How much do you need to know before you set off on a bike adventure? Going back through nearly 200 episodes of Seek Travel Ride, I found the answer from guests is usually a lot less than people expect.
For this midweek episode I’ve pulled clips from eight guests who started out with very little idea of what they were doing. Florence Cotel taught herself to ride a bike at night in Copenhagen so nobody would see her wobbling, and went on to ride from North to South America. Paul de Tilly’s only training for his ride from Paris to China was two kilometres around the Luxembourg Gardens near his house. In the second half you’ll hear how guests like Rebecca Lowe, and Samer Abouhamad share how breaking down their big journeys into smaller pieces helped them believe they could make it happen.
If you’re planning your first bike tour or bikepacking trip, I hope this gives you the push to start small and work the rest out on the road.
What was the thing you had no clue about when you first set off on a bike adventure? Send me a message using the link below and I might read it out in a future episode.
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