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I'm talking a proper "romantic" ride away into the sunset, big open roads, vast untamed wilderness adventure.
And I'm considering biking across either Russia or Africa to get it.
has anyone here ever done something like this?
if you go anywhere near Zimbabwe take a big gun :D
go to venezuela, do a 3 day hike through its jungles, climb a massive cliff, base jump off angel falls!:D
should be fun...
go to venezuela, do a 3 day hike through its jungles, climb a massive cliff, base jump off angel falls!:D
should be fun...
yes...
perhaps I should have said "motor biking" to make it clear. I doubt a motor bike would like the jungle...
voodoo_melon
07-07-2004, 21:53
There was a site posted a while back about some woman who goes biking through Chernobyl. You could try that :D
how about riding your bike on the massive open roads of SW USA? Arizona and Nevada states...nice and flat towards the south, hilly and mountaneous towards the north...great views....Grand Canyon!!! :nod:
how about riding your bike on the massive open roads of SW USA? Arizona and Nevada states...nice and flat towards the south, hilly and mountaneous towards the north...great views....Grand Canyon!!! :nod:
because i feel that it has been done. hell, there was even a film about it, if only i could remember the name.......
it isn't the road that i'm interested in per-se. it's the sheer adventure....
Voodoo - yes I would be very very interested to do that.
siliconslave
07-07-2004, 22:41
i've been thinking of doing something like this - something different and truely un-run of the mill. Pretty settled on going sailing on a tall ship (think full on pirate vessle!) for a week or two :) should be pretty cool
the other main contender is dog sledging out to see the northern lights, but the best time to go is late Jan so its a bit of a wait. And it would be realy gutting to go all that way and not see it!
hrm, yer, i guess this post has nothing to do with bikes, but you can sled/sail in to the sunset if you realy wanted :)
some blokes near me took there bikes to india for a month
they r goin back again this year so they must av enjoyed
themselves :nod:
You could do the hippy trail to India - there's a book about it that accompanied a BBC series - I'll try to remember what it was called and post back later
Yay for my photographic memory - the book is called "On the Road Again" by Simon Dring. And while you're at it check out "Ghost Rider" by Neil Peart (the drummer in Rush) - it's about a bike trip he took from Canada to Mexico to clear his head after he lost his daughter in a car crash and, shortly afterwards, his wife to cancer. Both books are excellent reads. :thumbs:
Cheers Aitch - will keep an eye out.
gaz.thomas
08-07-2004, 09:36
If you want more of an 'instant fix' try racing the sun up to Orkney...
I can understand the urge (I've been fighting it for about a year now) but I'm going to settle for some surfing this year.
Gaz
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There was a site posted a while back about some woman who goes biking through Chernobyl. You could try that :D
Good idea, and the roads are fairly quiet I believe :nod:
hmmm, just get on a bike, get yer passport, as much dosh as possible and feck off, you'll be surprised just how many people you'll know from different parts of the world, be a cheeky git and blag as many free meals as possible on the way round
dexteruk
08-07-2004, 10:56
my mate flew to australia, bought a bike on the south coast (NC30 the silly fool)
rode it the whole length of the east coast, then decided he wanted to bring the bike back, shipped it across the water, and road it overland from australia to uk.
he's only got a few pics - him on himalayas, that sort of thing
he spent couple of months diong it - met a lass in Oz who came with him - she was sensible enough to ride an enduro bike...
I had my adventure by going to Iraq for 3 months over christmas. I think he had the better idea...
my mate flew to australia, bought a bike on the south coast (NC30 the silly fool)
...
Jeeesus was he a midget or a sado-masochist?
Across the globe on a VFR400.... madness
Anyway, Stazza, if you want a proper adventure then don't plan anything - just go where you fancy.
Get yourself something big, heavy and bombproof, plenty of dosh and some maps.....
Don't go to Russia or Africa unless you've got a deathwish....
Canada is breathtaking, but has the dullest inhabitants on the planet.
Europe is always a good bet.
Personally I would only go to a country that meets the following criteria
1) Has a British Embassy
2) No Civil Wars in the last 5 years
3) No Revolutions in the last 10 years
4) The 'police' aren't referred to as paramilitary, or ride around in the back of ancient Toyota pick-ups brandishing AK-47s
5) The indeginous female population must NOT have moustaches
go round China... dirt cheap, loads of variety, fecking huuuuge
fecking huuuuge
Apparently its got a sizable fence at one end too
5) The indeginous female population must NOT have moustaches
That would confuse him :nod: :D
That would confuse him :nod: :D
Cackle Cackle
Ooooooohhhh you are Evil
:D
1) Get yourself something big, heavy and bombproof, plenty of dosh and some maps.....
2) Don't go to Russia or Africa unless you've got a deathwish....
3) The indeginous female population must NOT have moustaches
1) I am thinking something like an MZ - lets face it, if it can withstand Russian winters it can withstand anything...
2) Russia is the lead favourite right now
3) Damn Aithc - he got there first and has ruined my evening
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