Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World Quotes

“Another Mountain Bike Hall of Famer, Laird Knight, created 24-hour MTB racing – where riders attempt as many loops of a technical off-road course in 24 hours as possible – as a team pursuit. In 1996 Stamstad entered a 24-hour race in Canaan as a team, but all four names on the sheet were a variation of his own. He did the event solo, beat most of the field and invented a new form of endurance racing.”
― Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World

“The village of Dunquin has many crumbling rock homes that were abandoned during the famine. You’ll also pass the Gallarus Oratory, one of Ireland’s most well preserved ancient Christian churches.”
― Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World

“He feeds me a hearty dinner, and together we watch dubbed movies late into the night. And there’s Panadería La Union, about which I hear stories months before I actually arrive. Its location is triple-ringed excitedly on my dog-eared map, and a note scrawled to the side: ‘Bakery. Delicious empanadas and cakes. Hosts cyclists for free.”
― Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World

“You can have an epic adventure straight from your front door and be back in time for tea. Or you can follow in the tyre tracks of adventurer Alastair Humphreys and pedal around the world, through 60 countries, for four years.”
― Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World