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2012-07-26 9:39 AM

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 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18980693#TWEET178214

This guy rode his bike from China to the olympics..............are you kidding me!!!!!!

I cant even imagine! 

2012-07-26 10:12 AM
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That's pretty cool.  Maybe he will kayak to Brazil in 2016.
2012-07-26 10:25 AM
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Yes, but can he bike to Kona?
2012-07-26 10:39 AM
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Subject: RE: Next time you complain about riding 112 miles (olympic story inside)

That's incredible. And on a rickshaw too.

Finally someone who doesn't whine about shaving off 50g or spending $5k to make his bike more aero

2012-07-26 11:23 AM
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Subject: RE: Next time you complain about riding 112 miles (olympic story inside)
There is no next time, because there is no this time; I have never complained about riding 122 miles.
2012-07-26 12:13 PM
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2012-07-26 12:27 PM
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Who complains about riding 112 miles?  Do it or don't, no ones forcing you to.

 

But it is cool what the guy did...

2012-07-26 12:39 PM
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2012-07-26 12:54 PM
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Subject: RE: Next time you complain about riding 112 miles (olympic story inside)

How fast did he have to pedal to get across the Channel?



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2012-07-26 12:58 PM
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Subject: RE: Next time you complain about riding 112 miles (olympic story inside)
Thank you for sharing this story ;-) shows how powerful the body, mind and will are! Amazing...and in a rickshaw!
2012-07-26 2:09 PM
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Pretty cool, though I'm not sure it beats Göran Kropp in 1996. First he biked from Sweden to Everest. Then he solo climbed Everest almost twice. He first turned back 300' from the summit and then a couple of weeks later went all the way. Plus in-between he helped out with the "Into Thin Air" rescue efforts.  Then he biked back to Sweden.  Crazy.

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thucydides - 2012-07-26 3:09 PM Pretty cool, though I'm not sure it beats Göran Kropp in 1996. First he biked from Sweden to Everest. Then he solo climbed Everest almost twice. He first turned back 300' from the summit and then a couple of weeks later went all the way. Plus in-between he helped out with the "Into Thin Air" rescue efforts.  Then he biked back to Sweden.  Crazy.

 

Yeah, well... this one time, at band camp...

2012-07-26 2:39 PM
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Post it on Strava or it didn't happen. 

Cool story...and I know he didn't take a straight shot route to London, and that he had to backtrack.  But is it really 60,000 KM?  I googled it, and striaght shot from Shanghai to London is 9100 KM...or 5700 miles.  I guess he took the scenic route.

I'd love to do something like that if I had 2 years to not worry about anything else.  Comes out to about 50 miles a day...so it's not totally crazy.

2012-07-26 2:58 PM
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Has he been dope tested?
2012-07-26 3:28 PM
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His seat is definitely NOT too high...
2012-07-26 11:32 PM
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I hope someone is giving him a ride home O_O

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