He’s racked up 50,000 miles on his recumbent trike, enough to go twice around the earth but this is not a typical tale of an adventurer, pedaling through far off lands in the prime of youth. This is the story of someone who didn’t start cycling until he was in his 50s and diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease. […] Read More »
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Nowhere Soon: Cycling The Pacific Coast
“Where are we going? Where should we go? We don’t really know yet for sure.” Those are the words of Alex and Meredith, currently cycling the Pacific coastline. Their adventure started in Vancouver and has already taken them into Mexico, with plans to go further south yet. It’s an amazing journey, when you consider that […] Read More »
Heinz Stücke To Cycle Canada, Go Island Hopping
Heinz Stücke, the world’s longest travelling cyclist, will ride through northern Canada in 2010 and then set off for many of the world’s islands. The news on Heinz’s progress comes from Japanese bike tourist Daisuke Nakanishi, who hosted Heinz for a few days in Japan earlier this month. Read More »
Finishing A Tour… 34 Years Later
If one person shows how it’s never to late to complete your dreams, it must be Dutch cyclist Frank van Dijk. His 7,000km cross-America tour in 1976, from Oregon to Virginia, was cut short in Kansas when an old lady crashed her Buick into Frank’s bike. Now Frank is going back to the U.S. to […] Read More »