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  • Anyone Can Cycle Around the World (121 pieces of evidence)

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    Here’s a fantastic ‘infographic’ showing the basic details of over one hundred different round-the-world cyclists. It was made by Mads Phikamphon at Icebike.org. Laura and I feature. Aside from being a wonderful piece of art, it also reinforces the single most important message there is to hear about cycle touring. And it’s the same message…

  • 37 Round-the-World Cyclists Share Their Kit Lists

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    We’ve compiled kit lists from 37 different long distance cycle tourers and put them all in one place: here. The cyclists all come from the Database of Long Distance Cycle Journeys (LDCJ)* . Of the 139 trips registered, 37 of them have detailed kit lists available online and they’re all listed below. I’m sure you’re…

  • The Top 5 Expedition Websites

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    There is widespread consensus amongst the wisest and most informed members of the adventure community about the one website that stands head and shoulders above all others and I remain grateful for their recognition. However, here are five other worthy adversaries to this website which I’d recommend to anyone interested in the world of expeditions…

  • 34% of All Cycle Tourers Use Internal Hub Gears

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    We surveyed 194 long distance cyclists to find out how popular internal (hub) gears are. Between them, the cyclists have completed 137 bicycle tours of 10,000km (6,000 miles) or more. Here are the results… [divide] Internal Hub Gears vs External Gears 46 out of the 137 journeys were completed using internal hub gears, 91 with…

  • Book Review: The Road Headed West by Leon McCarron

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    These days, Leon McCarron is a fully fledged, full time adventurer with a National Geographic TV series to his name and several big expeditions under his belt. However, in his new book – The Road Headed West – we meet a wonderfully inexperienced young Irishman setting out from New York on a woefully overloaded bicycle…

  • Solo travels as a woman in Africa and Asia: interview with Helen Lloyd

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    This interview is part of a series in which we interview certain people featured on the database of long distance cycle journeys (LDCJ), which records individual bicycle trips over 10,000km in length. For more details, click here. [divide] Helen Lloyd spent a couple of years cycling through Africa, tracing the west coast before heading through…

  • The First Man to Row the Atlantic, Climb Everest and Cycle the World

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    Today, a guest blog from James Ketchell AKA Captain Ketch, the man who has rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, summited Mount Everest and cycle around the world. James recently joined the database of Long Distance Cycle Journeys (LDCJ) and kindly offered to write a piece for The Next Challenge. Over to the Captain… Over to…

  • Cycle touring for 16 years…and still going

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    This interview is part of a series in which we interview certain people featured on the database of long distance cycle journeys (LDCJ), which records individual bicycle trips over 10,000km in length. For more details, click here. [divide] Lorenzo Rojo has been cycling around the world for an incredible 17 years, covering 190,000 km so…

  • 8 months, 10,000km and Half Way There

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    We started cycling last August and aim to be back this Christmas which means that, last month, we reached the half way point of our trip: 8 months in. We also clocked 6,000 miles on our odometers, 10,000km. This means that we have at last qualified for our own database: Long Distance Cycle Journeys (LDCJ). We…

  • Legally blind – and cycled the Americas

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    Laura Moss
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    This interview is part of a series in which we interview people featured on the database of long distance cycle journeys (LDCJ), which records individual bicycle trips over 10,000km in length. For more details, click here. [divide] This may be the most inspiring story you’ll ever read. Christi Bruchok and Tauru Chaw are both registered…

  • A million miles of cycling in numbers

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    A couple of weeks ago we launched Long Distance Cycle Journeys (LDCJ), an online resource of bicycle journeys over 6,000 miles (10,000km). We’ve had a huge response already (see below) and are pleased to be able to launch the accompanying Summary Stats page: everything from how far cycle tourists travel in an average month, to what type of…

  • Join the Database of Long Distance Cycling Journeys

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    Laura Moss
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    We are very excited to announce the launch of our latest project, a database of long distance cycling journeys. Visit the Database of Long Distance Cycling Journeys This database has two broad purposes: 1) A resource for those planning their own cycle tour. 2) A record of long distance cycling journeys. We started by asking…