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Sea to Sea: By the Numbers

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Gayla R. Postma

  • Cycling days:    54

  • Distance:    3,881 miles/ 6,245 km

  • Longest day:    113 miles/ 182 km

  • Shortest day:    34 miles/ 55 km

  • Cyclists:    220 total

  • Support staff:    27

  • Cyclists who biked entire tour:    120

  • Emergency room visits:    22

  • Broken bones:    6

  • Riders off tour because of injury:    5*

  • Rider falls:    195

  • Riders bumped by cars:    2

  • Flat tires:    819

  • Most flats in a single day:    36**

  • Riders with no flats:    11

  • Most flats for a single rider:    28***

  • Women:    69

  • Men:    151

  • Americans:    103

  • Canadians:    116

  • International:    1

*Arnie Issette, Tyler Buitenwerf, Don Brunsting, Lynn Verros, Sarah Terpstra.
**on the last day of the tour
***Eritia Smit, Hamilton, Ontario

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Gayla Postma is news editor for The Banner.

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