Win: Cycle Journeys of the World book
Share a journey and you could win this travel book
New book Cycle Journeys of the World is packed with 34 inspiring routes from around the world including Africa, Asia, Australasia, the Americas and Europe, and is perfect for the intrepid explorer hoping to see a new part of the globe by bicycle.
And we've just received a copy of this very nicely printed book in the office. And we want to give it away to one lucky reader. To win it we want to hear about interesting journeys you've had on the bicycle, whether it was in a remote forest in Venezuela or somewhere a bit closer to home, if its funny, intriguing or inspiring, we want to hear about it.
So, couldn't be easier really could it. Simply head into the forum below this article and type away. We'll give you a couple of weeks to make your entry (and you're not limited to just one by the way) and we'll announce the lucky recipient of this lovely book at the end of the month.
Find out more about the book here.
I rode into town today picked up my shopping and got thoroughly saturated whilst jumping over potholes so as not to burst my skinny 25mm tyres thereby putting me at risk from the drivers that think you only need an inch of clearance between you and their wing mirror - proper gruelling. I did see a few Red Kites, though, which was nice...
Posted: 14/07/2010 21:08
I could do with a book along the lines of '101 ways to explain why you've ended up in a farmers' drive-way'. Try this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Cant-Read-maps/1/V/6/SP/ 
Posted: 15/07/2010 14:54
Bagan, a former capital of Myanmar on the bank of the Irrawaddy River and Mt Victoria, the 3rd highest mountain in Myanmar conjure up big expectations in ones mind, more so as Mt Victoria had never been conquered by bike. Bike World Explores Myanmar put together a group of 16 riders to pit their skills against the hazards and came out successful! Departing Bagan at dawn the group rode to Chauk where the Irrawaddy river was crossed by bridge, the flat roads slowly but surely changed to tracks which continued to Saw, the Base of Mt Victoria. From Saw a good road continued up a steep gradient until Kampalet was reached at some 5000 ft above sea level. The next day the group departed at dawn with the aim of reaching the summit of Mt Victoria at 10,200 feet above sea level. The track lived up to its reputation in that it was extremely steep, rough, narrow and very demanding; after 4 hours the base camp was finally in view and following a rest the summit was attacked. The final push comprising a lot of coursing, carrying and little riding the summit of the mountain was reached, being above the cloud line the view was magic which made all the effort worthwhile and being the first to do this made it something special.
Posted: 16/07/2010 08:20
In September 2004 my GF Kate and I head out from Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham in Buckinghamshire to ride through Europe, the middle East and Northern Africa to get to Fasilides School, Gondar Northern Ethiopia to raise as much money as we could for the good work that the link between the two schools does. We cycled through 15 different countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan & Ethiopia and rode around 9000Km over 7 months.
Riding such a long journey was a lot harder and a lot less romantic than I had envisioned, but has left me with so many wonderful (and not so wonderful) memories. From the restauranteur giving us a free meal as we waited to cross from Syria to Jordan; the night when a slightly drunk man in Romania let us have his whole house for the night while he went and stayed with his sister; the Italian overlanders who stopped and gave us salami and parmesan as we just finished the 50km long climb from the Ethiopian lowlands, to the Highlands 2000m higher; to the kids who threw stones at us as we rode through every village in Jordan; getting hit by a bus in Turkey and ending up in an overcrowded hospital; the crash we had riding in the dark in the Sinai desert; to running out of water tens of Kms away from anywhere at 50+ degree heat in Sudan.
I don't regret any of it; although I do wish we'd taken much more advantage of the freedom the bikes give you and ventured off our route a bit more. The ride definitely taught me that the old adage is true; "it's not the destination, but the journey that matters". We still managed to raise £12K for Gondarlink (now Link Ethiopia) of which Kate & I are very proud.
Posted: 22/07/2010 10:55
Yay...! *applauds Paul*
Posted: 03/08/2010 11:19
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