One year and 20,000 kilometres of e-biking after setting out from London in mid-April 2015 in an attempt to set a new world long distance e-bike record, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists continue to clock up the kilometres – and major milestones. Given that the old record of 16,047km has now well and truly been passed, … Continue reading One Year and 20,000 kilometres of e-Biking – and That is Just the Start
From feedback received as a result of the e-Bike Cycle Tourists recent blog entitled ‘How to Afford the Long Distance E-Bike Holiday You Never Thought Possible’, it has become clear that there is a common misconception about cycle touring in the UK and Europe. That it is possible to cycle tour for a measly few … Continue reading A Common Misconception About Cycle Touring in the UK and Europe
One of the unfortunate facts of life is that we all have to live within our financial means. No matter whether you are a student trying to put yourself through university, a middle-aged couple raising young children, if you are retired and living on a meagre pension or are planning a trip of a lifetime, … Continue reading How to Afford the Long Distance E-Bike Holiday You Never Thought Possible
With the e-Bike Cycle Tourists 10 months and 18,500kms into their ongoing e-bike long distance adventure in Europe and the UK, the question we get asked more than any other is, “how do you find suitable accommodation every night”. While we are pleased to report a number of people have contacted us to say that … Continue reading Accommodation Choices on a Long Distance e-Bike Tour
Who would have thought gaining official recognition for completing the longest ever e-bike journey would be so difficult? As was detailed in a previous blog, while we would love to have our achievement recognised by Guinness World Records, given the length of time the e-Bike Cycle Tourists are e-biking – up to 18 months – … Continue reading The Difficulties Associated With Having the Longest Ever E-bike Journey Officially Recognised
In the wake of recently setting a new world e-bike long distance record, the E-Bike Cycle Tourists have been asked on a number of occasions if the achievement will be recognised as an official record by Guinness World Records. The short answer is a resounding “NO”, but given the amount of confusion that surrounds actually … Continue reading Why the Longest Ever E-Bike Journey Will NOT be in the Guinness World Records Book
With 17,073kms on the odometer and the world e-bike long distance record now safely in our keeping, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists jetted off from Portugal to Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean today to continue their long distance e-bike adventure. But far from planning a holiday in the winter sun on the island that is renowned … Continue reading From Portugal to Cyprus on an e-Bike Adventure via a UK Immigration Interrogation
It’s late January 2016 and today I woke up in a bed (yes, not a tent for a change) in Fuzeta, a tiny beach village in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The sun’s rays are reflecting through the cracks of the heavy curtains and I know that this is a sign to roll out … Continue reading What a Difference One Year, a World Record and 17,000kms of Cycling Can Make
We did it!! After 901 hours of cycling over 220 days at an average of 75 kilometres per day through 12 countries in Europe and the United Kingdom, the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have finally set a new world e-bike long distance record. The old mark of 16,047kms (9971 miles) – which was set by German … Continue reading E-Bike Cycle Tourists Set New World E-Bike Long Distance Record
After six months and 11,682 kilometres the e-Bike Cycle Tourists are once again back in London preparing for the next stage of our world e-bike record attempt. With a paltry 4365 kilometres now required to break the existing world record of 16,047kms, our new goal is to not only beat the existing record set by … Continue reading Cycling Towards a New World e-Bike Record
By any standard it has been a big week for the e-Bike Cycle Tourists after passing the 10,000 kilometres mark on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way while cycling towards a new world long distance e-bike record. With the current record of 16,047kms well within our sights, our eventual aim now is to clock up 20,000kms or … Continue reading Passing the 10,000 km Mark on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
After five months and more than 9300 kilometres of cycling the e-Bike Cycle Tourists set off on Monday on the next stage of their e-bike record breaking adventure – a cycle tour of Ireland. With help from Electric Escapes Ireland – http://electricescapesireland.ie/ – a network of E-bike tour operators on the west coast of Ireland, Olivier … Continue reading The Generosity of Complete Strangers and Circumnavigating Ireland
Long distance cycle touring, as the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have discovered time and time again over the past four months, is a daily exercise in the unknown … basically you just never know what is around the next corner or what is going to happen next. Or, as Forrest Gump so famously quoted in the … Continue reading Cycle Touring on National Route 1 in the UK
Twelve weeks and 6400 kilometres after setting out to set a new world e-bike long distance record the time has come to look back at some of the more memorable moments we have and have not enjoyed as we have weaved our way through England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Holland. As we have … Continue reading The Highs and Lows of e-Bike Cycle Touring
As the e-Bike Cycle Tourists have discovered over the past 10 weeks, it is one thing to say you are going to set a new world e-bike long distance record but it is a completely different thing to physically clock up the kilometres day after day, week after week. Since setting out from London on … Continue reading Learning to Deal with Cycling Fatigue on the Way to a New World E-Bike Record
