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    RIDE ECUADOR

    Nov 16, 2019 5 minutes
    Words & Images Tom Bradshaw

    I knew it was in South America, and I knew Mateo, the man behind Ride Ecuador. So the day after racing the EWS in Whistler, I was on a plane to Quito with my bike and no idea what I was in for.

    A quick Google will tell you Ecuador is a country of 14 million people on the northwest coast of South America. Its position on the equator means sunrise and sunset are at 6:15am atnd 6:15pm every day of the year.

    US dollars are the exclusive currency after the country’s peso plummeted in 1999 due to hyperinflation. The main export is oil; a full tank of diesel for the Ford 150 we travelled in cost USD$13. Yep, $13, for 12 gallons (or 45 litres). The government is

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