009-04-05 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. | ||
| 2009-04-22 Langley, BC | 87 km (return) | zeroed odometer w/o recording decimal | ||
| 2009-04-23 Orcas Island, WA | 68.0 km (return) | other modes: car & ferry | ||
| 2009-05-02 Silver Lake Park, WA | 180.73 km (96.66, 84.07) | combined two geohashes in an overnight camping trip, additional distance done on transit | ||
| 1036 km | SastRe.O | See complete list here | ||
| 1000.45 km | Eupeodes | See Expeditions page | ||
500 - 1000 km
| Total | Geohasher(s) | Expedition | Distance (there, back) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 966.7 km | Benjw | Longest trips only (in date order); full list at User:Benjw/Bike expeditions. | ||
| 2009-04-23 52 -0 and 52 0 | 59.8 km (25.5, 28.3, 6.0) | Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. First double hash by bike. | ||
| 2012-08-24 52 -0 and 52 0 | 80.8 km (29.2, 28.2, 23.4) | Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. | ||
| 2012-09-12 52 0 and 52 -0 | 61.5 km (28.0, 14.9, 18.6) | Double attempt; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 attempt -> home. | ||
| 2012-09-17 Cambridge, UK | 126.5 km (65.9, 60.6) | Took seven hours due to fields and crap farm tracks. Longest trip so far. | ||
| 717.62 km | Elbie | User:Elbie/Bicycle geohashes | ||
100 - 500 km
| Total | Geohasher(s) | Expedition | Distance (there, back) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 430km | dawidi | User:Dawidi/Bicycle Geohashes | ||
| 415.0km | Nick Holden | 2013-05-25 Short Heath, Derbyshire, UK | 97.9km (48, 28, 22) | It was Mouse Over Day and #towelday, so it deserved a special effort. |
| 2013-06-01 Anstey Lane, Leicester, UK | 45.0km (12,33) | So nearly a tron achievement. So, so nearly. | ||
| 2013-06-08 Long Itchington, Warwickshire, UK | 108.8km (53.6,55.2) | I am never cycling near Rugby again. | ||
| 2013-06-18 Stanton Under Bardon, Leicestershire, UK | 55.3km (19.8,35.5) | Not counting the ride to work in the morning, what with the getting off for six hours in between. | ||
| 2013-07-13 Egleton, Rutland, UK | 58.8km (52.4, 6.4) | Double Yerevan, but no cigar. | ||
| 2013-08-04 Thurlaston, Leicestershire, UK | 34.2km (11.9, 22.3) | Got the Tron achievement into the bargain. | ||
| 2013-08-22 Baza, Andulucia, Spain | 15.0km (7.4,7.6) | Drag-along Virgin combo, which isn't quite as neanderthal as it sounds. | ||
| 398.4 km | Koepfel | see User:Koepfel/Bicycle Geohashes | ||
| 284.08km | Mystrsyko | Complete list of bike hashes | 57.29 longest | |
| 196km | Tom | Top3 100% bikeback trips only. The complete list is here. | ||
| 2008-06-22 Budapest, Hungary | 64km | Photo proof here, map here. | ||
| 2008-07-27 Budapest, Hungary | 40km | Map here. | ||
| 2008-10-31 Budapest, Hungary | 46km | Map here. | ||
| 176.71km | myka | 2009-02-14 Melbourne East, Australia | 39.71km (~19.85km each way) | My bike enjoyed stopping at the lake. Unfortunately 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) | |||
| 114.6km | MagicIan | 2010-03-28 Norwich, United Kingdom | 34 km | |
| 2010-07-25 Norwich, United Kingdom | 64.2 km | |||
| 2010-08-20 Norwich, United Kingdom | 16.4 km | |||
| 113.9 km | Sara | 2009-08-07 42 -72 | 30 km (15km, 15km) | |
| 2009-11-03 41 -72 | 40.5km (20 ,20.5) | Didn't make it to the coordinates, due to No Tresspassing | ||
| 2012-05-27 42 -72 | 43.4km (21 ,22.5) | Returned by different route. Didn't make it to coordinates, due to GPS problem | ||
| 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 | |||
| 103,9km | fivetonsofflax | Three longest expeditions | ||
| 2010-08-11 49 8 | 41.7km | |||
| 2011-03-15 49 8 | 34.1km | |||
| 2010-04-08 49 8 | 28.1km | |||
| 103.2km | Bierhefe | 2010-11-24 Hamburg, Germany | 13.6km (7.8, 5.8) | Took the bus for parts of my way home (for a distance of about 2km), also forgot to take a picture of my bike |
| 2011-03-03 Hamburg, Germany | 14.09km (8.04, 6.05) | Again, took the bus for parts of my way home (for a distance of about 2km). Also, Coordinates not reached. :( | ||
| 2011-06-01 Hamburg, Germany | 19.10km (9.6, 9.5) | Took a slightly different route on the way back, as well as mapping some streets for OSM. Coordinates not reached. :( | ||
| 2011-08-02 Hamburg, Germany | 59.4 (29.3, 30,1) | Took a different route on the way back. | ||
50 - 100 km
| Total | Geohasher(s) | Expedition | Distance (there, back) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92km | Tom Viza | 2008-05-24 Sheffield, UK | 92km (~45, 4, 43) | Distance includes detour for fish & chips |
| 90.2km | Klucken | 2015-08-16 54 16 | 8.6km | Strzelino, 5,5 km to the west of Słupsk |
| 2015-09-11 54 17 | 37.5km | A field between the villages Grąsino, Karżniczka and Zagórzyca | ||
| 2015-10-01 54 16 | 44.1km | The wind farm near Noskowo village | ||
| 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. | ||
| 77.24km | DolphinTreasure | 2014-10-07 Springfield, IL | 48.28km (28.64km, 19km) | Needed to be picked up on the way home |
| 2014-10-24 Springfield, IL | 22.37km (8km, 14.37km) | Detour on way home | ||
| 2015-05-28 Springfield, IL | 6.59km (3.3, 3.3) | |||
| 68km | Kliment | 2008-05-31 51 6 | 68km | |
| 66.68km | NWoodruff | 2010-11-20 34 -83 | 66.68km | I rode more than 6400.0 Km last year [1] |
| 64km | Zigdon | 2008-06-07 San Francisco, CA | ~64km | |
| 60km | El muerte verde | 2009-08-04 Paderborn, Germany | ~60km (26.3km, 33.7km) | Tron hash |
| 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 |
1 - 50 km
| Total | Geohasher(s) | Expedition | Distance (there, back) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46km | GeorgDerReisende | 2017-05-30 Wedemark-Berkhof | 46km (35km, 11km) | |
| 42km | MMlosh | 2009-08-21 Wałbrzych/Hradec Králové | 42km (19km, 23km) |
Route back was longer because I mapped some new streets in Horní jelení Route cycled while mapping beyond the hashpoint are not calculated in. |
| 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.) |
| 35.5km | Thomcat | 2012-09-18 Seattle | 10.4km | Another trip to Greenlake at sunset |
| 2009-11-02 Seattle | 14.5km | A trip to Greenlake in the light rain | ||
| 2008-06-28 Seattle | 10.6km | photo and collected Pub Geohash on the same date | ||
| 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 others' 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 | |
| 18.5km | Jand | 2012-10-01 51 -1 | 18.5km | |
| 17km | Brett | 2008-06-08 40 -88 | 17 km | |
| 9.6km | hbrx | 2008-06-25 Oslo, Norway | 9.6 km (5km, 4.6km) | left from work, returned home |
| 7.7km | Ben Kaiser | 2022-03-02 Gold Coast, Australia | 7.7km | Took the daughter along for the ride |
| ? | shenron and noamsml | No photographic proof, but can be verified by the people who they met with when they geohashed |
