Awesome trip Evan, Alex, et al. Let me know when you guys start planning a month or 2 trek out to the far east. I have a good friend in Svobodny, at least I think that's the city, something like a 6 day train ride to Moscow. It's high time I take a journey like that. How difficult is it to find opportunity charging once you get away from the cities?
Regarding following so close, the guys around here don't have bikes that can keep up with trucks, so they have no idea how close you have to get to be out of the turbulence and into a spot where drafting really pays off. :lol:
Since you guys had a couple of recumbents in the group, how big was the difference in energy consumption compared to the more upright bikes. Any data on avg wh/km for the whole trip for each bike. In addition to comfort, I'm wondering how much more benefit they enjoy.