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A highly unlikely bicycle tourist

An astonishing story about a 350-pound middle-aged, disabled, working-class husband and father and his thirst for adventure, including 70 beautiful full-colour internal photographs in this stunning hardcover edition, captured over 16 months

ByStephen John Peel

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Many an incredible story may have been told about young courageous men and women cycling the globe in search of adventure, covering vast distances at speed each day with not a care in the world, sleeping wherever they could pitch a tent or find someone willing to give them a free meal and bed for the night, who intentionally looked bedraggled to resemble famous adventurers of old, with men sporting wild hair and beards that could clear dusty streets as they cycled through. Well, this incredible story is a little different. It is an astonishing story about a 350-pound middle-aged, disabled, working-class husband and father. I was never a regular cyclist, and I knew nothing about bicycle maintenance and repair. And yet, without a single day of bicycle touring practice, I loaded up my shiny new bike with everything I thought I’d need and cycled out of Cheshire to see the world. Solo, self-financed, with no support network and without any fixed route plan other than, “I’m going that way.” What could go wrong? I wondered.

Details

Publication Date
Jul 25, 2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781838064426
Category
Sports
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Stephen John Peel

Specifications

Pages
228
Binding
Case Wrap
Interior Color
Color
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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