Seek Travel Ride

In this episode guest Agnieszka Bagińska shares her experiences of exploring countries and cultures on a bicycle.  It was 2013 when she went on her first cycling trip, a tour which would take in the Polish coastline - starting from the border with Germany, and continuing on until reaching the Russian border. Since that trip she has discovered a passion for slow travel and has taken many more cycle...

It was an absolute pleasure to feature Eric Lederer for this episode of Seek Travel Ride and have him share his story and experiences of bicycle touring over 11,000km across North America.  Eric started in LA and called the ride Operation Fish m Market - named after the dive bar which he would end his ride at in New York City. Some common themes which came out during this discussion was centred ar...

I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Laura Killingbeck and have her share her experiences of spending 8.5 months cycling solo across the US and Canada.  But you'd be wrong to assume this has been the only adventure in Laura's life. Indeed, she has lived a life of adventure since she first started travelling solo when she was an 18 year old when she stuck out her thumb and hitchhik...

I had the absolute pleasure to speak with Viola and Jeff Baker - a father daughter duo who who recently cycled across Canada.  With their back wheels dipped in the Pacific Ocean, they set off from Bamfield on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and cycled West until they reached their end point of Cape Spear, on the Atlantic Ocean.  This trip would see them cycle over 8000kms, creating endless memo...

This episode features the amazing story of April Drage - an ultra endurance cyclist who this year took on her dream race of the 2023 Tour Divide - an event that is often seen as  the premier off-road bikepacking race.  But to April this was more than just a race - it was what she termed her 'cycling holiday' and she had a goal to ride this event for years. This wasn't April's f...

In this episode I speak with Katja and Martin who recently completed a 22,000km bicycle tour of the Americas. This journey would see them cycling for 21 months setting off from Argentina, destination Canada. Their adventure from south to north saw them battle with relentless Patagonian headwinds, cycle across amazing landscapes such as the Salar de Uyuni salt desert, tackle the Peru Great Divide t...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Stefan Barth an ultra cycling athlete and Medical Fitness and Endurance Coach who has a passion for the sport of bike packing and  also enjoys testing himself in ultra cycling events.  Stefan has competed in 24hour cycling races, and has tested his limits in the gruelling 9 day ultra cycling  event - Race Around Germany,  where he was chasing the fastest known ti...

In this episode I had the pleasure of chatting with Laura and Simon - a couple who made the decision to go on a world wide bicycle tour.  These two are no strangers to travel, but this is the first time they have used cycling as a way to discover new places and cultures.  I spoke to them both while they were in Bangkok, Thailand  having already cycled and explored the world on a bicycle for a year...

In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Rebekka Wiedener who recently completed the European Divide Trail on a Unicycle!  Rebekka started learning to ride a unicycle at the age of 10 and the places she has explored on one wheel are truly phenomenal. She ​is ​a ​two ​times ​Unicycling ​Uphill ​World ​Champion ​and ​she ​has ​a ​lot ​of ​experience ​in ​unipacking, ​which ​is ​multiday ​a...

In this episode I catch up with Graham Coult and Charles Henderson who recently completed a bikepacking trip on the escape route taken by Graham's grandfather from a WWII POW camp - Stalag 18a. The idea for this route came to Graham when he discovered the original map his Grandfather used to escape from the prison camp in Austria.  The thin blue line traced on the map formed the basis of the...

Seeking out adventure and a spirt of wanderlust?  Then Seek Travel Ride is for you.  Each week I share the stories and experiences of my guests who have undertaken amazing adventures on a bike.   Whether crossing state borders, mountain ranges, countries or continents, during a bicycle tour, bikepacking trip or even testing the boundaries in an ultra-distance cycling race, I seek to share that spi...

In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Stevie and Tom Thissen - a German couple who recently took a 2 month sabbatical from work to go on a bikepacking trip.  Their adventure saw them leave their home in Frankfurt and make their way across 8 different countries, pedalling a distance of over 5000kms.  I spoke with them about the motivations to take time off work to go cycling in this ma...

I had the absolute pleasure to catch up with Claire Wyatt and have her talk about her amazing cycle tour around Australia.  Fans of the show will recognise Claire from a previous episode where we chatted about how bicycle touring has become a way of life.  Claire was partway through her trip of Australia then, having completed the entire east coast from Tasmania to the Atherton Tablelands.  In thi...

In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Cedric and Azur - the father and son from the Six Spinning Legs family.  Since Azur was just 1 year old, Cedric and his wife RoPu have undertaken many bicycle touring adventures together.  From the early days of Azur being carried on Cedric's bike their tours have grown from strength to strength and they have undertaken many trips together, i...

In this episode of Seek Travel Ride I interview Emma Williams, a Queensland Paramedic who recently cycled 2.800kms, from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to Alexandra Headlands on the Queensland Sunshine Coast.  This trip was undertaken solo and also involved a section of over 800kms on remote and isolated dirt roads.  During our discussion Emma talked about how the idea for this trip, whic...

In this episode I had the pleasure to interview Helen Dainty who has been a full time traveller now since 2016.  Helen refers to herself as a full time global hobo and has cycled over 75,000kms around the world.  During this discussion  it was clear to me just how much her passion for travel has led her to developing a lifestyle which means she is now on an endless bicycle adventure.  Helen is uno...

In this episode I interview Art Zemon who recently completed a 1200km bicycle tour along the Mississippi River from St Peters Missouri to Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Art is a relative newcomer to cycling, having rediscovered his love of riding bikes in his retirement.  He started out on an e-bike and has since progressed steadily to a fully fledged bicycle touring set-up, enjoying the freedom two whe...

In this episode I interview Rebecca Lowe who in 2015 cycled all the way from her home in London to Tehran. Her motivation for her solo bicycle tour was to get a better understanding of the Middle East - beyond the portrayals in western media. She knew that travelling on a bicycle would be a perfect way to discover the region and also be a great catalyst to have truly immersive interactions with th...

In this episode I speak with Chloe Sanderson & Mary Thornton who recently bicycle toured coast to coast on the Raid Pyrenees route.  This cycle tour would see them leave the shores of the Atlantic, Ocean to cross the entire Pyrenees mountain range until reaching the Mediterranean Sea.   I met Chloe and Mary whilst they were part-way through this challenge - we swapped details five kms from the...

In this episode I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Pippa Langan, who recently cycled  25,000km around the world.  This was a monumental trip and Pippa shared her experiences from her bikepacking trip. Her set up was ultra lightweight - she didn't even take a tent.  Just a bivvy bag - and later on a hammock. Pippa travelled vast distances each day as she cycled from her home in London...

In this episode I had the absolute pleasure to chat with intrepid adventurer McKenzie Barney, who recently finished a 29,000km expedition cycling around the world.  Five continents, 28 countries and so many priceless experiences along the way. After discovering a passion for slow travel via thru-hiking, McKenzie decided she wanted to explore another form of human powered travel and turned her atte...

In this episode I speak with Nathalie Baillon, a French ultra endurance athlete who  recently set the women's world record for the fastest cycle across Europe.  Nathalie took just 18 days, 15 hours and 27mins to cycle from Tarifa in Spain to the North Cape in Norway, a total distance of 6,300km.  We chat about how Nathalie first discovered the world of long distance cycling during a bicycle t...

In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Muriel Zaccuri, an Italian who is currently on a long distance  bicycle tour that will eventually see him get to Japan. But Muriel isn't taking the conventional touring route from Europe, instead, with a mind to escape the cold winter, he detoured via the Gulf region to explore areas not often travelled by tourers.  I catch up with his experi...

In this episode i had the pleasure of speaking with Tess Meyer and learning more about her bicycle adventures.  Tess first started exploring by bicycle on a trip through New Zealand.  That first trip was done with her good friend and she was hooked, enjoying some of the finest off road trails on her Tour of Aotearoa .  Since then Tess has continued touring with a bicycle and we talked about her ex...

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Ali Dastagirzada regarding his Bicycle Tour from Virginia to Oregon on the TransAmerica Bike Trail in 2022.  This was Ali's first bicycle tour and it would see him buy a bike, quit his job and then ride across ten states from his starting point in Virginia to  reach his finishing destination in Oregon. Ali shares his motivations for taking t...