You’ve got the bike, you’ve done the training, you’re brimming with a sense of adventure. Now all you have to do is ride around the world until you end up back where you started. Easy.
Every cyclist has, at some time or other, thought about riding around the world. For most it is just a momentary pipedream, but for some it is a genuine consideration. If you’re one of the latter, here are the rules to being a true circumnavigator.
The minimum distance to cycle in order to say you have ridden around the world is 29,000km, or 18,000 miles, according to the powers that be at Guinness World Records. The journey should be continuous in one direction and go either east to west or west to east, and the total distance travelled (including flights, ferries, etc) should exceed the length of the equator, 40,175km.
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