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2	Cyclists' Names	Trip Name	Tagline	No. of riders	Male / Female	Nationalities	Start	Finish	Duration (months)	Ongoing	Cost per person (original currency)	Cost per person (GBP£)	Total distance (km)	Total distance (miles)	Average monthly distance (km, calculated)	Cost per km (calculated)	Cost per month (calculated)	Type of bike	Bicycle make/model	Gears	Handlebars	Brakes	Wheel size	Luggage	What footwear/pedals did you use?	Europe	Africa	Australasia	North America	South America	Asia	Parts of Asia	Round-the-world	Website	Route map	Kit list	Titles	Buy (UK)	Buy (World)

3	Francisco Elias	Raid ciclístico Argentina–Canadá		1	Male only	Argentina	01/1952	05/1953	1 yrs, 4 m	No			18000	11,185	1,125			Road/racing bike		No gears!	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim		Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	http://www.franciscoelias.com.ar/
4	Frank van Rijn		South America	1	Male only	Dutch	01/1985	12/1985	0 yrs, 11 m	No			26300	16,342	2,192			Touring bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	http://www.frankvanrijn.nl
5	Marc Freedman	World Cycle 1986-1994	Around the World in 8 Years	1	Male only	American	01/1986	11/1994	8 yrs, 10 m	No	$10 per day		70000	43,496	660			Mountain bike	Fat Chance	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
6	Marc Freedman	World Cycle 1986-1994	Around the World in 8 Years	1	Male only	American	01/1986	11/1994	8 yrs, 10 m	No	$10 per day		70000	43,496	660			Mountain bike	Fat Chance	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
7	Josie Dew	The Wind in my Wheels - around the world by bicycle	A constant wandering wheel	1	Female only	British	01/1987	12/1987	0 yrs, 11 m	No	£1 - £10 / day average		11000	6,835				Touring bike	Roberts Roughstuff	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	josiedew.com			The Wind in my Wheels, Travels in a Strange State, A Ride in the Neon Sun and more...	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
8	Graham Suffield	Bicycle Bound	China to Pakistan the Long Way Around, via North America and Europe.	1	Male only	Canada	01/2008	12/2008	0 yrs, 11 m	No	4,750	£3,992	18,845	11,710	1,570	£ 0.21	£333	Touring bike	Cannondale, 2nd hand bike	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=1mr&doc_id=3551&v=VS
9	Lars and Jon	On the way 2009	US to the Southern Cone in six months	2	Male only	USA	01/2009	07/2009	0 yrs, 6 m	No	1,800	£1,095	13,750	8,544	2,292	£ 0.08	£183	Touring bike	Trek 520, Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No		Map
10	Adam Wolley	London to Cape Town for Malaria Consortium	Solo London to Cape Town ride in 7 months in aid of Malaria Consortium.	1	Male only		01/2010	07/2010	0 yrs, 6 m	No	£4,500	£4,500	14329	8,904	2,047	£ 0.31	£643	Mountain bike	Specialized Crosstrail Pro	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	adamwolley.co.uk
11	Parys Lisiecki	America en Bici	From Usuaía (ARG) to Tijuana (MEX)	1	Male only	Polish	01/2010	04/2011	1 yrs, 3 m	No	6,100	£6,100	27,107	16,844	1,936	£ 0.23	£436	Mountain bike	BH	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	http://mojepodrozezsakwami.blogspot.com/
12	Parys Lisiecki	America en Bici	From Ushuaía (ARG) to Tijuana (MEX)	1	Male only	Polish	01/2010	04/2011	1 yrs, 3 m	No	7,000	£5,882	27,108	16,844	1,936	£ 0.22	£420	Mountain bike	BH	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	mojepodrozezsakwamiplogspot.com
13	Stephen Fabes	Cycling The Six	The length of six continents	1	Male only	British	01/2010	Ongoing	3 yrs, 11 m	Yes	$15,000	£9,129	60000	37,282	1,250	£ 0.15	£190	Touring bike	Santos	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East	Yes	cyclingthe6.com
14	Martina Gees	Colorfish on the Road	An Odyssey through the Americas	1	Female only	Switzerland	01/2010	Ongoing	6 yrs, 2 m	Yes			56000	34,797	747			Touring bike	Simpel Frischluft Tour	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	www.colorfish.ch	Map
15	Tyson Schimschal	Spinning my Wheels in North America	Cancun, Mexico to Inuvik, NWT.	1	Male only	Canadian	01/2011	09/2011	0 yrs, 8 m	No	$10,000	£6,086	14430	8,966	1,804	£ 0.42	£761	Touring bike	Marinoni Turismo	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	www.crazyguyonabike.com/Tyson2539
16	Melissa Yule and Kate Harris	Cycling Silk	Cycling Silk was a 10-month, 10-country, 10,000-kilometer biking expedition along the Silk Road between Europe and Asia.	2	Female only	Canadian	01/2011	10/2011	0 yrs, 9 m	No			10000	6,214	1,111			Touring bike	Seven Cycles, Expat S	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan	No	cyclingsilk.com	Map
17	Adam Coppola, Christy Coppola	Give A Bike 50 State Tour	12,591 mile Charity bike tour of all 50 United States in a single year.	2	Male and female	American	01/2011	11/2011	0 yrs, 10 m	No	10000	£6,086	20263	12,591	2,026	£ 0.30	£609	Touring bike	Cannondale touring 1	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Started w pedals and cages and switched to SPD	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	Giveabike.com
18	Andy Purkis	Bangkok to Beijing	Bangkok to Beijing, taking a long and scenic route	1	Male only	British	01/2013	08/2013	0 yrs, 7 m	No	£3,000	£3,000	13600	8,451	1,943	£ 0.22	£429	Touring bike	Surly Ogre	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	700c	Frame bag, seat post bag and bar roll	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, China	No	www.bangkoktobeijing.weebly.com
19	Nat Faulkner	2013 bike tour	The older I am getting (age 34/35 on that trip) the less I care to publicize my trips and look for sponsorship and the more I prefer drinking local wine and spirits with locals.	1	Male only	Canadian	01/2013	11/2013	0 yrs, 10 m	No	$8,000	£4,869	23600	14,664	2,145	£ 0.21	£443	Touring bike	trek sawyer / changed to tout terrain metropolis	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	3 days in Turkey	No
20	Alex Lester	roundpeanut ride	around australia, overland from singapore to europe	1	Male only	British	01/2013	04/2014	1 yrs, 3 m	Yes			24500	15,224	1,633			Touring bike	Steel frame mtb tourer	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	www.roundpeanut.com
21	Alex Lester		around australalia then back to england from singapore	1	Male only	British	01/2013	08/2014	1 yrs, 7 m	No	£6,000	£6,000	35543	22,085	1,975	£ 0.17	£333	Mountain bike	Pacific Mountain Bike	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	www.roundpeanut.com
22	Ryan Sclar	Across Eurasia	Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon, Portugal to Pacific Ocean near Shanghai, China.	1	Male only	American	01/2014	09/2014	0 yrs, 8 m	No	£9,000	£5,477	17,000	10,563	2,125	£ 0.32	£685	Mountain bike	Novara Metro	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China, Russia	No	http://ryansclarbikingacrosseurasia.blogspot.com/
23	Pablo Mandado and Ilze Zebolde	The Crazy Travel	On-going multi-year world the round bicycle adventure	2	Male and female	Spanish and Latvian	01/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	€920	£773	10350	6,431	941	£ 0.07	£70	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad MK2	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		Yes	http://thecrazytravel.com/
24	Vidko	Riding New Zealand 2015	An unforgettable journey through Aotearoa, riding the land of the long white cloud, riding...........the Land Before Time.	1	Male only	Slovenian	01/2015	12/2015	0 yrs, 11 m	No	5500 NZD		10,570	6,568	961			Touring bike	Surly LHT custom built	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Handlebar	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	https://www.facebook.com/touringcycling/
25	Anna and Szymon Belka	Wlasna Droga	Our own way of cycling around Asia and New Zealand in about two years so far.	2	Male and female	Polish	01/2015	Ongoing	2 yrs, 1 m	Yes			20,000	12,427	800			Touring bike	Specialized Ariel, Kellys	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Russia	Yes	www.wlasnadroga.pl
26	Dan Calverley	Self-Propelling Particle	Six continents by bicycle, looking for forms of the good life.	1	Male only	British	01/2015	Ongoing	4 yrs, 11 m	Yes	Approximately £6000 per year	£30,000	56,000	34,797	949	£ 0.54	£508	Touring bike	Thorn Sherpa	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	www.selfpropellingparticle.com
27	Jerich Abon	Southeast Asia Tour 2016	Nine months meandering through five countries in Southeast Asia.	1	Male only	American	01/2016	10/2016	0 yrs, 9 m	No	£6,000	£3,652	10,297	6,398	1,144	£ 0.35	£406	Touring bike	Surly Disc Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	South East Asia	No
28	Filippo Graglia	A-Round About	First person trying to reach South Africa with the bicycle leaving from the door of my house in Italy. Stay connected! Currently in Cote d'Ivoire.	1	Male only	Italian	01/2018	Ongoing	0 yrs, 9 m	Yes	4,400	£4,400	11,560	7,183	1,284	£ 0.38	£489	Mountain bike	Salsa Fargo 2017	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Bikepacking bags	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	https://m.facebook.com/aroundabout2018
29	Eleanor		Purposeful to Almaty, then meandering to Taiwan	1	Female only	UK	01/2018	03/2019	1 yrs, 2 m	No	14,000	£14,000	15,000	9,321	1,000	£ 0.93	£933	Touring bike	Genesis tour de fer 2017 and a Claude Butler Dalesman 2018	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, China	No
30	Cassie and Cedric	NZ back to Germany	From as far as possible back home: NZ, AU, SE Asia, Central Asia to Europe	2	Male and female	French/German and USA	01/2018	12/2018	0 yrs, 11 m	No	9000euros	£7,563	17,500	10,874	1,591	£ 0.43	£688	Tandem	Hase Bikes Pino	Internal (hub) gears	Undefinible: vertical handlebars of the Pino tandem	Disc	26 and 20	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia	No	http://talkie-walkie.us
31	Frank van Rijn		Mexico to Canada	1	Male only	Dutch	02/1988	11/1988	0 yrs, 9 m	No			21800	13,546	2,180			Touring bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	http://www.frankvanrijn.nl
32	Dorothee Fleck	first round the world trip	First round the world trip	1	Female only	German	02/2008	07/2010	2 yrs, 5 m	No	Don't know		61140	37,991	2,108			Touring bike	Velotraum, customized bike	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia	Yes	dorothee-fleck.com
33	David Cook, Luke Johnston, Matthew Gibson	10k 4 10k European cycling challenge	10,000 miles around Europe	3	Male only	British	02/2010	07/2010	0 yrs, 5 m	No	£2,000	£2,000	16000	9,942	3,200	£ 0.13	£400	Touring bike	Specialized TriCross	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
34	Vin Cox	Circumnavigation Guinness World Record 2010	A "true" circumnavigation by Guinness World Record rules and a fantastic adventure.	1	Male only	British	02/2010	08/2010	0 yrs, 6 m	No	£8,000	£8,000	29,331	18,226	4,889	£ 0.27	£1,333	Touring bike	Genesis Criox de fer	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	http://www.greatbikeride.com
35	Leon McCarron		New York to Hong Kong by bike, learning how to use a video camera	1	Male only	Irish	02/2010	04/2011	1 yrs, 2 m	No	£3,000	£3,000	22500	13,981	1,607	£ 0.13	£214	Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia, China	No	leonmccarron.com	Map		Coming soon
36	Bill	Asia 2011	A lazy year on a bike.	1	Male only	British	02/2011	09/2011	0 yrs, 7 m	No	£16,000	£16,000	12,000	7,456	1,500	£ 1.33	£2,000	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad MK II	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	South East Asia	No	http://www.year0.com.au/going_troppo/
37	Paulius Kemesis	Nomad Touring	Cycling South America and more.	1	Male only	Lithuanian	02/2011	07/2012	1 yrs, 5 m	No			21000	13,049	1,235			Touring bike	Thorn Raven Nomad Mk2	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No
38	Robbie Sage	Global Guitar	Round the world with a guitar	1	Male only	British	02/2011	Ongoing	2 yrs, 10 m	Yes	$15,000	£9,129	25000	15,534	735	£ 0.37	£269	Mountain bike	Orange P7	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	globalguitarcycle.com
39	Sean Conway	World Cycle 2012	Competed in first ever Global Bicycle Race with the intention of going for the world record for fasted circumnavigation by bike.	1	Male only	British	02/2012	07/2012	0 yrs, 5 m	No	£15,000	£15,000	26000	16,156	5,200	£ 0.58	£3,000	Touring bike	Thorn Mercury	Internal (hub) gears	Straight with tri bars for comfort	Rim	700c	Series of frame and saddle bags	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	SeanConway.com			World Cycling Stripped Bare	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
40	Richard Clark, Thamar Houliston	Beyondthewall	Unpredictable, epic, unforgettable.	2	Male and female	South African	02/2012	08/2013	1 yrs, 6 m	No	$5,000	£3,043	5500	3,418	306	£ 0.55	£169	Mountain bike	Steel frame old Giant	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Tibet	No	beyondthewall.co.za
41	Dorothee Fleck	Second round the world trip	Second round the world trip	1	Female only	German	02/2012	Ongoing	1 yrs, 10 m	Yes	Don't know		38300	23,799	1,741			Touring bike	Velotraum, customized bike	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, China, Philippines	Yes	dorothee-fleck.com
42	Andreas Tridimas, Chris Tucker, Lucas Russo, Patrick De Barr	Cycling Doctors- South America 2013	Four british doctors cycling from the bottom to the top of south america in under six months, raising money for four different charities.	4	Male only	British	02/2013	07/2013	0 yrs, 5 m	No	£3,000	£3,000	11546	7,174	2,309	£ 0.26	£600	Touring bike	Koga Worldtraveller	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	cycling-doctors.com
43	Joakim & Wej	From Home to Home	Discovering what people and views we don´t get to see when flying between our two home cities, Gothenburg and Bangkok.	2	Male and female	Swedish & Thai	02/2013	12/2013	0 yrs, 10 m	No	£6,000	£3,652	16,500	10,253	1,833	£ 0.22	£406	Touring bike	Thorn Sherpa & Trek 4500	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	www.cyclinghome.nu
44	Eric Alarie	Crazy Laowai En Vélo	Biking East to West in Asia, South to North in Africa!	1	Male only	Canadian	02/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	$5,800	£3,530	15500	9,631	1,550	£ 0.23	£353	Touring bike	Marin Four Corner	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China	No	crazylaowaienvelo.wordpress.com
45	Martin and Susanne	TwistingSpokes	Cycling from the Netherlands to Nepal with a detour	2	Male and female	Danish & Dutch	02/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 11 m	Yes	€6,000	£5,042	13000	8,078	565	£ 0.39	£219	Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China	No	Www.twistingspokes.com
46	Brad McCartney	BikeHikeSafari	Alaska to Argentina with by bicycle, hiking and canoe, exploring the most amazing areas of nature, after the Americas who knows......	1	Male only	Australian	02/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 9 m	Yes	$7,000	£4,260	11726	7,286	1,303	£ 0.36	£473	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad	Internal (hub) gears	Thorn comfort bars	Rim	26"	Back rack	hiking shoes or sandles	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No		Yes	http://bikehikesafari.com/		Kit List
47	Vitor Bellon	Bicytrip	Bicytrip aorund europe and bit of africa	1	Male only	Brazilian	02/2016	11/2016	0 yrs, 9 m	No	£5,000	£5,000	12,000	7,456	1,333	£ 0.42	£556	Touring bike	Kona Sutra	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		Yes	www.vitorbellon.com/personal-projects/bicytrip/
48	Peter Richter	Overland to Australia	Germany to Australia crossing China, South East Asia.	1	Male only	German	03/1999	09/2000	1 yrs, 6 m	No			30000	18,641	1,667			Touring bike	Herkelmann	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	No
49	Matt Bridgestock	World On Wheels	A modern, architectural Grand Tour	1	Male only	British	03/2003	03/2004	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£3,600	£3,600	26535.3	16,488	2,211	£ 0.14	£300	Touring bike	Orbit	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, China	Yes	worldonwheels.info
50	Lionel Arnould	Paris - Shanghaï (PAGAÏ)	I went from Paris to Shahghaï on a recycled bibycle though I had never really cycled before...	1	Male only	French	03/2005	03/2006	1 yrs, 0 m	No	6,000€	£6,000	19210	11,937	1,601	£ 0.31	£500	Mountain bike	Homemade (regycled parts)	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Iran	No	http://pagai.odradek78.fr/
51	Thiago Ghilardi	Planet by Bike 2005	Solo world bicycle tour of approximately 16,000 miles in 26 countries and 5 continents.	1	Male only	Brazilian	03/2005	03/2006	1 yrs, 0 m	No	$12,000	£7,303	25345	15,749	2,112	£ 0.29	£609	Touring bike	Trek 520	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	www.planetbybike.com	Map	Kit List
52	Alan & Annie Lukehurst	The Big Bike Ride	Following the summer round the world!	2	Male and female	British	03/2005	03/2006	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£5,000	£5,000	16,012	9,949	1,334	£ 0.31	£417	Touring bike	Dawes Super Galaxy	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	South East Asia	Yes
53	David Nelson		Around Australia on a vintage bike.	1	Male only	Australian	03/2007	12/2007	0 yrs, 9 m	No	$12,000	£7,303	17,852	11,093	1,785	£ 0.41	£730	Single geared vintage replica	Speedwell single gear 1970	Coaster hub brake rear singel gear	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No
54	David Nelson		Around Australia the original way.	1	Male only	Australian	03/2007	12/2007	0 yrs, 9 m	No	$9000	£5,477	17,852	11,093	1,785	£ 0.31	£548	100 year old replica	Speedwell Royale	Single Gear	Moustache	Rim	700c	Strapped to frame	Flat pedals and shoes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No
55	Leana Niemand	Around the world	Ambling around.	1	Female only	South African	03/2007	Ongoing	6 yrs, 9 m	Yes			100000	62,137	1,235			Mountain bike	Merida frame	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	eananiemand.org.za
56	Ernest Markwood	Africa and Beyond by Bicycle	Through Africa first (then didn't know when to stop)	1	Male only	South African	03/2007	Ongoing	6 yrs, 10 m	Yes			120700	75,000	1,472			Mountain bike	Scott MTB frame	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	ernestonbike.blogspot.com
57	Mirjam Wouters	1 life 2 wheels	Homeless on a pushbike	1	Female only	Dutch	03/2007	Ongoing	6 yrs, 11 m	Yes			65000	40,389	783			Touring bike	multicycle	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	Other	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer		Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	cyclingdutchgirl.com
58	Erik Straarup	Around Australia	World record attempt racing around Australia	1	Male only	Danish	03/2008	05/2008	0 yrs, 2 m	No	£2,200	£2,200	14611	9,079	7,306	£ 0.15	£1,100	Road/racing bike	GT Edge	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Australia	No	www.lonebiker.dk
59	Emma Philpott and Justin Hewitt	Rolling Tales	Cycling from London in a wiggly way towards New Zealand	2	Male and female	New Zealand	03/2010	02/2012	1 yrs, 11 m	No	£15,000	£15,000	23500	14,602	1,022	£ 0.64	£652	Touring bike	Thorn Sherpa	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia, Mongolia	No	rolling-tales.com	Map	Kit List
60	Eric and Lydie	Un tour en vélo	To New Zealand and back with as little plane as possible (600 km total)	2	Male and female	French and Swiss	03/2010	01/2013	2 yrs, 10 m	No	£42,246	£35,501	41,000	25,476	1,171	£ 0.87	£1,014	Touring bike	Aarios	External gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	www.untourenvelo.ch
61	Steven Primrose-Smith	UniCycle50	To visit 50 capital cities of Europe while studying for a couple of degrees and eating as much weird food as possible (and then adding a couple of extra capitals on along the way).	1	Male only	British	03/2011	08/2013	2 yrs, 5 m	No	€22,000	£18,487	35528	22,076	1,225	£ 0.52	£637	Touring bike	KTM	External gears	Bull bars	Rim	700c	Back rack, Bar bag/Rucksack for a while	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Turkey	No	www.UniCycle50.com			No Place Like Home	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
62	Chris Gruar	cycling4cancer	43 000km across the world in aid of Worldwide Cancer Research, zigzagging via The Arctic Circle, The Balkans, The Silk Road and SE Asia.	1	Male only	Australian	03/2012	06/2014	2 yrs, 3 m	No	$12,000	£7,303	42812	26,602	1,647	£ 0.17	£281	Touring bike	Dawes Super Galaxy 2012	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	www.cycling4cancer.com	Map	Kit List
63	Matthew Blake	Cycling to every Major League Baseball ballpark	100 miles per day, trying to watch a game of baseball in 30 Major League Ballparks	1	Male only	British	03/2013	09/2013	0 yrs, 6 m	No	£5,000	£5,000	17000	10,563	3,400	£ 0.29	£1,000	Road/racing bike	Planet - X Kaffenbach	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	worldwidebikeride.com			I'll Be Home Just After Christmas	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
64	Tom Cartledge & Rhys James	Saddle Sore 2013	Two non cyclists on old bikes, using cycling as a mode of transport and passage to adventure: England to India.	2	Male only		03/2013	11/2013	0 yrs, 8 m	No	£3,500	£3,500	15000	9,321	1,875	£ 0.23	£438	Hybrid	Mongoose 350	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), Caucasus - Georgia, Armenia, Iran	No	saddlesore.moonfruit.com
65	Max Goldzweig and Emily Conradi	Cycling to China	London to Vietnam vis Cental Asia and China	2	Male and female	British	03/2013	12/2013	0 yrs, 9 m	No	$7,200	£7,200	14000	8,699	1,556	£ 0.51	£800	Touring bike	Thorn raven nomad mk2	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	Www.cyclingtochina.com		Kit List
66	Regis	Live and Cycle through Europe	Want to see how is the life in other countries	1	Male only	French	03/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 9 m	Yes	€5,000	£4,202	10000	6,214	1,111	£ 0.42	£467	city bike	Btwin 5	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
67	Jane Mountain, Stephen Ewashkiw	My Five Acres	Rome to Russia, Helsinki to Berlin, and Beijing to Bali in 18 months	2	Male and female	Canadian	03/2013	01/2014	0 yrs, 10 m	No			16000	9,942	1,600			Touring bike	Surly Long-Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, China	No	http://www.myfiveacres.com
68	Jeremy Reed	Just popping out for a cycle ride.....to Australia	A 60yr old Englishman's cycle ride from England to Australia	1	Male only	British	03/2013	03/2015	2 yrs, 0 m	No	10000	£10,000	24000	14,913	1,043	£ 0.42	£435	Mountain bike	C1980 Marin mountain bike	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	www.justpoppingoutforacycleride.WordPress.com
69	Barbara Schertenleib		Switzerland to Thailand along Silk Road	1	Female only	Swiss	03/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 8 m	Yes	€1,400	£1,176	16008	9,947	2,001	£ 0.07	£147	had to change the bike in China	Koga Myata 7 Giant MTB	External gears	Butterfly	Disc	26"	Trailer	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No
70	Liliana Cuenca and Daniel Rodriguez	A Tale of Two Bikes - UK to Japan	UK to Japan	2	Male and female	Colombian	03/2014	03/2015	1 yrs, 0 m	No	10000	£10,000	12000	7,456	1,000	£ 0.83	£833	Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster and Thorn Sherpa	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	www.ataleoftwobikes.weebly.com
71	Serhan mert		Antalya Turkey to Osaka Japan	1	Male only	Turkish	03/2015	09/2015	0 yrs, 6 m	No	$6,000	£3,652	12000	7,456	2,000	£ 0.30	£609	Mountain bike	Merida matts 100	External gears	Bull bars	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, Russia, Japan	No	www.serhanmert.com
72	Kakakin Kura	M-to-M 2016	Madrid-to-Muscat	1	Male only	Italian	03/2016	08/2016	0 yrs, 5 m	No			10,056	6,249	2,011			Touring bike	Thorn Sherpa	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East	No	http://freakytracks.kakakinkura.com/asia2016/
73	Koen Van huut	Cycling for tiger's	Netherlands through Iran, Emirates, to Indonesia then Australia.	1	Male only	Netherlands	03/2016	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	£8,000	£8,000	10,010	6,220	1,112	£ 0.80	£889	Touring bike	Santos travelmaster 2.9	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	29	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	www.vanhuutnaarher.com
74	Scott Sharick	Strokes to Spokes	The first art of my around the world bicycle tour after suffering a stroke in 2016. Completed Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos so far.	1	Male only	USA	03/2018	Ongoing	0 yrs, 8 m	Yes	6,000 USD	£6,000	10,080	6,263	1,260	£ 0.60	£750	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	South East Asia	Yes	www.adventuresofaregularguy.com
75	phill hargreaves, david clarke		UK to Australia and back via middle east, Iran, Pakistan India Nepal south east asia china & USSR	2	Male only	British	04/1984	10/1986	2 yrs, 6 m	No			40,233	25,000	1,298			Touring bike	Mercian -king of Mercia	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	27.5 inch	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Russia, Australia, New Zealand	No
76	Anna Marie Bom, Erik van Leeuwen	De reis 97/98	Best time of our lives...taking it easy around the world.	2	Male and female	Dutch	04/1997	05/1998	1 yrs, 1 m	No	€15,000	£12,605	16500	10,253	1,179	£ 0.76	£900	Touring bike	Vittorio Randonneur	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes
77	Keiichi Iwasaki	Left Maebashi, Japan, haven't looked back	Left Japan with $2 in pocket.	1	Male only	Japanese	04/2001	Ongoing	13 yrs, 9 m	Yes			46000	28,583	279			Mountain bike	Giant	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Russia	No	http://feel-the-earth.com/english.html
78	Igel Zimmermann, Paola Zimmermann	Grenzenlos Weltumradlung	Grenzenlos Weltumradlung, with Bikes and later Trikes and two dogs around the world	2	Male and female	German	04/2001	Ongoing	13 yrs, 10 m	Yes	$10 per day		68633	42,647	411			Tricycle	Villiger Cabonga, Steintrike Wild One	Internal (hub) gears	Trike	Disc	20"	Back rack, Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD) - magnet	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	https://grenzenlos2001.wordpress.com/	Map	Kit List	Rambo, El Viajero (German)	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
79	Leon Steber	A North American Bicycle Journey	A directionless wandering by bicycle from San Francisco to Mexico via the Arctic Circle	1	Male only	Australian	04/2004	03/2005	0 yrs, 11 m	No			16090	9,998	1,463			Touring bike	Trek 520	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	http://leonsteber.com/biketrip	Map	Kit List
80	Terry & Isa	Big Trip (Worcester to the Antipodes)	An escape from safety and predictability of everyday life in England	2	Male and female	British, French	04/2005	06/2006	1 yrs, 2 m	No	£16,768	£16,768	17990	11,178	1,285	£ 0.93	£1,198	Expedition	Thorn EXPr & Thorn Raven	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	China, Russia, Mongolia	Yes	http://cyclotouring.co.uk
81	Nicolai Bangsgaard	Worldtravellers	Solo RTW. 62.180 km. 1.413 days. 53 countries. 6 continents.	1	Male only	Danish	04/2006	02/2010	3 yrs, 10 m	No	€18,000	£15,126	62180	38,637	1,352	£ 0.24	£329	Touring bike	Koga Miyata Worldtraveller	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	worldtravellers.dk			SOLO: 4 years around the world by bike (Danish only)	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
82	Mark Biffen		Santander (Spain) to Romania and back to Santander via 16 countries and all the mountain ranges inbetween.	1	Male only	British	04/2008	09/2008	0 yrs, 5 m	No	15-20€/day		18,150	11,278	3,630			Touring bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
83	Matthew Blake	Four years round the world	Four years on a bike.	1	Male only	British	04/2008	04/2012	4 yrs, 0 m	No	£14,000	£14,000	75000	46,603	1,596	£ 0.19	£298	Touring bike	Thorn Sherpa	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Caucasus	Yes	worldwidebikeride.com			I'll Be Home Just After Christmas	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
84	Tyler Kellen & Tara Alan	Going Slowly	A circuitous adventure from Scotland to Southeast Asia.	2	Male and female	American	04/2009	05/2011	2 yrs, 1 m	No	$17,500	£10,651	41250	25,632	1,650	£ 0.26	£426	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Truckers	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, Russia	Yes	goingslowly.com			Bike, Camp, Cook	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
85	David Byrne, Julie Retka	reCycling the World	I spent my teens Cycling the World solo; 33 years later I retired and reCycled the World (with my wife, Julie) north to south to north. (North America to South America, then South Africa to north Africa & Europe)	2	Male and female	American	04/2009	07/2011	2 yrs, 3 m	No	$80,000	£48,688	50,455	31,351	1,869	£ 0.96	£1,803	Recumbent	Cruzbike Sofrider	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Bikebins	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/dbyrne	Map	Kit List
86	Ian Ferguson	Long Road to Katmandu	An unforgettable journey across Asia, detoured through China to re-discovering my grandfathers footsteps.	1	Male only	British	04/2010	01/2011	0 yrs, 9 m	No	£6,000	£6,000	14000	8,699	1,556	£ 0.43	£667	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/6396
87	Roger & Dee	Rog & dee cycle round the world	An incredible journey giving us the chance to meet fabulous people and amaging places.	2	Male and female	British	04/2010	11/2012	2 yrs, 7 m	No			25000	15,534	806			Touring bike	Custom Sanderson	Internal (hub) gears	North road	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	afistfulofgears.co.uk
88	Bruce Gordon	GlobeBent2011	Guinness world record attempt. Fastest global circumnavigation by bicycle. Vancouver BC Canada- New Zealand- Australia- Greece- Macedonia- Serbia- Croatia- Italy- Spain- Newfoundland- Florida-Texas- Moosejaw sask- Cedar City- Vancouver.	1	Male only	Canadian	04/2011	09/2011	0 yrs, 5 m	No	17500	£10,057	29000	18,020	4,833	£ 0.35	£1,676	Recumbent	Bacchetta corsa	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	650	Saddle bags	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No		Yes	globebent.blogspot.com
89	Abi wingate	CycleInstead	Encouraging awareness of suicide prevention through an epic bike tour from Chiang Mai to Edinburgh.	1	Female only	Scottish	04/2011	10/2011	0 yrs, 6 m	No	3000	£3,000	11200	6,959	1,600	£ 0.27	£429	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker (Custom Build)	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	cycleinstead.org
90	Maarten Wagenmakers & Line van den Hout	Marcovelo \| Op de fiets Marco Polo achterna / Cycling the Silk Road	Op de fiets Marco Polo achterna \| Cycling the Silk Road	2	Male and female	Dutch	04/2011	03/2012	0 yrs, 11 m	No	€7,500	£6,303	18044	11,212	1,640	£ 0.35	£573	Touring bike	Line: Santos Travelmaster 2.8 alu, Maarten: Idworx Easey Rohler	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Turkey, Iran	Yes	marcovelo.nl	Map	Kit List
91	Jilly Sherlock	Sherlock Tales	Cycling distractedly around the world in an easterly direction most of the time	1	Female only	British	04/2011	07/2013	2 yrs, 3 m	No	£6,000	£6,000	33000	20,505	1,222	£ 0.18	£222	Touring bike	Thorn Raven	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	sherlocktales.blogspot.com	Map	Kit List
92	Henrik Frederiksen	World On Bike	4 years cycling around the world, dreaming about crossing the 6 continents but, eventually, going where life is taking me.	1	Male only	Danish	04/2011	Ongoing	3 yrs, 0 m	Yes			65000	40,389	1,806			Touring bike	Koga Signature	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	worldonbike.com	Map	Kit List
93	Keith & Tamar	ThreeWheeling	Atlantic France to Black Sea Romania following rivers Loire & Danube and then Ukraine, Crimea & southern Russia in 2011, then UK to China in 2012, China to South-east Asia in 2013 & discover the world of Scuba-diving in Thailand, cycle & dive in 2014 (Thailand, Laos, Malaysia) then China, Malaysia & Indonesia in 2015 and then Dive Instructors.	2	Male and female	British	04/2011	10/2015	4 yrs, 6 m	No			46,885	29,133	852			Semi-recumbent Tandem	Hase Pino Tour	External gears	specific for bike	Disc	26" rear & 20" front	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia	No	www.threewheeling.net	Map	Kit List
94	Rick Arnett	All over US Tour 2012	Did 8000km Yorktown, VA--San Francisco--Portland, OR in 2011, solo, self-contained, wanted to see more, so I selected a route that was kind of down and up and down and all around the Continental US	1	Male only	American	04/2012	11/2012	0 yrs, 7 m	No	$3,500	£2,130	14500	9,010	2,071	£ 0.15	£304	Touring bike	Kona Sutra	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No
95	Michael Haeuslmann, Hajar Sadeghinezhad	Cycling The World	Planned to see it all, fell in love while cycling through the Middle East, still going, but not alone anymore.	2	Male and female	German, Iranian	04/2012	Ongoing	1 yrs, 9 m	Yes	€5,000	£4,202	16000	9,942	762	£ 0.26	£200	Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	mike-on-a-bike.com
96	Jamie Anderson		14 countries in a loop around Europe and back to the UK to sell up and join the road for good.	1	Male only	Scottish	04/2012	Ongoing	3 yrs, 11 m	Yes	£10,000	£10,000	11,000	6,835	229	£ 0.91	£208	Touring bike	Specialized Tricross Sport 2010	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		Yes	www.bikeramble.com
97	Dean McMenamin	Ireland to Nepal (maybe to NZ)	8 months cycling from Ireland to India heading towards Nepal and maybe SE Asia and NZ in the new year.	1	Male only	Irish	04/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 8 m	Yes	€ 5-10 / day average		12000	7,456	1,500			Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	deanmcmenamin.com		Kit List
98	Andy Rutherford		South America - venezuela to Tierra del Fuego	1	Male only	Scottish	04/2013	04/2014	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£6,000	£6,000	13600	8,451	1,133	£ 0.44	£500	Touring bike	Charge Mixer	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	www.placesivemadetea.wordpress.com
99	Tony & Vicky		From Valencia to China, and then realising we didn´t want to stop! So arount south-east asia and India	2	Male and female	Spain, Greece	04/2013	04/2014	1 yrs, 0 m	No	4000	£4,000	28,000	17,398	2,333	£ 0.14	£333	Touring bike	ideal multigo	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	No	wedoitonbicis.com
100	Jude Walter and Astrid Abele	Foonsonbikes	Australia to Scotland and then maybe further.	2	Female only	Australian	04/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 1 m	Yes			12000	7,456	857			Touring bike	Velosmith Jota	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, China	Yes	foonsonbikes.wordpress.com
101	Karolina and Aleksander Klaja	Across Asia with a tandem	Poland to Singapore on a Polish made folding tandem.	2	Male and female	Polish	04/2013	06/2014	1 yrs, 2 m	No	25000 PLN	£5,000	22,500	13,981	1,607	£ 0.22	£357	Tandem	Romet Duet	Internal (hub) gears	riser	Disc	20"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South Korea & Japan	No	www.inka-olo.pl	Map
102	Will Frazer, Johan du Plessis	Riding for Rhinos	Cycling around the world in 7 months to help save the rhino	2	Male only	British	04/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 5 m	Yes	£3,500	£3,500	15298	9,506	3,060	£ 0.23	£700	Touring bike	Pearsons/I may be some time	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, China	Yes	www.ridingforrhinos.org	Map	Kit List
103	Gökben Bağcı & Nicolas Ayme	Frogs On Wheels	Cycling until we run out of money or motivation on what could be one of the longest honeymoons ever	2	Male and female	Turkish & French	04/2014	Ongoing	1 yrs, 6 m	Yes			11446	7,112	636			Recumbent	AZUB Six & Max	Internal (hub) gears	ASS & USS	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia	Yes	www.frogsonwheels.net
104	Gökben Bağcı & Nicolas Ayme	Frogs On Wheels	Cycling until we run out of money or motivation on what could be one of the longest honeymoons ever	2	Male and female	Turkish & French	04/2014	Ongoing	1 yrs, 11 m	Yes	€6,000	£5,042	11446	7,112	477	£ 0.44	£210	Recumbent	AZUB Six & Max	Internal (hub) gears	ASS & USS	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia	Yes	www.frogsonwheels.net
105	Cedric	Cedric a velo	Montreal to Ushuaia then Australia/New Zealand	1	Male only	Quebec	04/2014	Ongoing	2 yrs, 8 m	Yes			30,000	18,641	938			Touring bike	Kona sutra	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Flat pedals. No straps.	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Yes
106	Veronika and Fernando		Round the world, all seasons.	2	Male and female	Spanish and Russian	04/2014	Ongoing	2 yrs, 10 m	Yes			26,000	16,156	788			Fat bike	Surly Instigator	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	Viajarenmtb.es	Map
107	Jonas	Around the Baltic Sea and to the North Cape	Round trip around the Baltic Sea and to the North Cape, through the Baltic's and Scandinavia.	1	Male only	German	04/2015	08/2015	0 yrs, 4 m	No			10,853	6,744	2,713			Touring bike	VSF Fahrradmannufaktur - TX Randonneur	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	www.i-bike-europe.de
108	Baden Campbell; Shelley Campbell	Cycling home to NZ 2015-16	London to Wellington, New Zealand via Europe and Latin America	2	Male and female	New Zealand	04/2015	04/2016	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£15,000	£15,000	15,800	9,818	1,215	£ 0.95	£1,154	Touring bike	Condor Heritage, Surly Long-Haul Disc Trucker	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		No	www.howareyouwhereareyou.com
109	Richard Stuart Riding	Enlaza ideas en Latin America	From Alaska to Patagonia and some stops in between	1	Male and female	British and Australian	04/2015	10/2017	2 yrs, 6 m	No	$10 per day		29,706	18,458	990			Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	South East Asia	Yes	rickriding.wordpress.com, enlaza-ideas.webnode.es
110	Maaike Felstead		The best decision of my life, just the beginning.	1	Female only	British	04/2016	11/2016	0 yrs, 7 m	No	£2,700	£2,700	>15000				£338	Touring bike	Surly LHT	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
111	Helen Dainty, Matthew Taudevin		An attempt to cycle around Australia by rooky cyclists Hels and MetroLumberTaudevin	2	Male and female	British, Australian	04/2016	12/2016	0 yrs, 8 m	No	£2,300	£2,300	13,300	8,264	1,663	£ 0.17	£288	Touring bike	Vivente Gibb	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	https://www.facebook.com/Helsonwheelswithmlt/
112	Julia Guadalupe Torres Ventura	Enlaza - ideas	"Connecting environmental ideas throughtout the world"	1	Male and female	Mexico	04/2016	10/2017	1 yrs, 6 m	No			17,070	10,607	948			Mountain bike	Specialized Jynx Sport 650b	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	27.5	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	South East Asia	Yes	www.enlaza-ideas.webnode.es
113	Frank van Rijn		Europe and West Africa	1	Male only	Dutch	05/1986	04/1987	0 yrs, 11 m	No			26600	16,529	2,217			Touring bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	http://www.frankvanrijn.nl
114	Patrick Hugens	World Trip 1992-94		1	Male only	Dutch	05/1992	10/1994	2 yrs, 5 m	No	$30/per day	£20/day	26000	16,156	897			Touring bike	Vittorio	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Dry bags on top of back panniers	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), Indonesia	Yes	www.picasaweb.google.com/racpat.hugens
115	Gregory Yeoman and Kate Leeming	Trans-Siberian Cycle Expedition 1993	8304 miles from St Petersburg to Vladivostok	2	Male and female	English and Australian	05/1993	09/1993	0 yrs, 5 m	No			13364	8,304	2,673			Mountain bike	Scott Windriver	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Russia	No	http://www.red-line.moonfruit.com/			Riding into the Sunrise - recollections of a bicycle journey across Russia	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
116	Bob Rogers, Claire Rogers	Tandem, An American Love Story	Our first taste of bike touring, the start of a continuing love story.	2	Male and female	American	05/1995	06/1996	1 yrs, 1 m	No			22680	14,093	1,745			Tandem	Cannondale tandem	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	www.NewBohemians.net			Tandem, An American Love Story	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
117	Bob Rogers, Claire Rogers	Australia 2000	Around Australia via Cairns, Mt. Isa, Plenty Highway, Alice Springs, Katherine, Broome, Perth, Esperance, Nullarbor, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns.	2	Male and female	American	05/2000	04/2001	0 yrs, 11 m	No			18800	11,682	1,709			Tandem	Cannondale tandem	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	www.NewBohemians.net
118	Paul Schmidt		Ten months riding unsupported around the perimeter of Australia followed with three weeks touring in Fiji.	1	Male only	American	05/2001	04/2002	0 yrs, 11 m	No	£10,000	£6,086	17,562	10,913	1,597	£ 0.35	£553	Mountain bike	Bridgestone MB1	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Sandals	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No
119	Gregory Yeoman and Kate Leeming	The Alcoa Great Australian Cycle Expedition	An extensive tour covering the whole of Australia.	2	Male and female	English and Australian	05/2004	09/2004	0 yrs, 4 m	No			12640	7,854	3,160			Mountain bike	GT	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	www.red-line.moonfruit.com/			Out There and Back	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
120	Tom Kevill Davies	The Hungry Cyclist - Americas	Over 10,000 miles to cover, one man, one bike and one hungry stomach. Having created his alter-ego, the Hungry Cyclist and with thousands of pedal-powered miles before him, Tom Kevill-Davies pushed off from New York City on one of the most ambitious gastronomic adventures ever undertaken.	1	Male only	British	05/2005	09/2007	2 yrs, 4 m	No			24140	15,000	832			Touring bike	Thorn	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	hungrycyclist.com			The Hungry Cyclist	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
121	Joff Summerfield	Penny Farthing World Tour	Around the world on a Penny Farthing.	1	Male only	British	05/2006	11/2008	2 yrs, 6 m	No	£10,000	£10,000	35447	22,026	1,143	£ 0.28	£323	Penny Farthing	Penny Farthing	Fixed	Moustache	Rim	49" diameter	Mounted on the spine	Sandles	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Tibet	Yes	www.Pennyfarthingworldtour.com
122	Glen Saberton	A Very Long Bicycle Rider	Incredible!	1	Male only	British	05/2006	03/2009	2 yrs, 10 m	No	£25,000	£25,000	32187	20,000	947	£ 0.78	£735	Touring bike	Condor	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes
123	Carlos Dufour	Orienting	An incomplete trip to the silk road	1	Male only	Argentina	05/2008	01/2009	0 yrs, 8 m	No	£7,500	£4,565	12,000	7,456	1,500	£ 0.38	£571	Touring bike	Customized Iron Steel frame	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	www.orienting.es
124	Mark Beaumont	The Man Who Cycled The Americas	From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, climbing Denali (Mount McKinley- 6,196m) and Aconcagua (6962m).	1	Male only	Scottish	05/2009	02/2010	0 yrs, 9 m	No			21050	13,080	2,339			Touring bike	Koga Miyata Signature	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	http://markbeaumontonline.com/			The Man Who Cycled the Americas	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
125	David Burns , Maghnus Collins	Bike Africa 2009	Cycling from Cape Town to Dublin. Our first taste of adventure.	2	Male only	Irish	05/2009	03/2010	0 yrs, 10 m	No	€7,000	£5,882	16500	10,253	1,650	£ 0.36	£588	Touring bike	thorn sherpa	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East	No	sand2snowadventures.com
126	Simon	Vienna to India	Cycling 10 Countries, finally cycling the length of India from the North to the Southern most point.	1	Male only	Austrian	05/2010	11/2010	0 yrs, 6 m	No			12200	7,581	1,743			Touring bike	Thorn EXP	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No
127	Lehel Benedek, Előd Keresszegi	Europe by bike	15 months around whole Europe.	2	Male only	Hungarian	05/2010	08/2011	1 yrs, 3 m	No	€1,000	£840	33580	20,866	2,239	£ 0.03	£56	Touring bike	Magellan	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	www.ontheroad.blog.hu
128	Jamie King and Henry Brydon	The Blazing Saddles	Vagabonding from London to Sydney.	2	Male only	British	05/2010	03/2012	1 yrs, 10 m	No	£7,000	£7,000	35000	21,748	1,591	£ 0.20	£318	Mountain bike	genesis altitud. oo	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	theblazingsaddles.com
129	Ken McCallum	Better Life Cycle	A cycle across Africa in aid of orphaned, abused and vulnerable children.	1	Male only	British	05/2010	07/2012	2 yrs, 2 m	No	£10,000	£10,000	18000	11,185	692	£ 0.56	£385	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad MK II	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	kenmccallum.com
130	Eleanor Moseman	Wander Cyclist	Wandering around Asia photographing hidden communities, disappearing traditions, and persecuted minorities.	1	Female only	American	05/2010	11/2012	2 yrs, 6 m	No	$7,500	£4,565	26000	16,156	867	£ 0.18	£152	Touring bike	Soma Saga	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, China	No	wandercyclist.com			Life on the Tibetan Plateau, A Very Windy Road Along the Border of Sichuan and Tibet	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
131	Lee Hughes		UK to New Zealand - Just having fun	1	Female only	British	05/2011	05/2012	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£6,000	£6,000	13200	8,202	1,100	£ 0.45	£500	Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No
132	Patrick Mottram and Laura Mottram	South American loop	In May 2011 we set off on a trip to pedal around South America. Over the next 15 months we cycled more than 21,000km through every country on the continent	2	Male and female	British	05/2011	07/2012	1 yrs, 2 m	No	£8,000	£8,000	21120	13,123	1,408	£ 0.38	£533	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad MK2	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	www.pedallingabout.com			Ipanema Turtles	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
133	Dominic Luther	OneBikeOneWorld	2.5 years into a who knows how long bike ride to somewhere	1	Male only	British	05/2011	Ongoing	2 yrs, 7 m	Yes	$10 / day average		51112	31,760	1,649			Touring bike	Thorn Raven	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	onebikeoneworld.com
134	Stephan Schreckenbach	Cycling Eurasia	27000km from Germany to Bali	1	Male only	German	05/2012	11/2013	1 yrs, 6 m	No	€10,000	£8,403	27000	16,777	1,500	£ 0.31	£467	Touring bike	Fahrradmanufaktur	External gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	www.cyclingeurasia.com	Map	Kit List
135	Cinderella Servranckx	CyclingCindy	Feel the World on a Bicycle	1	Female only	Dutch	05/2012	Ongoing	2 yrs, 1 m	Yes			25000	15,534	1,000			Touring bike	Santos	Internal (hub) gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	www.cyclingcindy.wordpress.com
136	Tom Boughton	Newcastle - Muscat	Roman empire from Antonine wall to Trajans eastern conquests in the east via Rome with Iran, UAE and Oman thrown in for good measure.	1	Male only	British	05/2013	02/2014	0 yrs, 9 m	No	$3,000	£1,826	12000	7,456	1,200	£ 0.15	£183	Touring bike	Thorn Raven	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East	No	blackdogbicycling.blogspot.com
137	Kieran Rowley and Natasha von Memerty	Downhill from here	Travelling East from the UK until either the money or our legs run out.	2	Male and female	British, South African	05/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	£3,500	£3,500	10000	6,214	1,000	£ 0.35	£350	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker and Dawes Galaxy	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26" and 700c	Front rack, Back rack, Handlebar bag	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia	Yes	downhillfromhere.net
138	Ed Cox	Bristol 2 Brisbane	Bristol 2 Brisbane and a lot of places in between (via India)	1	Male only	British	05/2013	03/2014	0 yrs, 10 m	No			16000	9,942	1,600			Touring bike	Roberts Roughstuff	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	www.bristol2brisbane.co.uk
139	Heike Pirngruber	Let's go East - Cycling solo from Germany to Australia	Female cycling solo from Germany to Australia	1	Female only	German	05/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 2 m	Yes			19200	11,930	1,371			Mountain bike	Cube	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China	Yes	www.pushbikegirl.com
140	Rafael Vacas	De Coruna a Nepal en Bici	From Coruña, Spain to ABC, Nepal by bike... now heading for SE Asia and Australia	1	Male only	Spanish	05/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 3 m	Yes	€5,000	£4,202	16000	9,942	1,067	£ 0.26	£280	Mountain bike	BH TOP LINE	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	https://www.facebook.com/anepalenbicien2013?ref=hl
141	Janice Ebenstiner, Paul vanPeenen	The Bike Trip 2013-14	We began in Iceland, crossed to northern Norway and cycled for 8 months through Europe to Istanbul, flew to southern Chile and cycled north for 8 months, finishing in Ecuador.	2	Male and female	Canadian	05/2013	10/2014	1 yrs, 5 m	No	£13,000	£13,000	20000	12,427	1,250	£ 0.65	£813	Touring bike	Rodriguez UTB	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No		Yes	2lovecycling.com
142	Gary Hewitt-Long	Long Bike Ride	A Long Bike Ride, UK to Cape Town.	1	Male only	British	05/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 9 m	Yes			17091	10,620	1,899			Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Disc Trucker	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Plus rack bags and bar bag.	Combination, SPD, Flats. Keen sandals.	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	www.longbikeride.co.uk	Map	Kit List
143	Andrew Hughes-Onslow		Travels from here to there, mostly along the remnants of the Silk Road.	1	Male only	Australian	05/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 9 m	Yes			13000	8,078	1,444			Touring bike	Surly LHT	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	SPDs and thongs and hiking boots	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	http://velocipede.hughes-onslow.com	Map	Kit List
144	Gary Hewitt-Long	Long Bike Ride	A Long Bike Ride, UK to Cape Town.	1	Male only	British	05/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes			17091	10,620	1,709			Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Disc Trucker	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Plus rack bags and bar bag.	Combination, SPD, Flats. Keen sandals.	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	www.longbikeride.co.uk
145	Antonie Vervenne	Alaska to Argentina 2014-2016	Fairbanks to Ushuaia	1	Male only	Belgian	05/2014	03/2016	1 yrs, 10 m	No	£20,000	£20,000	35,000	21,748	1,591	£ 0.57	£909	Touring bike	Koga Miyata	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	cyclingwithantonie.blogspot.com
146	John		First Attempt	1	Male only	USA	05/2014	11/2014	0 yrs, 6 m	No	$800		15,000	9,321	2,500			Touring bike	Custom	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China	No	https://biketouringacademy.com/
147	James Harvey	Cycling Europe 2016	6 months pedalling through 23 countries in Europe, fantastic people and places.	1	Male only	British	05/2015	10/2015	0 yrs, 5 m	No	£4,500	£4,500	16,460	10,228	2,743	£ 0.27	£750	Touring bike	Oxford Bike Works Expedition Bike	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	www.selfpropelled.life
148	Russ	ManBikeWorld.com Bucket List 2.0	North up the western slopes of the Rockies up to Prince George, BC, Canada, the west to Prince Rupert and then south along the Pacific to La Paz, Baja California, Mexico.	1	Male only	American	05/2015	11/2015	0 yrs, 6 m	No	£9,000	£9,000	10,500	6,524	1,750	£ 0.86	£1,500	Touring bike	Surly LHT	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	www.ManBikeWorld.com	Map	Kit List
149	Sam Pougher	onemanandhiscog	I thought I'd cycle to Vietnam, so I got on my bike and did it. I found out I didn't really like Vietnam in the end, so I'm going to keep going.	1	Male only	English	05/2015	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	I have no idea		14500	9,010	1,450			Touring bike	Oxford Bike Works Model 3	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	www.onemanandhiscog.co.uk
150	Barry Warner	London to Singapore	London to Singapore	1	Male only	British	05/2015	05/2016	1 yrs, 0 m	No	8500	£8,500	11,000	6,835	917	£ 0.77	£708	Touring bike	Surly Long Hall Trucker	External gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia	No	https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=1mr&doc_id=15166&v=Md		Kit List
151	Birgit and Martin		4 different continent tour	2	Male and female	Austria, Germany	05/2015	06/2016	1 yrs, 1 m	No	£8,000	£6,723	12,000	7,456	923	£ 0.56	£517	Crossbike	HT Crossbike	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	switched in betweeen from unattached to spd	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	South East Asia	No
152	Tom Richter	Auf Liegerädern mit Kind durch Asien	A family travelling Asia on recumbents	1	Male only	German	05/2015	08/2016	1 yrs, 3 m	No			16,591	10,309	1,106			Recumbent	HP Velotechnik Street Machine Gt	Internal (hub) gears	under seat	Rim	20" front/26" rear	Back rack, under seat	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia	No	http://asien.tour-en-blog.de	Map
153	Josiah Skeats	World Bike Tour	UK to Australia, living cheaply	1	Male only	British	05/2015	Ongoing	3 yrs, 2 m	Yes	4,196	£2,553	40,000	24,855	1,053	£ 0.06	£67	Touring bike	Ghyllside	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Flip Flops	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	josiahskeats.com
154	Isobel Sibbald	Cross Canada 2016	Toronto to the Canadian east coast, then north to south traverse across western Canada.	1	Female only	Canadian	05/2016	08/2016	0 yrs, 3 m	No	4000 CAD	£2,272	10,000	6,214	3,333	£ 0.23	£757	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	isobel.ca
155	Kostyantyn Samchuk, Max Skoryk, Max Semak, Olexandr Chupryniuk, Olexandr Vynohradov, Vasyl Pidgirny, Eugene Fuzik	Charity bike ride - Ukrainians in Europe	From lviv to Odessa via Lisbon	7	Male only	Ukraine	05/2016	08/2016	0 yrs, 3 m	No			11,000	6,835	3,667			Road/racing bike	Comanche Strada, Gant Defy 3, TCR, Bianchi, Orbea	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	28	Trailer	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	http://proidysvit.org/en/about-the-project-cycle-race-ukrainians-in-the-europe	Map
156	William Hsu and Charles Stevens	Beijing to Tehran	Riding from Beijing to Tehran along the Old Silk Road including Mongolia and Russia.	2	Male only	British	05/2016	09/2016	0 yrs, 4 m	No			10,087	6,268	2,522			Touring bike	Surly Disc Trucker and Condor Disc Heritage	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Back rack, Support Vehicle	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China, Russia	No	beijingtotehran.com	Map	Kit List
157	Birgit Martin	Raw Candy Rides	Silk Road and beyond!	1	Female only	South African / German	05/2017	Ongoing	1 yrs, 2 m	Yes	$5000	£3,043	17,158	10,662	1,226	£ 0.18	£217	Touring bike	VSF Fahrradmanufaktur TX-400	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Back rack, 16 litre Ortlieb front basket	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Japan and South Korea	Yes	www.instagram.com/rawcandyrides
158	Birgit RawCandyRides	RawCandyRides	Best thing I have ever done, and I had done amazing things before... or so I thought.	1	Female only	South AFrican / German	05/2017	Ongoing	1 yrs, 2 m	Yes	About $10 per day		17,158	10,662	1,226			Touring bike	VSF TX 400	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Japan, South Korea	Yes	www.instagram.com/rawcandyrides
159	Maksym Semak, Kostiantyn Samchuk, Dmytro Trokin, Yaroslav Matviichuk, Serhii Konoval	Chumak Way to North America	Cycle tour for peace from Pacific to Atlantic per 100 days across 6300 miles USA&Canada	5	Male only	Ukrainian	05/2018	08/2018	0 yrs, 3 m	No			10,000	6,214	3,333			Road/racing bike	Giant Defy 1, Kuota Kharma, Commanche Strada	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	in van of support	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	http://proidysvit.org/en/cycle-ride-chumak-way-in-america	Map
160	Johannes Wagner	12000 für Europa	Five and a half month round trip through Central, Southern and Western Europe with 12000 km as a minimum goal	1	Male only	German	05/2018	10/2018	0 yrs, 5 m	No	3,000	£3,000	12,506	7,771	2,501	£ 0.24	£600	City bike	Excelsior Road Cruiser City Edition	Internal (hub) gears	North Road (according to Wikipedia)	Rim	28''	Back rack	Mostly Flipflops from Zagreb to Paris, Hiking boots on the other parts	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	12000fuereuropa.wordpress.com
161	David Byrne	Cycling the World 1975	A teen's solo bike trip through Europe, Asia and North America from 1975 to 1977.	1	Male only	American	06/1975	12/1977	2 yrs, 6 m	No	$46,000	£27,996	43,385	26,958	1,446	£ 0.65	£933	Touring bike	Schwinn Sports Tourer	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/dbyrne	Map	Kit List
162	Harvie Porter	Round-the-World 1980-82	Two years of traveling around the world.	1	Male only	USA	06/1980	06/1982	2 yrs, 0 m	No	7,500	£4,565	40,000	24,855	1,667	£ 0.11	£190	Touring bike	Eisentraut custom built	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26 x 1 3/8	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
163	Frank van Rijn		Asia	1	Male only	Dutch	06/1983	06/1984	1 yrs, 0 m	No			35100	21,810	2,700			Touring bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	http://www.frankvanrijn.nl
164	Nancy Sathre and John Vogel	Indian subcontinent 1990/91	A year exploring Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh	2	Male and female	American	06/1990	07/1991	1 yrs, 1 m	No	$4,000	£2,434	12000	7,456	923	£ 0.20	£187	Mountain bike	Diamondback mountain bike	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	No	familyonbikes.org			What Were We Thinking? Cycling the Back Roads of Asia	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
165	Annette Lewis William Heimann	50/50	Celebration of us both turning 50 years of age.	2	Male and female	American	06/1994	08/1995	1 yrs, 2 m	No	$5,000	£3,043	12874	8,000	920	£ 0.24	£217	Touring bike	Trek 750	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia	Yes
166	Martin Moschek, Stefan Löw	Transasia - from Germany to India	Transasia - From Leipzig/Germany to Mumbai/India by bike	2	Male only	German	06/1998	11/1998	0 yrs, 5 m	No	€1,100	£924	13500	8,389	2,700	£ 0.07	£185	Touring bike	Stevens 917 travel tuned	External gears	Bullbar	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	No	biketour-global.de	Map
167	James Brooman	North to South	Riding solo from the north coast of alaska to the southern tip of south america	1	Male only	British	06/2003	04/2005	1 yrs, 10 m	No	$20,000	£12,172	33273	20,675	1,584	£ 0.37	£580	Mountain bike	Jamis	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No				North to South: A man, a bear and bicycle	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
168	David Piper	Tra-velo-gue	Making an around the world cycle accessible by riding in stages	1	Male only	British	06/2003	01/2013	9 yrs, 7 m	No	£20,000	£20,000	30000	18,641	261	£ 0.67	£174	Touring bike	Seven Custom	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	tra-velo-gue.co.uk	Map	Kit List	Travelogue	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
169	Kyle Archer	Bikevoyage	Worked around the world by cycling between employment opportunities	1	Male only	Australian	06/2006	10/2011	5 yrs, 4 m	No	$13,000	£7,912	15000	9,321	234	£ 0.53	£124	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad S+S	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	www.bikevoyage.blogspot.com
170	Amaya Williams, Eric Schambion	World Biking	An ongoing quest to cycle every country on the planet. Since 2006, we've biked 96 countries on 6 continents.	2	Male and female		06/2006	Ongoing	7 yrs, 6 m	Yes	$40,000	£24,344	147210	91,472	1,636	£ 0.17	£270	Touring bike	Koga World Traveller	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	worldbiking.info		Kit List
171	Andrew Welch		An intense, slow and winding personal quest through Eurasia, falling in love with Georgia along the way :)	1	Male only	British	06/2007	08/2009	2 yrs, 2 m	No	£7,000	£7,000	17000	10,563	680	£ 0.41	£280	Mountain bike	Kona Explosif	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), Russia	No	weaveoftheride.com			Weave of the Ride
172	Tom Allen		Three and a half years of confusion ending in marriage.	1	Male only	British	06/2007	11/2010	3 yrs, 5 m	No	Don't know		20000	12,427	488			Mountain bike	Kona Explosif custom build	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Back rack, Trailer, Bar bag	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, Russia, Mongolia	No	tomsbiketrip.com			Janapar	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
173	Nancy Sathre-Vogel, John Vogel, Davy Vogel, Daryl Vogel	PanAm 2008 - 2011	A world record family bike trip from Alaska to Argentina	4	Male and female	American	06/2008	03/2011	2 yrs, 9 m	No	$20,000	£12,172	29000	18,020	879	£ 0.42	£369	Touring bike	One tandem and 2 single bikes (REI)	External gears	Butterfly on single bikes, drop on the tandem	Rim	700c on singles, 26" on tandem	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	whatever for three of us, one used SPD	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	familyonbikes.org			Changing Gears: A Family Odyssey to the End of the World	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
174	Julian Sayarer	This Is Not For Charity	World record. Faster and more expensive than it could've been. Amazing nonetheless.	1	Male only	British/Turkish	06/2009	12/2009	0 yrs, 6 m	No	£5,000	£5,000	30000	18,641	5,000	£ 0.17	£833	Touring bike	Tout Terrain	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia	Yes	thisisnotforcharity.com			Life Cycles (coming soon)
175	Leigh Timmis	Pedal360	An around the world challenge that turned into a lifestyle	1	Male only	British	06/2010	Ongoing	3 yrs, 11 m	Yes	£11,000	£11,000	35600	22,121	757	£ 0.31	£234	Touring bike	Mercian Custom Build	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	www.pedal360.com
176	Ryan McAfee, Michelle Cassel	America Bycycle: TransAmazing! and America ByCycle: Coast Protocol	2 trips in 2 years, across America from East to West, then North to South!	2	Male and female	American	06/2011	01/2013	0 yrs, 10 m	No	$5,000	£3,043	12000	7,456	1,200	£ 0.25	£304	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Truckers	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	americabycycle.com
177	Zita Zarug, Arpad Harkanyi	Honeymoon Around The World	Honeymoon Around The World on two recumbent bicycles.	2	Male and female	Hungarian	06/2011	Ongoing	2 yrs, 7 m	Yes	$12,000	£7,303	23200	14,416	748	£ 0.31	£236	Recumbent	Nazca Gaucho	Internal (hub) gears	Under Seat Steering (USS)	Disc	26"	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	facebook.com/cyclingthe360	Map		Cycling the 360 (Hungarian only)	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
178	Jude Kriwald	England To India	England To India via Afghanistan, the Pamirs and Tibet (midwinter).	1	Male only	British	06/2012	07/2013	1 yrs, 1 m	No	£2,500	£2,500	17000	10,563	1,308	£ 0.15	£192	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	No	EnglandToIndia.com	Map
179	Natalie Simpson & Matthew Grant	Riding out the recession	Riding out the recession from London to Sydney	2	Male and female	British, New Zealander	06/2012	07/2013	1 yrs, 1 m	No	£7,500	£7,500	19525	12,132	1,395	£ 0.38	£536	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	www.canvasandwheels.com	Map	Kit List
180	Ana Vivian	Pedal América do Sul Pedarilhos	Two years cycling around South America, more than 80% nights camping	2	Male and female	brazilians	06/2012	08/2014	2 yrs, 2 m	No	$4,500	£2,739	24000	14,913	923	£ 0.11	£105	Mountain bike	trek 870	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	www.pedarilhos.com.br
181	Tieme	Netherlands to Indonesia	Cycling East from the Netherlands, perhaps to Indonesia and beyond..	1	Male only	Dutch	06/2012	Ongoing	2 yrs, 6 m	No			33000	20,505	1,100			Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster	Internal (hub) gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia, Mongolia, Georgia, Armenia	Yes	www.tiemehermans.nl	Map
182	Thomas Bramall		Nordcapp to Athens. Athens to the UK. Wild camping.	1	Male only	British	06/2013	10/2013	0 yrs, 4 m	No	£2,000	£2,000	10000	6,214	2,500	£ 0.20	£500	Touring bike	Surly Disc Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
183	James Ketchell	World Cycle 2013	Round the world cycle, finishing part of a global triathlon.	1	Male only	British	06/2013	02/2014	0 yrs, 8 m	No	£19,000	£19,000	29000	18,020	4,143	£ 0.66	£2,714	Cyclocross	Trek Cyclocross	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Frame and saddle bag	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	jamesketchell.net			It's all Mental (coming soon)
184	Zoltan Szabo	Góbéságok a Föld körül	To feel the freedom.	1	Male only	Hungarian	06/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes			20020	12,440	2,002			Recumbent	Nazca Fuego	Internal (hub) gears	Upper Seat Steering	Disc	20" front, 26" rear	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	http://kobrazoli.wordpress.com	Map
185	Rhys Guard		Just riding and exploring	1	Male only	British	06/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 11 m	No	£7,000	£7,000	29000	18,020	2,636	£ 0.24	£636	Touring bike	Thorn Sherpa	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	South East Asia	No
186	Nick Raybould	Europe Tour 2015	zig zagging around Europe until I ran out of money	1	Male only	British	06/2015	11/2015	0 yrs, 5 m	No	£2,000	£2,000	11,265	7,000	2,253	£ 0.18	£400	Road/racing bike	B'Twin Triban 3	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
187	Nick Raybould	European Tour 2015	Norway to Serbia to Portugal!	1	Male only	British	06/2015	11/2015	0 yrs, 5 m	No	2000	£2,000	11,000	6,835	2,200	£ 0.18	£400	Road/racing bike	B'Twin Triban 3	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
188	Nick Raybould	European Tour 2015	Norway to Serbia to Portugal!	1	Male only	British	06/2015	11/2015	0 yrs, 5 m	No	£2,000	£2,000	11,000	6,835	2,200	£ 0.18	£400	Road/racing bike	B'Twin Triban 3	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
189	Elliott	Canada/Europe 2015	Vancouver to Belgrade, 5 months.	1	Male only	Canadian	06/2015	11/2015	0 yrs, 5 m	No			12,000	7,456	2,400			Touring bike	Surly Disc Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	elliottonsabbatical.blogspot.com
190	Peter Richter		No idea how long I`ll be on the road.	1	Male only	German	06/2015	Ongoing	0 yrs, 9 m	Yes			10000	6,214	1,111			Touring bike	Intec M 2	Internal (hub) gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia	Yes
191	Shane Hutton		Canada to Patagonia dreams can come true	1	Male only	Australian	06/2015	12/2016	1 yrs, 6 m	No			23,323km					Touring bike	Salsa Fargo	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	Www.theultralife.com.au
192	Daniel Dorosz	Dosh Goes East	Two and half year around the world trip through Europe, The Middle East Asia, Australasia and North America.	1	Male only	British	06/2015	09/2017	2 yrs, 3 m	No	28,397	£28,397	37,311	23,184	1,333	£ 0.76	£1,014	Touring bike	Koga Signature World Traveller	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	doshgoeseast.blogspot.com	Map	Kit List
193	John Whybrow, George Agate	The Tandem Men World Circumnavigation 2016/17	Round the world record attempt, as we were new to touring (and cycling in general!) we aimed for 100 miles (160km) a day and took on average 1 day off a week, with 5-7 days off during transits between continents.	2	Male only	British	06/2016	03/2017	0 yrs, 9 m	No	10,000	£10,000	29,300	18,206	2,930	£ 0.34	£1,000	Tandem	Custom Orbit Tandem with S&S couplings + Rohloff	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	www.thetandemmen.com	Map
194	Mark Biffen	Mediterranean to Arctic Circle and back again	Wonderful.	1	Male only	British	06/2017	08/2017	0 yrs, 2 m	No	€1,200		10,007	6,218	5,004			Touring bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
195	Frank van Rijn		Europe and East / South Africa	1	Male only	Dutch	07/1981	05/1982	0 yrs, 10 m	No			26000	16,156	2,600			Touring bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East	No	http://www.frankvanrijn.nl
196	Martin & Joan Ford	Round the world 1991	15 months cycling across USA, New Zealand, Australia, South East Asia, stop over in Egypt then cycled back to UK from Budapest	2	Male and female	British	07/1991	10/1992	1 yrs, 3 m	No			17,702	11,000	1,180			Touring bike	Nigel dean & w h Evans	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia	Yes
197	Lorenzo Rojo		Munduan Barrena Bizikletaz	1	Male only	Basque	07/1997	Ongoing	16 yrs, 9 m	Yes	Cheap		190000	118,061	941			Mountain bike	Cromoly frame	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	munduanbarrena.blogspot.com
198	Chris Edie, Jenny Sprent	Ozbybike	Edinburgh to Hobart through Europe across Asia, including crossing the Himalayas and down the length of Australia.	2	Male and female	UK/Australian	07/2003	12/2003	0 yrs, 5 m	No	$7,000	£4,260	24000	14,913	4,800	£ 0.18	£852	Touring bike	Thorn Exp	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), Turkey, Iran, Nepal Tibet	Yes
199	Rick Gunn	Soulcycler world tour 2005-2008	A transformational 3 year, 26,000 mile journey through 33 countries around the globe.	1	Male only	American	07/2005	03/2008	2 yrs, 8 m	No	$50,000	£30,430	40233	25,000	1,257	£ 0.76	£951	Touring bike	Several bikes	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	both	all the above	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	www.soulcycler.com			Soulcycler (coming soon)
200	Erik Straarup	Around Australia	Touring Around Australia	1	Male only	Danish	07/2006	08/2006	0 yrs, 1 m		£2,800	£2,800	14492	9,005	8,678	£ 0.19	£1,677	Road/racing bike	GT edge	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Australia	No	www.lonebiker.dk	Map
201	Rob Thomson	14 Degrees Off The Beaten Track	Cycling across the Eurasian Continent from Japan to Switzerland, via Central Asia.	1	Male only	New Zealand	07/2006	03/2007	0 yrs, 8 m	No	$7,000	£4,260	12000	7,456	1,500	£ 0.36	£533	Recumbent	HPVelochnik Street Machine GTe	External gears	Under seat	Disc	Front: 20inch, rear: 26inch	Back rack, Under seat rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China	No	14degrees.org
202	Dave Briggs	England to Cape Town	Cycling from England to South Africa, I met countless friendly people, and cycled by the odd elephant and giraffe.	1	Male only	British	07/2006	05/2007	0 yrs, 10 m	No	£5,000	£5,000	13000	8,078	1,300	£ 0.38	£500	Touring bike	Dawes Galaxy	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	http://www.davestravelpages.com
203	Éric McComber	Roule Rosie Roule !	Around Québec and then around France and Europe and back and around again, for peace, and quiet too.	1	Male only	Québécois	07/2007	09/2011	4 yrs, 2 m	No	25000$	£15,215	23,000	14,292	460	£ 0.66	£304	Touring bike	Norco Alteres, Orbea custom	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Rack pack, second rack up front	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	www,ericmccomber.com
204	SImon Taylor, Isabelle Bedard	Decadence	A year getting from Mongolia to Nepal with only a short Chinese visa and on to Turkey via Central Asia	2	Male and female	British, Canadian	07/2008	07/2009	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£3,000	£3,000	11900	7,394	992	£ 0.25	£250	Touring bike	Koha Miyata World Traveller	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Russia, Mongolia, Iran	No	hk-to-uk.blogspot.com
205	Sebastien Gros	Un peu plus loin	From Europe to the Everest base camp via the Himalayas	1	Male only	Swiss	07/2008	11/2009	1 yrs, 4 m	No			22,000	13,670	1,375			Touring bike	Home made	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	No	www.un-peu-plus-loin.ch
206	Aidan Pedreschi	A bicycle trip around this small blue planet	Uk to Thailand through the Middle East, Indian Sub Continent and South East Asia, across USA and down the Pacific Coast to Mexico.	1	Male only	Irish	07/2008	11/2010	2 yrs, 4 m	No			28,000	17,398	1,000			Touring bike	Thorn Exp	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?doc_id=3625
207	Harry Kikstra, Ivana Coria	Worldonabike.com, Alaska - Argentina	Alaska - Patagonia in 2.5 years, through 23 countries including the Guyanas.	2	Male and female	Dutch, Argentinian	07/2008	01/2011	2 yrs, 6 m	No			26000	16,156	839			Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster 2.6 Alu	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	worldonabike.com
208	Julian Bloomer and Eleanor Beck	The Slow Way Home	Round the world	2	Male and female	Irish, British	07/2008	01/2014	5 yrs, 6 m	No			85000	52,817	1,308			Touring bike	Thorn Raven Tour (Julian) Surly Long Haul Trucker (Ellie)	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	theslowwayhome.blogspot.com	Map
209	Olivier Peyre	Fly'n'Roll - En route avec Aile	Unpowered paragliding world tour by bike and hitchhiking sailboat 2008 - 2016	1	Male only	French	07/2008	Ongoing	6 yrs, 0 m	Yes	€12,000	£10,084	43000	26,719	597	£ 0.23	£140	Touring bike	Fahrrad Manufaktur T400	External gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No		Yes	www.enrouteavecaile.com
210	Ann Wilson	Through Europe and Beyond	An open-ended world tour from Calais in an easterly direction. Politics and visas defining the route and funds and inclination defining duration	1	Female only	British	07/2009	09/2010	1 yrs, 2 m	No	£17,000	£17,000	16720	10,389	1,194	£ 1.02	£1,214	Mountain bike	Drag	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	www.crazyguyonabike.com/cumbriann	Map	Kit List
211	Helen and Ed Watson	Cycle to China	UK to China wiggling via interesting roads.	2	Male and female	British	07/2009	09/2010	1 yrs, 2 m	No	£5,000	£5,000	15500	9,631	1,107	£ 0.32	£357	Touring bike	koga miyata world traveller	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China	No	helenanded.blogspot.co.uk/
212	Dave Briggs	Alaska to Argentina	A cycling adventure that covered two continents, and climates ranging from frozen tundras to humid rain forests, and terrain which varied from salt pans to cactus strewn sands	1	Male only	British	07/2009	02/2011	1 yrs, 7 m	No	£7,500	£7,500	16000	9,942	842	£ 0.47	£395	Touring bike	Dawes Sardar	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	http://www.davestravelpages.com
213	Helen Lloyd	Take On Africa	2 years cycling from home to Cape Town via West and Central Africa	1	Female only	British	07/2009	03/2011	1 yrs, 8 m	No			25000	15,534	1,250			Touring bike	Thorn Raven Tour	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	helenstakeon.com/take-on-africa/	Map	Kit List	Desert Snow - One Girl's Take On Africa By Bike	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
214	Dave Conroy	Around the world since 2009	In 2009 I quit my job working with computers, sold everything I owned and bought a bicycle setting forth for a round the world journey.	1	Male only		07/2009	Ongoing	4 yrs, 4 m	Yes			41230	25,619	793			Touring bike	Thorn Nomad MKII	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Hiking Boots with PowerGrips Straps	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No		Yes	www.tiredofit.ca			Tired of I.T! - How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bicycle	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
215	Ollie Slee	Africa Cycle	Maputo, Mozambique to Cornwall, UK	1	Male only	British	07/2010	12/2010	0 yrs, 5 m	No	£8,000	£8,000	12000	7,456	2,000	£ 0.67	£1,333	Touring bike	Specialized	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	supersizedadventure.com/
216	Ashley Hooper	Ashventures	UK to Hong Kong through Middle East, Indian subcontinent and South East Asia	1	Male only	New Zealand	07/2010	08/2011	1 yrs, 1 m	No			12000	7,456	923			Road/racing bike	Trek 7.0FX (warranty replaced with 7.5FX after frame broke)	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	No	http://travelpod.com/members/ashventures
217	Sean Newall	The CommonwealthChallenge	An adventure around the Commonwealth	1	Male only	Scottish	07/2010	08/2011	1 yrs, 1 m	No	£8,000	£8,000	45800	28,459	3,523	£ 0.17	£615	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad Raven	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	half SPD half normal Pedal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Russia	Yes	thecommonwealthchallenge.com
218	Charlie Walker		UK to UK via Nordkapp, Singapore and Cape Town.	1	Male only	British	07/2010	Ongoing	3 yrs, 6 m	Yes	£10,000	£10,000	55000	34,176	1,279	£ 0.18	£233	Hybrid	Marin Muirwoods '06	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	No	charliewalkerexplore.co.uk	Map	Kit List
219	Morrigan McCarthy and Alan Winslow	The Geography of Youth	Documenting the lives of Millennials around the world. North to South America, then a loop around Europe and Morocco. Trip ended early due to injury.	2	Male and female	American	07/2011	08/2012	1 yrs, 1 m	No			35000	21,748	2,500			Touring bike	Waterford Custom	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	geographyofyouth.org
220	Ian Lacey	350South	A journey from the northernmost point accessible by road in the Americas - Prudhoe Bay, Alaska - to the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.	1	Male only	Irish	07/2011	10/2012	1 yrs, 3 m	No	$14,000	£8,520	27300	16,963	1,820	£ 0.31	£568	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	350South.org			American Revolutions (coming soon)
221	Loic MUNARO	world tour 2011-2015	4 years world tour 2011-2015	1	Male only	French	07/2011	01/2015	3 yrs, 6 m	No	£20,000	£16,807	68340Km	#VALUE!			£410	Touring bike	custom Surly LHT - 26" - Shmimano XT 3x9 groupset	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	http://loicvelomonde.blogspot.fr/	Map	Kit List
222	Juliana Buhring	First Woman World Cycle	The first woman's Guinness World Record for fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle.	1	Female only	Italian	07/2012	12/2012	0 yrs, 5 m	No	€20,000	£16,807	29060	18,057	5,812	£ 0.58	£3,361	Road/racing bike	Schiano road bike	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	small attachable Revelate saddlebag under seat	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	julianabuhring.com
223	Markus Weber	For a coffee to Togo	For a coffee to Togo	1	Male only	German	07/2012	05/2013	0 yrs, 10 m	No	€8,500	£7,143	14036	8,722	1,404	£ 0.51	£714	Touring bike	Velotraum	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes		No	http://4coffee2togo.com
224	James Desmond	Bike to the Future	21,000km through 27 countries London to Sydney.	1	Male only	British	07/2012	07/2013	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£10,000	£10,000	21000	13,049	1,750	£ 0.48	£833	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Keen Sandals	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	jamesdesmond.com
225	Adam and Beth	West From Japan	Japan to Ireland via China, Central Asia, and Europe	2	Male and female	American	07/2012	08/2013	1 yrs, 1 m	No	$9,065.92	£5,518	15042	9,347	1,157	£ 0.37	£424	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c on one bike and 26" on the other	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, China	No	http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/westfromjapan
226	Alleykat - Alee Denham, Kat Webster	Alleykat Adventure 2012-2014	The Netherlands to Australia, spending an average of one month in each country.	2	Male and female	Australian	07/2012	Ongoing	1 yrs, 5 m	Yes	$20 / day average		25000	15,534	1,389			Touring bike	Co-Motion Equator Tandem w/ Rohloff hub and Belt Drive	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Japan, South Korea	Yes	cyclingabout.com	Map	Kit List
227	Gayle Dickson & John Burnham	"Sloths on Wheels"	Cycling SLOWLY from Norway to Japan.....really exploring not just cycling through a country from A to B. We have even cycled west at times and not east !! Just spent 18 months exporing parts of Europe we'd never been to before.	2	Male and female	British	07/2012	Ongoing	1 yrs, 6 m	Yes	€20 / day average		14500	9,010	806			Mountain bike	Trek 4,300	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Turkey	Yes	slothsonwheels.blogspot.com
228	naomi johnson, john chevis	The world at 15mph	Sell homes. Meet a stranger. Ride a bike.	2	Male and female	British	07/2012	Ongoing	1 yrs, 9 m	Yes			26032	16,176	1,240			Touring bike	koga signature	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	www.bikemind.co.uk
229	Moritz Koch	Never ending World trip	?Never ending World trip? It is just too nice. But lets see?	1	Male only	German	07/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	€1,000	£840	19090	11,862	1,909	£ 0.04	£84	Touring bike	Pegasus	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China	Yes
230	Andrew Charnley		Around The World On Two Wheels	1	Male only	British	07/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 4 m	Yes	$10,000	£6,086	20000	12,427	1,250	£ 0.30	£380	Touring bike	Custom	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	http://www.andrewcharnley.com			On Two Wheels	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
231	Ruth Jarvis & Will Fulford-Jones	Contours of a Country	A bicycle ride from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York City, USA.	2	Male and female	British	07/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 5 m	Yes			21000	13,049	1,235			Touring bike	1 Surly Long Haul Trucker, 1 custom-built Oak Cyles tourer	1 external, 1 internal	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	http://www.contoursofacountry.com
232	Rob		Alaska to colombia and Europe as desert	1	Male only	Dutch	07/2013	09/2015	2 yrs, 2 m	No	£19,000	£15,966	17,000	10,563	654	£ 0.94	£614	Touring bike	Koga Signature globe traveler	Internal (hub) gears	Bull bars	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No
233	Sam Gunter, Sheena Lydon	Samandsheenacycle	It started as an attempt to cycle from London to Vietnam but has become wondering from place to place due to changes in visa rules. Instead of just passing through a country we like to spend a bit more time exploring the backroads.	2	Male and female	British, Irish	07/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 7 m	Yes	£7,000	£7,000	11000	6,835	1,571	£ 0.64	£1,000	Touring bike	Dawes Galaxy	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	samandsheenacycle.com
234	Sam Gunter, Sheena Lydon	Samandsheenacycle	It started as an attempt to cycle from London to Vietnam but has become wondering from place to place due to changes in visa rules. Instead of just passing through a country we like to spend a bit more time exploring the backroads.	2	Male and female	British, Irish	07/2014	Ongoing	0 yrs, 8 m	Yes	£7,000	£7,000	11000	6,835	1,375	£ 0.64	£875	Touring bike	Dawes Galaxy	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	samandsheenacycle.com
235	Tim Snaith	Westbound RTW 2014-15	Westbound round the world ride (not a record attempt), prematurely terminated by a truck in Thailand	1	Male only	British	07/2014	03/2015	0 yrs, 8 m	No	£8,000	£8,000	14931	9,278	1,659	£ 0.54	£889	Touring bike	Maxx Pacemaxx 26	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia	Yes	www.theunknownaroundthecorner.net
236	Rob and Ness Howard	Wonderingnewlyweds	A long distance honeymoon.	2	Male and female	British	07/2015	Ongoing	0 yrs, 8 m	Yes	£4,250.93	£4,251	10896.87	6,771	1,362	£ 0.39	£531	Mountain and Cyclocross	Genesis (prototype) and Giant Invite	External gears	Ness has drops Rob has Mountainbike	Rim	Ness has 700 Rob has 29"	Ness has rear, Rob has both, both have handle bar	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No		Yes	Wonderingnewlyweds.wordpress.com
237	Blanca Fernández	Dreaming	London to London via Australia	1	Female only	Spanish	07/2015	Ongoing	1 yrs, 5 m	Yes	£10,500	£8,824	17,500	10,874	1,029	£ 0.50	£519	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	www.blancaonabike.com	Map	Kit List
238	Sarah Poynter and Andrew Connolly	Alaska to Argentina 2017/2018	Alaska to Argentina via the Great Divide in the USA and a mix of dirt and quiet paved roads for the rest of the adventure.	2	Male and female	British	07/2017	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	5,000	£5,000	20,000	12,427	2,000	£ 0.25	£500	Mountain bike	Surly Troll	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Handle bar harness and dry bag	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No
239	Thiago and Flávia	2fortrips World Cycle Tour	Big honeymoon around the world	2	Male and female	Brazilians	07/2017	Ongoing	1 yrs, 11 m	Yes	8650 $ (USD)	£5,264	18,579	11,544	845	£ 0.28	£239	Tandem	Tandem bicycle (handmade in Brazil)	External gears	moustache handlebar	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia	Yes	www.2fortrips.com	Map
240	Trystan & Josephine	GoinginCircles	the UK to New Zealand through central Asia, India, South East Asia and Australia	2	Male and female	British	07/2018	Ongoing	0 yrs, 2 m	Yes	1,685	£1,685	3,085	1,917	1,543	£ 0.55	£843	Touring bike	Surly long haul trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes	https://goingincirclestour.wordpress.com/
241	Edward Coombe, Emily Day	Two Wheels No Worries	Somerset to Sydney	2	Male and female	British	07/2018	06/2019	0 yrs, 11 m	No	4,400	£4,400	21,360	13,273	1,942	£ 0.21	£400	Touring bike	Cinelli Hobootleg, Dawes Galaxy	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	www.twowheelsnoworries.wordpress.com
242	Annette Lewis William Heimann	Retirement Millennium	Retirement Celebration	2	Male and female	American	08/1999	04/2001	1 yrs, 8 m	No	$12,000	£7,303	20862	12,963	1,043	£ 0.35	£365	Touring bike	Waterford Adventure Cycle	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East	No
243	Karen McLinton		I raised awareness for Tibet and reached about a billion people worldwide.	1	Female only	British	08/2001	10/2003	2 yrs, 2 m	No	£6,500	£6,500	22,000	13,670	846	£ 0.30	£250	Touring bike	Orbit Romany Expedition	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, handlebar	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), Nepal	Yes
244	Alastair Humphreys	Round the World by Bike	Round the world via the length of the Earth's three main landmasses - 4 years, 46,000 miles, 60 countries	1	Male only	British	08/2001	11/2005	4 yrs, 3 m	No	£7,000	£7,000	73000	45,360	1,404	£ 0.10	£135	Mountain bike	Specialized Rockhopper	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Bar bag, on top of back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China, Russia, Japan	Yes	alastairhumphreys.com/adventures/roundtheworldbybike/	Map	Kit List	Moods of Future Joys, Thunder & Sunshine, Ten Lessons from the Road and more...	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
245	Anna Heywood and Luke Skinner	Africe By Bike	Greenwich, London to Cape Town, South Africa via the Sahara, West Africa and East Africa	2	Male and female	British	08/2004	04/2006	1 yrs, 8 m	No			29169	18,125	1,458			Touring bike	Thorn eXXp	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	africabybike2004.wordpress.com	Map	Kit List
246	Mark Beaumont	The Man Who Cycled The World	Around the world record attempt (successful)	1	Male only	Scottish	08/2007	02/2008	0 yrs, 6 m	No	£25,000	£25,000	29446	18,297	4,908	£ 0.85	£4,167	Touring bike	Koga Miyata Signature	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	markbeaumontonline.com			The Man Who Cycled The World	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
247	Richard Thomas/Jodine Thomas		Best part of a year off work, through Europe, around India and across Australia. Best experience to date.	2	Male and female	British	08/2009	05/2010	0 yrs, 9 m	No	£4,000	£4,000	12000	7,456	1,500	£ 0.33	£500	Touring adapted mtb	Marin bear valley/kona fire mountain	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No
248	Peter Andrew Gostelow	Long Ride Home and The Big Africa Cycle	First person from my front door to Cape Town.	1	Male only	British	08/2009	07/2012	2 yrs, 11 m	No	£10,000	£10,000	34477	21,423	985	£ 0.29	£286	Touring bike	Thorn	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	thebigafricacycle.com
249	Lionel Arnould	KebeKanal	Bicycle trip through North and Central America.	1	Male only	French	08/2010	06/2011	0 yrs, 10 m	No	8,000€	£8,000	20918	12,998	2,092	£ 0.38	£800	Mountain bike	Leaderfox Evolution 18''	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	http://kebekanal.odradek78.fr/
250	Alexandre Correia, Ana Batista	Browsing Europe	Browsing around Europe, choosing the route day by day.	2	Male and female	Portuguese	08/2010	12/2011	1 yrs, 4 m	No	€3,750	£3,151	14463	8,987	851	£ 0.22	£185	Mountain bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	http://nomadiclas.blogspot.pt/	Map
251	Sarah, Tom	Americas Trip	Banff to Punta Arenas via the small ways - as much dirt road/track as possible, and keeping to the mountains whereever possible.	2	Male and female	Australian, British	08/2010	04/2012	1 yrs, 8 m	No	$10,000	£5,464	28000	17,398	1,400	£ 0.20	£273	Mountain bike	Surly Big Dummy, Charge Duster	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	bicyclenomad.com	Map
252	Morgan Monchaud, Siphay Vera, Brian Mathé, Etienne Houlès & Bertrand Dolci	Solidream	Round the world trip of three years as a group of friends on all the continents	5	Male only	French	08/2010	08/2013	3 yrs, 0 m	No	€20,000	£16,807	54000	33,554	1,500	£ 0.31	£467	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	solidream.net	Map	Kit List
253	Helen Lloyd, Lars Bengtsson	Take On The Americas	From Vancouver to Cancun. Cycling Canada, USA and Central America	2	Male and female	British, Swedish	08/2011	05/2012	0 yrs, 9 m	No			11000	6,835	1,375			Touring bike	Thorn Raven Tour	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	helenstakeon.com/take-on-the-great-americas/journal/	Map	Kit List
254	Peter and Ian	Pete and Ian Hit the Road	USA Pacific coast, New Zealand, Brisbane to Melbourne, USA Trans Am, Berlin to Leeds.	2	Male only		08/2011	08/2012	1 yrs, 0 m	No			16090	9,998	1,463			Touring bike	Ridgeback Voyage	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No		Yes	peteandianhittheroad.co.uk	Map	Kit List
255	Andy Madeley & Matt McDonald	The Cycle Diaries	A world cycling adventure for War Child	2	Male only	British	08/2011	Ongoing	2 yrs, 4 m	Yes	£5,000	£5,000	20000	12,427	714	£ 0.25	£179	Touring bike	Van Nicholas Pioneer	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	thecyclediaries.com	Map	Kit List
256	Reza Pakravan & Steven Pawley	Kapp to Cape	World record attempt to cycle the length of the planet from Nordkapp, Norway (the northern most point in Europe) to Cape Town, South Africa.	2	Male only	Iranian (Reza) & South African (Steven)	08/2013	11/2013	0 yrs, 3 m	No			18,000	11,185	6,000			Touring bike	Koga Signature Series	Internal hub (Reza); External (Steven)	Butterfly	Disc	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Russia	Yes	http://www.kapptocape.com/			Kapp to Cape	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
257	Laura and Tim Moss	The Next Challenge	London to Melbourne and back across the US	2	Male and female	British	08/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 0 m	Yes	6000	£6,000	13055	8,112	1,088	£ 0.46	£500	Touring bike	Ridgeback World Panorama	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	www.thenextchallenge.org/portfolio/bigcycle			With the Sun on Our Right	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
258	Fraser Baillie	Cyclehacker World Tour	Four year cycle around the world	1	Male only	Scottish	08/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 2 m	Yes	£5,750	£5,750	18080	11,234	1,205	£ 0.32	£383	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	www.cyclehacker.com			Cyclehacking	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
259	Doğa Can Yaman	The Medium is The Message	The medium is the message	1	Male only	Turkish	08/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 3 m	Yes			10000	6,214	714			Touring bike	Surly LHT	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), iran, pakistan	No	aracmesajdir.org
260	Adam Riches	RidingRound	Round the world trip through Europe, Asia and North America.	1	Male only	British	08/2013	Ongoing	1 yrs, 6 m	No	£17,000	£17,000	37588	23,356	2,088	£ 0.45	£944	Touring bike	Thorn Sherpa	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	www.ridinground.com
261	Rômulo A. Ceccon	cicloviajando/BRASIL	Round 16 states and all five regions of Brazil	1	Male only	Brazilian	08/2014	12/2014	0 yrs, 4 m	No	$3,000	£1,826	12668	7,872	3,167	£ 0.14	£456	Touring bike	Surly LHT	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	brasil.cicloviajando.com.br	Map
262	Alexander Neumann, Stephanie Neumann	Tandem Down Under	All around Australia from Darwin to Darwin in 10 month.	2	Male and female	German	08/2014	06/2015	0 yrs, 10 m		£3,000	£2,521	21.000 km				£252	Semi-recumbent Tandem	Hase Pino semi-recumbent Tandem	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	Www.tandem-down-under.de
263	Andrew Prenty, Amanda Prenty	Let's Ride Bikes!	The first four years focused on The America's, the next five the rest of the world!	2	Male and female	Canadian	08/2014	Ongoing	4 yrs, 1 m	Yes	$54,212	£32,994	29,157	18,117	583	£ 1.13	£660	Touring bike	2013 Surly Disc Trucker	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	www.letsridebikes.ca	Map	Kit List	Let's Ride Cuba!	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
264	Daniel, Jacqueline	Jackdanielsbiketrip	August to Dezember in different parts of Australia In January, started to cycle north from Ushuaia, Argentina through Chile and Bolivia.	2	Male and female	Swiss	08/2015	02/2017	1 yrs, 6 m	Yes			11,500	7,146	639			Touring bike	Papalagi, mtbcycletech	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No		No	Jackdanielsbiketrip.WordPress.com
265	Steve Hiniker and Mel Vollbrecht	world cycle 2016-17	Paris to Gibraltar, Tangier to Marrakech, Capte Town to East Loondon, Rwanda and Congo, trans U.S.	2	Male and female	USA	08/2016	05/2017	0 yrs, 9 m	No	$20,00	£20,000	11,630	7,227	1,163	£ 1.72	£2,000	Touring bike	Gunnar Grand Tour and Rodriguez	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No		No
266	Charlie Ledger	Round the World with a surfboard	Round the world by 'Guinness rules' carrying my surfboard and following coastlines	1	Male only	British	08/2018	08/2019	1 yrs, 0 m	No	11,000	£11,000	29,015	18,029	2,232	£ 0.38	£846	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Surfboard carried alongside on rack attached to seatpost	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
267	Steven K. Roberts	Computing Across America	Established field of technomadics, writing while riding via handlebar keyboard, console computer, satcom, and other tools.	1	Male only	American	09/1983	07/1991	7 yrs, 10 m	No			27360	17,001	294			Recumbent	Winnebiko & BEHEMOTH (custom)	External gears	Under seat	Disc	27" and 16"	Trailer	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	microship.com			Computer Across America	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
268	Jacqueline Edwards, Peter John Sloan	Travelling home to Australia	UK to Australia through Europe, India and South East Asia	2	Male and female	British, Australian	09/1985	06/1986	0 yrs, 9 m	No	1300	£1,300	12000	7,456	1,333	£ 0.11	£144	Touring bike	Carlton Courvette, Mercian 'King of Mercian Touring'	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	27"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
269	Chris Dalton / Jane Medway		Accidental. We were headed for Thailand from Australia and just kind of kept going.	1	Male and female	Australia	09/1989	09/1992	3 yrs, 0 m	No	AUD$10,000	£5,739	35,000	21,748	972	£ 0.16	£159	Mountain bike	Gary Fisher HooKooII	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Handlebar bag	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
270	Scott Stoll	Falling Uphill	One man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle.	1	Male only	American	09/2001	09/2005	4 yrs, 0 m	No	$30,050	£18,289	41428	25,742	863	£ 0.44	£381	Mountain bike	Waterford Gunnar	External gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Backpack, handlebar bag	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes	http://theargonauts.com/around-the-world-by-bicycle/index.shtml	Map	Kit List	Falling Uphill	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
271	Riaan Manser	Around Africa On My Bicycle	Around Africa on my bicycle.	1	Male only	South African	09/2003	11/2005	2 yrs, 2 m	No			36500	22,680	1,352			Mountain bike		External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	http://www.riaanmanser.com/
272	Rob Lilwall	Cycling Home From Siberia	North East Russia to London, via Australia: a long rite-of-passage style trip, which included -40 tundra, thick jungles, and war-torn passes	1	Male only	British	09/2004	10/2009	5 yrs, 1 m	No	£12,000	£12,000	50000	31,069	820	£ 0.24	£197	Mountain bike	Specialized Rockhopper	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Mixture of straps and SPDs	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Russia	No	roblilwall.com			Cycling Home From Siberia	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
273	Rachel & Patrick Hugens	Asia Trip 2006-07		2	Male and female	American & Dutch	09/2006	10/2007	1 yrs, 1 m	No	$50.00/per day	£33/day	12000	7,456	923			Touring bike	Davidson and Vittoria	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Dry bags on top of back panniers	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia, China, Tibet	No	www.picasaweb.google.com/racpat.hugens
274	Friedel Grant, Andrew Grant	World Bike Tour 2006-2009	Around the world, through over 30 countries, and more than 48,000km in 3 years.	2	Male and female	Canadian	09/2006	12/2009	3 yrs, 3 m	No	$23,000	£13,998	48000	29,826	1,231	£ 0.29	£359	Touring bike	Robin Mather Custom Built	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia	Yes	www.travellingtwo.com			Bike Touring Survival Guide	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
275	Dan Martin	Korea to Cape Town	Korea to Cape Town: the Axis of Evil by Bike	1	Male only	British	09/2007	11/2008	1 yrs, 2 m	No	£4,000	£4,000	34000	21,127	2,429	£ 0.12	£286	Touring bike	Thorn Raven Tour	Internal (hub) gears	Bull bars	Rim	700c	Back rack, Trailer	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China	Yes
276	Harriet and Neil Pike	Andes by Bike	Cycling dirt roads in the Andes.	2	Male and female	British	09/2009	03/2011	1 yrs, 6 m	No	£6,000	£6,000	21000	13,049	1,167	£ 0.29	£333	Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	pikesonbikes.com
277	Max Goldzweig, Emily Conradi	Cycling to Africa	Strasbourg, a France to Cape Town, South Africa, via the Middle East (just before the Arab Spring).	2	Male and female	British	09/2010	05/2011	0 yrs, 8 m	No	7000	£7,000	14000	8,699	1,556	£ 0.50	£778	Touring bike	Thorn raven nomad mk2	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East	No	Www.cyclingtoafrica.com		Kit List
278	Matt Cross, Debs Rawnsley	On the road with Toad, UK to Cape town 2010-2012	Two ordinary people, two bicycles and a Fuzzy Green Toad!	2	Male and female	British	09/2010	02/2012	1 yrs, 5 m	No	£8,000	£8,000	12950	8,047	762	£ 0.62	£471	Touring bike	Thorn Nomad MK2	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East	No	ontheroadwithatoad.blogspot.co.uk
279	Rebecca Holliday & Ryan Davies	World Cycling Tour	England to New Zealand	2	Male and female		09/2010	03/2012	1 yrs, 6 m	No	£6,000	£6,000	28050	17,430	1,476	£ 0.21	£316	Touring bike	VSF T400	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack		Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	worldcyclingtour.wordpress.com			The Road: England to New Zealand by Bicycle	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
280	Rob Lutter	The LifeCycle	London to London 30,000km creative world cycle adventure for mental health.	1	Male only	British	09/2011	Ongoing	2 yrs, 6 m	Yes	£6,000	£6,000	19200	11,930	640	£ 0.31	£200	CycloCross	Kona: Jake the Snake 2011	External gears	Butterfly + Ends	Rim	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	roblutter.com
281	Thomas Grosserichter	GWR - World Circumnavigation	Berlin to Eastern Europe, South East Asia, Australia & NZ, Canada - Guatemala, Ecuador to Buenos Aires, back from Lisbon to Berlin.	1	Male only	German	09/2012	12/2012	0 yrs, 3 m	No			29019	18,032	9,673			Road/racing bike	Steel framed roadbike - custom made	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	support vehicle	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	South East Asia	Yes	www.cyclingtheworld.de
282	Betzgi	Gone Riding	Started this trip with cycling across the African continent. Will continue in Asia (India) with no current plan when to finish.	1	Male only		09/2012	Ongoing	1 yrs, 3 m	Yes			28000	17,398	2,000			Touring bike	MTB Cycletech, Papalagi	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	betzgi.ch/en
283	Luke Weller, Alf Chappell, Sam Tucker	Just Around The Corner	Turkey - Cape Town, 3 guys, 3 bikes always Just Around The Corner	3	Male only	British	09/2013	03/2014	0 yrs, 6 m	No	£3,000	£3,000	13000	8,078	2,167	£ 0.23	£500	Touring bike	Koga World Traveller	Internal (hub) gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	facebook.com/Justaroundthecorner54
284	Maxime Mussard	Norway-Nigeria 2013-14	Norway to South Africa trip, stopped in Nigeria	1	Male only	French	09/2013	03/2014	0 yrs, 6 m	No	€5,000	£4,202	13320	8,277	2,220	£ 0.32	£700	Touring bike	VSF TX-1000	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	ilestlibremax.over-blog.com	Map
285	Sam Mitchell, Elliot Macdonald, Wade Luscombe	round the world cycle 13/14	Round the world for charity on a budget	3	Male only	British	09/2013	04/2014	0 yrs, 7 m	No	£8,000	£8,000	28800	17,896	4,114	£ 0.28	£1,143	Touring bike	Dawes Super Galaxy	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots) - flip flops	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia	Yes	charitycycle2013.co.uk
286	Elmar & Ellen van Drunen	Cycling the Americas by Fietsjunks	Two years cycling through the Americas... and maybe beyond!	2	Male and female	Dutch	09/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 7 m	Yes			10195	6,335	1,456			Touring bike	Santos Travel Lite	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	29"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	http://www.fietsjunks.nl
287	Simon , valentin, charles	Latino Vuelta	Bogota - Ushuaia - Rio de Janeiro at 18 years old.	3	Male only	Belgian	09/2014	06/2015	0 yrs, 9 m	No	£2,000	£2,000	12,500	7,767	1,389	£ 0.16	£222	Touring bike	Granville trekking	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No
288	JD	Europavelo	10 month solo around Europe	1	Male only	Belgian	09/2014	07/2015	0 yrs, 10 m		£4,000	£3,361	11,811	7,339	1,181	£ 0.28	£336	Touring bike	VSF fahrradmanufaktur TX-400	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Handlebar rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	www.europavelo.wordpress.com	Map	Kit List
289	Alison Wheeler		Wandering around Europe with breaks with helpX hosts as well as a 5 month winter work break. Then by freighter from Italy to Baltimore USA. Then Canada, mid west & southern USA & now in Mexico, heading south.	1	Female only	Australian/ British	09/2014	Ongoing	2 yrs, 3 m	Yes			18,000	11,185	667			Touring bike	Orbit by special	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No		No
290	Ward De Doncker		Belgium to Belgium, around the world in Eastern direction, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Canada, Europe.	1	Male only	Belgium	09/2016	10/2017	1 yrs, 1 m	No	10,289	£8,647	29,000	18,020	2,231	£ 0.30	£665	Touring bike	MTB Cycletech Papalagi 853	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
291	Sean Hoban	Ireland to Asia: a year on my bike	Cycling from Ireland to the Chinese borders through the Pamir	1	Male only	Ireland	09/2018	04/2019	0 yrs, 7 m	No	5,000	£5,000	12,000	7,456	1,500	£ 0.42	£625	Touring bike	Ridgeback Expedition 2018	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia	No	www,facebook.com/ireland2asia
292	Pete Abel and Debbie Ellen	World Tour 86-88	Fundraising trip to raise money for the Eritrean Public Health Programme.	2	Male and female	British	10/1986	09/1988	1 yrs, 11 m	No			20800					Touring bike	Orbit Gold Medal Extra	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	27 x 1 1/4	Front rack, Back rack, Plus top of rack tent etc	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
293	Barry Warner, Glynn Aymes	London - Capetown	London to Capetown	2	Male only	British	10/1998	06/1999	0 yrs, 8 m	No	£4,000	£4,000	15,130	9,401	1,681	£ 0.26	£444	Mountain bike	Trek 950	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No
294	Rachel and Patrick Hugens	South America 1999-2000		2	Male and female	American & Dutch	10/1999	06/2000	0 yrs, 8 m	No	$40 per day	£27/day	6000	3,728	750			Touring bike	Davidson and Vittorio	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Dry bags on top of back panniers	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	www.picasaweb.google.com/racpat.hugens
295	Tom Richter	Die Welt im Liegen	Round the world on a recumbent	1	Male only	German	10/2006	04/2009	2 yrs, 6 m	No			42,148	26,190	1,405			Recumbent	HP Velotechnik Street Machine Gt	Internal (hub) gears	under seat	Rim	20" front/26" rear	Back rack, under seat	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), China, Japan, Korea	Yes	http://tour-en-blog.de	Map
296	Robert Halkett	Robsbikeride	I was brave, I faced my fears but above all I lived my dreams.	1	Male only	British	10/2007	12/2012	5 yrs, 2 m	No			45	28				Touring bike	Koga Signature	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	Robsbikeride.com
297	Oli Broom	Cycling to the Ashes	A Cricketing Odyssey from London to Brisbane to watch the 2010-11 Ashes series	1	Male only	British	10/2009	11/2010	1 yrs, 1 m	No	$7,000	£4,260	23000	14,292	1,769	£ 0.19	£328	Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, handlebar bag	sometimes trainers, sometimes flip-flops	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	olibroom.com			Cycling to the Ashes	Buy Now (UK)	Buy Now (World)
298	Thomas Andersen	Cycling The Globe	4 years, 40000 km, 40 countries around the world.	1	Male only		10/2010	Ongoing	3 yrs, 2 m	Yes	$20,000	£12,172	20500	12,738	539	£ 0.59	£320	Road/racing bike	Bianchi Via Nirone	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	cyclingtheglobe.com
299	Moritz Koch	Africa 2012/2013	Africa north to south on the east side with preparations in Turkey	1	Male only	German	10/2012	04/2013	0 yrs, 6 m	No	€1,400	£1,176	12000	7,456	2,000	£ 0.10	£196	Touring bike	Pegasus	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Turkey	No
300	Arcot Naga Raj	Tour of India on Pedal and Saddle	Around India (touching all four corners, i.e. East, South, West & North.	1	Male only	Indian	10/2013	02/2014	0 yrs, 4 m	No	$3,000	£1,826	14197.55	8,822	3,549	£ 0.13	£456	Hybrid	TREK 7.3fx Hybrid	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tour-of-India-on-Pedal-and-Saddle/280168038750014?fref=photo	Map
301	Frank Jensen	Nz - Australia 13/14	Nz North to South, Australia: Darwin-Alice Speings-Ayers Rock-Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney	1	Male only	Danish	10/2013	05/2014	0 yrs, 7 m	No			10,119	6,288	1,446			Touring bike	Cannondale Tesara 3	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	Www.frankdownunder.dk
302	Toby Brown, Katie Gimson	NZ Overland to UK/IRELAND	NZ overland to Ireland	2	Male and female	New Zealand	10/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	NZ$50 day		10363	6,439	1,036			Touring bike	Vivente Randonneur	External gears	Butterfly	Disc	Both	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes
303	Derek Cullen	Cycle Across Africa	Cape to Cairo: A search for meaning on a bicycle	1	Male only	Irish	10/2013	09/2014	0 yrs, 11 m	No	€4,000	£3,361	11000	6,835	1,000	£ 0.31	£306	Mountain bike	Trek 820	External gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Hiking shoes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	http://www.nohangingaround.com
304	James Finnerty	121 Degrees - From London to Shanghai	London to Shanghai cycling every inch excluding UK-France ferry and Istanbul-Yalova ferry.	1	Male only	British	10/2013	10/2014	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£4,200	£4,200	17135	10,647	1,428	£ 0.25	£350	Touring bike	Roux Etape 250	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Framebag	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, China	No	http://www.121degrees.co.uk
305	Mieke Niko	rideatandem	two people, one bike - ride a tandem	2	Male and female	German	10/2014	03/2016	1 yrs, 5 m	No			20,000	12,427	1,111			Tandem	Tandem Bike, Co-Motion Mocha	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	flat pedals	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	China	No	www.rideatandem.net
306	Taneli Roininen	Gonebikefishing	Dirt touring the world	1	Male only	Finland	10/2014	07/2018	3 yrs, 9 m	No			45,000	27,962	1,000			Touring bike	Surly Troll	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	26"	Front rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	gonebikefisihing.com
307	Andi Weiss	New Zealand	3.5 month cycling and hiking in New Zealand	1	Male only	German	10/2015	02/2016	0 yrs, 4 m	No	£4,000	£3,361	10,050	6,245	2,513	£ 0.33	£840	Touring bike	MTB Cycletech Papalagi	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	http://radlfahrer.de
308	Matt W. Dawson	Utah to Ushuaia and back	Utah [USA] to Ushuaia [Argentina] and back	1	Male only	American	10/2015	09/2016	0 yrs, 11 m	Yes	£3,000	£1,826	10,500	6,524	955	£ 0.17	£166	Touring bike	Surly-Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	mattwdawson.com
309	Remao Tummers	South America bu Bike	Cycling through the Andes from Peru to the South in Chile and thenback north to Buenos Aires	1	Male only	Netherlsnds	10/2016	03/2017	0 yrs, 5 m	No	£3,500	£3,500	11,000	6,835	2,200	£ 0.32	£700	Touring bike	KTM Life Lontana P1.18	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	Dutchcyclingnomad.wordpress.com
310	Mr.Mahandra Kumar, Mr.Makhan Singh, Mr. Satish Amberkar	Around the World Cycling Expedition 1989-90	Around the world encircling the Globe.	3	Male only	Indian	11/1989	11/1990	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£12,000	£7,303	32,000	19,884	2,667	£ 0.23	£609	City bike	BSA Mach 1	External gears	Sports	Rim	700c	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes
311	Rachel Lorton (Hugens)	Australia-NZ-Africa-Western Europe		1	Female only	American	11/1992	10/1994	1 yrs, 11 m	No	$30/perday	£20/day	15000	9,321	652			Touring bike	Davidson	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack, Dry bag on top of back panniers	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		No	www.picasaweb.google.com/racpat.hugens
312	Dorothee Fleck	Ozzi/Kiwi 2003/2004	Just the start of more fantastic long lasting cycling trips	1	Female only	German	11/2003	04/2004	0 yrs, 5 m	No	Don't know		14000	8,699	2,333			Touring bike	Velotraum, customized bike	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		No	dorothee-fleck.com
313	Tyson Schimschal	Spinning My Wheels in South America	South America, south to north	1	Male only	Canadian	11/2009	11/2010	1 yrs, 0 m	No	$10,000	£6,086	16371	10,172	1,364	£ 0.37	£507	Touring bike	Marinoni Turismo	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	www.crazyguyonabike.com/Tyson2539	Map	Kit List
314	William Heimann	Last Continet	Wandering South America	1	Male only	American	11/2011	05/2012	0 yrs, 6 m	No	$3,000	£1,826	10460	6,500	1,494	£ 0.17	£261	Touring bike	Soma Saga	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		No
315	Shane Little	Shane Cycles Africa and more...	One year cycling in Africa plus various other trips	1	Male only	British	11/2011	11/2012	1 yrs, 0 m	No	$1,000		11000	6,835	846			Touring bike	Custom buildt M-gineering	Internal (hub) gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	shanecycles.com		Kit List
316	Robin & Olivia	Wecycletour: Bali to Beijing	Travelling Bali to Beijing by bike.	2	Male and female	British	11/2011	01/2013	1 yrs, 2 m	No	£7,000		16000	9,942	1,143			Mountain bike	Giant Rock	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	South East Asia, China	No	www.wecycletour.blogspot.com
317	Raf Polus	Cycling To Mongolia	Belgium to Mongolia through Central-Asia and Siberia with focus on wintertouring	1	Male only	Belgian	11/2012	09/2013	0 yrs, 10 m	No	€4,500	£3,782	17200	10,688	1,720	£ 0.22	£378	Touring bike	FahradManufaktur T400 SLX	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia	No	cyclingtomongolia.wordpress.com
318	Neil Dallaway	Cycling home from New Zealand	Flying as far away from home as possible with a loaded touring bike ... going as far east in the southern hemisphere as I could ... and taking a year to get home.	1	Male only	British	11/2012	11/2013	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£10,000	£10,000	28855	17,930	2,405	£ 0.35	£833	Road/racing bike	Thorn Raven Tour	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	www.cycleeatsleep.blogspot.co.uk
319	Dave Gill	Vague Direction	A loop of North America by bicycle, meeting fascinating and unique people along the way and making a book about peoples lifestyle choices.	1	Male only		11/2012	11/2013	1 yrs, 0 m	No	£6,000	£6,000	19000	11,806	1,583	£ 0.32	£500	Touring bike	Trek 7.5FX	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	vaguedirection.com	Map	Kit List	Vague Direction (coming soon)
320	J. Randy Houk	Nothing Better To Do (than to cycle tour)	A meandering journey around North America.	1	Male only	American	11/2012	07/2014	1 yrs, 8 m	No			13286	8,256	664			Touring bike	Surly Long Haul Trucker	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No	www.nothing-better-to-do.com		Kit List
321	JB Dodane	FreeWheely	Cycling Africa beyond mountains and deserts	1	Male only	French	11/2012	08/2014	1 yrs, 9 m	No	€8,560	£7,193	26609	16,534	1,210	£ 0.27	£327	Touring bike	VSF Fahrradmanufaktur TX-400	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No		No	http://freewheely.com
322	Derek Boocock	Derek's Bike Trip	Given just 12 months to live, I'm still cycling over 2 years later...	1	Male only	British	11/2012	Ongoing	2 yrs, 4 m	Yes	£5,000	£5,000	37000	22,991	1,321	£ 0.14	£179	Touring bike	Surly LHT & Surly Ogre	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	29"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	Yes	www.dereksbiketrip.com
323	La Trottineuse	Europe Tour by footbike "A Simple Life".	First tour of Europe on a push scooter, solo and unsupported, living on little and sleeping in the wild.	1	Female only	French	11/2014	Ongoing	1 yrs, 0 m	Yes	£5,000	£5,000	20,000	12,427	1,667	£ 0.25	£417	push scooter	Kickbike Sport G4	Legs power only	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	And 18' on the rear wheel.	Front rack, + backpack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	www.latrottineuse.com
324	Frank van Rijn		The first of many	1	Male only	Dutch	12/1979	09/1980	0 yrs, 9 m	No			24200	15,037	2,420			Touring bike	Unknown	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	http://www.frankvanrijn.nl
325	Louise and Philip Shambrook	World tour 1994-1997	Round the world for fun that just happened to turn out to be a world record by the time we finished	2	Male and female	English	12/1994	12/1997	3 yrs, 0 m	No	£25,000	£25,000	38143	23,701	1,060	£ 0.66	£694	Tandem	Longstaff, custom tandem	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Rim	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Pedals with baskets/cages/straps	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Middle East, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	Yes	2/225 Te Mata Rd	Map	Kit List
326	Benji Rodgers-Wilson	Earth Odyssey Expedition	100,000 kilometres cycling, sailing, paddling, and rowing around the World.	1	Male only	Australian	12/2006	Ongoing	8 yrs, 3 m	Yes			25500	15,845	258			Mountain bike	Surly self-built	Internal (hub) gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Flat pedals & walking boots	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia, Japan	Yes	www.earthodyssey.net	Map	Kit List
327	Tauru Chaw and Christi Bruchok	Two Blind to Ride the Americas	Southern tip of South America to the northern tip of North America to raise awareness about the abilities of the visually impaired. (We are both legally blind.)	2	Male and female	American	12/2011	08/2013	1 yrs, 8 m	No	$9,000	£5,477	26000	16,156	1,238	£ 0.21	£261	Tandem	Cannondale	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack, Trailer	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	twoblindtoride.org	Map
328	Chris Hussey and Melanie Newman	youjustpedal	A Brit and a Kiwi attempt to cycle from the world's most southerly city - Ushuaia - to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska	2	Male and female	British, New Zealand	12/2012	Ongoing	1 yrs, 0 m	Yes	$15,000	£9,129	22000	13,670	1,833	£ 0.41	£761	Touring bike	Vivente World Randonneur	External gears	Butterfly	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	youjustpedal.com	Map
329	Ronnie de Jong and Linda Hofstra	travelbybike.nl	‘The road ahead is empty, it's paved with miles of the unknown…'	2	Male and female	Dutch	12/2012	Ongoing	1 yrs, 0 m	Yes	€ 20 / day average		14000	8,699	1,167			Touring bike	Santos Travelmaster 2.6 alu	1 bike Rohloff the other external	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		Yes	travelbybike.nl
330	Charlie & Pip	Back To Blighty	Malaysia to London	2	Male and female	British	12/2013	Ongoing	0 yrs, 10 m	Yes	£450 / month		11500	7,146	1,150			Touring bike	Surly LHT	External gears	Butterfly	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, China	No	www.backtoblighty.com
331	Tim Snaith	Round the World Part 2 (Vietnam to London)	Second half of around the world trip (first half already logged, but terminated by a truck). This is the journey home from SE Asia to London.	1	Male only	British	12/2015	07/2016	0 yrs, 7 m	No	£7,000	£7,000	14,106	8,765	2,015	£ 0.50	£1,000	Touring bike	Kona Rove (Upgraded)	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Central Asia, South East Asia, Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No	www.theunknownaroundthecorner.net	Map
332	Jesse Merz	Cascadia Panamericana	Portland, Oregon to the southernmost tip of South America	1	Male only	United States	12/2015	12/2016	1 yrs, 0 m	No	$8000	£4,869	22,500	13,981	1,731	£ 0.22	£375	Touring bike	Specialized AWOL	External gears	Drop bars (racing style)	Disc	700c	Front rack, Back rack	Shoes that attach to the pedals (e.g. SPD)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	pdxpanam.tumblr.com
333	Alex Braund	America to Colombia	Unbearably hot, painful, lonely but magnificent all the same	1	Male only	British	12/2016	07/2017	0 yrs, 7 m	No	8,000	£8,000	10,000	6,214	1,429	£ 0.80	£1,143	Mountain bike	Kona (90s cross country)	External gears	Bull bars	Rim	26"	Front rack, Back rack	Spd shoes on flat pedals, not clipped in	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	.	Map	Kit List
334	surjit kumar	all india tour on bicycle for new india	10000 KM IN 90 DAYS ON BICYCLE	1	Male only	Indian	12/2017	05/2018	0 yrs, 5 m	No	1,436	£1,436	10,100	6,276	2,020	£ 0.14	£287	Mountain bike	Firefox sniper D	External gears	Straight (mountain bike style inc. those with bar ends)	Disc	26"	Back rack	Other footwear, unattached to the pedals (e.g. trainers, boots)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Indian Subcontinent (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)	No
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