If this is a game and you're looking for ways to up your chances of meeting people and either being given permission to camp in someone's backyard, directions to a great place to stay, or just an invitation to share coffee and conversation, I always found that prominent signs of being a 'professional' tourist usually got me that.

That included a clean appearance, Canadian flags neatly sewn on packs, frequenting high traffic coffee shops like Tim Hortons where the bike would be parked just outside the entrance (an invitation to other bikers to look for the guy with the helmet), and a friendly approachable demeanor.

Don't know if you could use chance draws to acquire those but those are the suggestions that work for me anywhere.

Before ordering coffee at Tims I'd already have hit the washroom, opened my handlebar bag, washed my hair, shaved, washed down with a cloth, put on some deodorant, changed my shirt and brushed my teeth.