Life Cycles: How One Bike Courier Circumnavigated the Globe In 169 Days and Brok
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Julian Sayarer grew up riding a bicycle and worked as a bike courier in London. When the world record for a circumnavigation by bike is broken – the biker riding in conjunction with banks and big business – Julian sets out to take it back. ‘Life Cycles’ is his story of that record, riding 110 miles a day for six months, on only 7.82 daily, through jungles, snow and 20 different countries. He finds himself stranded without money in the deserts of Kazakhstan, bitten by a dog in North Carolina, and sleeping under motorway bridges in China.
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When Julian Sayarer learns the world record for a circumnavigation by bicycle has been broken, and that adventure has been bought by banks and big business, he leaves his job as a London bike courier and sets out determined to take it back.
Riding an average of 110 miles a day and as much as 240, he lives six months on the road and on a daily budget of £8.84. His route leads him through Europe and Russia, east to Shanghai, before reaching the jungles of Malaysia, the hills of New Zealand and the deserts and plains of North America. Twenty countries pass beneath his wheels, rolling through hurricanes and alongside homeless cycling tramps.
Life Cycles is not only an account of incredible physical endurance but also a roadside view of a changing world. From US trailer families to Chinese factories and Kazakh nomads, this thrilling tale of discovery and adventure is a reminder that the world is out there and waiting for us.
| Weight | 0.26 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.4 × 12.8 × 2.8 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 288 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 796.6092 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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