Bicycle as a means of transport

  • drawbacks
    • needs special preparation (bike, food, equipment)
    • weather dependent – prolongs
    • takes ~10 times longer, needs scheduling
    • neighbors require reporting
    • non-trivial fatigue after the travel
  • upsides
    • social isolation
    • lower carbon footprint from fossil fuels (citation needed)
    • stamina excercise
    • sightseeing

Strážiště

Curiosities

  • robot mower (controlled by four workers)
  • rustical villages in Central Bohemia (Zdebuzeves)
  • test of emergency tent – works in mild rain, windless/mild wind, partial protection against insects
  • both ways against the wind
  • flooded cycling path
  • flooded fields
  • square square in Pelhřimov, prostitute?
  • different qualities of highlands
    • forests (north), plants (potatoes, crops, pea, oilseed rape ), pastures (Křemešník)
    • long waves (highlands), short waves (Posázaví)

Stats

  • outbound
    • 90.5 km, 5:11, 17.5 km/h, 54.3 km/h
    • 97 km, 5:34, 17.4 km/h, ??
  • inbound
    • 77.5 km, 4:09, 18.7 km/h, 59.7 km/h
    • 112.7 km, 5:57, 18.9 km/h, 59.7 km/h