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Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet

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An epic adventure with such great storytelling that I felt like I was riding with Jenny and feeling her exact emotions. It was a sit-down job; one I thought I’d do in the airport or sometime where there was a period of enforced rest, but there were always so many more pressing jobs to do and I’d never got to that point.

Absolutely can’t fathom all of the hardships Jenny Graham went through to cycle around the world in a record breaking time (125 days! Im Juni 2018 stand eine junge Schottin mit ihrem Fahrrad am Brandenburger Tor und brach zu einer Reise auf, die schon einige vor ihr unternommen hatten. Short Sleeve Jersey is stacked with features that make it ideal for everyday riding - without having an everyday feel. After she pedaled around the world, her car failed and she ended up cycling everywhere was bittersweet. Tight on time and money, she resorts to fixing her bike on the fly, sleeping on roadsides and often riding through the night to stay on track and complete her mission.The poles were hollow and inside them I’d rolled up six different currencies in case of emergencies, to see me through the first leg of the route from Berlin to Beijing: euros for Germany, Latvia and Lithuania; zloty for Poland; roubles for Russia; tögrög for Mongolia; and renminbi for China. The routes were all saved on my Strava account and in my Dropbox as a back-up, but an issue with the Wi-Fi in the flat meant the routes wouldn’t upload the way they had when I’d practised. Not only the logistics and planning required, the fundraising and sponsorship to enable the project to get off the ground, but the mental attitude to force yourself to continue day after day for months on end spinning the pedals. The inevitable punctures, mechanical failures, the weather, the uncertainty of where and when you will sleep, eat, rest, recover. Das bedeutet aber nur, dass sie sich Ersatzteile oder Werkzeug kaufen darf, reparieren muss sie alleine.

So, if you've finished reading it and hand it to your non-cycling partner to enjoy, it won't go over their head (though it may confirm that cyclists are just a little bit crazy). Using his laptop, Tom eventually managed to download half the world on to a SIM card that I then plugged into my Garmin GPS. The wit and humour added into the book make for an easy and thoroughly enjoyable read and anyone who loves travel and adventure will enjoy this book. Long Sleeve Jersey is stacked with features that make it ideal for everyday cold weather rides - without having an everyday feel.It’s a reflective and inspiring book about a young woman who is putting everything on the line to achieve an amazing goal. Submitting to extreme efforts for 124 days 10 hours and 50 minutes, she preferred riding into the wee hours past midnight throughout her trip. As she battles the physical and mental challenge to race against the clock, Jenny gradually opens up to the joy of the adventure itself and all its daily discoveries, and gives in to her impulse to connect with people. Every year, thousands of people support our campaigns and together we achieve real change for cyclists. If you think for one second that this is some sort of commercialized setup like so many other endurance-based books, think again!

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