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?
When cycling in a country where number plates have four numbers on them (e.g. 23-64-AD) I play the ‘24’ game. With simple math (addition, substraction, multiplication, division) try to make a total of 24 with the numbers (3-1=1, 6x4=24, 24x1=24, alternatively 6+4-2=8, 8x3=24, etc)
Holy shit, haha. I don’t know if my math on the fly is good enough for that. Why 24? Is it like your lucky number? I think i’ll give that a shot, spaniards have four numbers on their plates i think.
It’s easier than it seems :) When I was a kid it was a game we were taught at school, it kinda stuck with me