And I don't want to ride to work today...

[nuthatch]

Check out this guy's trip! :eek:

Round the world cyclist returns after four years! (http://travel.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,7445,1639318,00.html)

[jeannierides]

Oh, my gosh! :eek: is right!! Makes ya feel a little like a slacker when you don't want to ride!

[Trekhawk]

Wow what an amazing story.

[CorsairMac]

Oh, my gosh! :eek: is right!! Makes ya feel a little like a slacker when you don't want to ride!


ROFL - nah, makes me think since I can't ride like him - I just won't!


That is quite the journey tho - anyone see what make of bike he's on?? I would also love to know where he got all his spares from...along the route or carried? Would be an interesting read if he chooses to write a book about it.

[DeniseGoldberg]

That is quite the journey tho - anyone see what make of bike he's on??

Corsair -
I surfed over to Alastair Humphreys web site about his trip at http://www.roundtheworldbybike.com/ and found a sort of an answer to your question in his FAQs. Apparently he went through 3 bikes on his trip - quote from his answer to the question "What kit did you take?"
Bike- Two steel Rockhoppers which were great and finally a wonderful steel mountain bike with downhill rims (I was sick of breaking wheels) made by a company who wouldn't give me even a tiny discount so I childishly taped over their logos [dream bike though- Thorn Raven] I also loved his answer to the question "Did your bike break":
Like the old Russian joke- my bike is as good as new, except for 3 new frames, 5 new wheels, countless tyres, tubes, chains and gears…. A truly amazing journey. I think I need to spend some time reading his journal!
--- Denise

[CorsairMac]

thanks Denise - and thanks for the link to his journals!

*hurrying thru the TE posts so I can go check out Alastairs' posts*