Always like having a good side quest. I usually just stumble into them along the way, i have a few more, but here are some:

  • Hit up all the pump tracks. That one i do on every tour really, kinda surprised about how many bike pump tracks or skateparks i come across.
  • I started playing “don’t use the power bank” on a 2,5 week long tour. I lost this game on the 9th day, but only because i didn’t know there was a cafe a couple hundred meters further down the road. After i lost i wasn’t too keen on keeping on playing anymore, don’t really remember.
  • “Guess the Italian” - In the border regions to Italy i tried to guess number plates of overtaking cars before i could see them. I had no false positives, but a few false negatives. I was impressed by my guessing skills, or by the consistency of italian drivers. This game then somehow faded out in somewhere Italy i guess.

Anybody else got some side quests / mini games they’re playing?

  • dont_lemmee_down@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    I play “speed your distance”: during km 1 you have to go at least 1km/h once (easy), during km 2 at least 2km/h (still easy)… Starting km 16 you have to hope to not hit a hard climb. Then I try to go as long as possible. There is a bit of luck involved… Maybe you get a descent on km 27 but frontwind on km 26. At some point you get less and less pauses as well. If you go to 20km you have around 3 minutes till the next km starts, but at 30 you only have 2 minutes! Sure you’ll fall under that speed during the pause, but you still need like 300-400m to speed up. My trick is to do a sprint every 2 km, so check 21km/h at the end of km 21 and 22 at the beginning.

    The great thing is you always get a chance to break your record the next day! Also the first 30km or so pass in a breeze.

    • AchtungDrempels@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      That sounds really good. I guess you then reset when taking a break?

      I have no bicycle computer, so not the game for me i guess.

      • dont_lemmee_down@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        You probably could, I just do it once a day. That way I don’t feel pressure to go too fast all day long. It’s usually good when you have a long day ahead of you, with nothing interesting along the way or with bad weather. If I know I have a lot of sightseeing or nice company, I try to focus on just enjoy the riding itself