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Attempting the first circumnavigation by cargo bicycle. On a cargo bike welded together in prison
📍 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
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Have fun and enjoy your ride in China

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A brave English soul risking it all riding from England to … everywhere. I had the pleasure to bump into him near Xinjiang, at a small city called LiangZhou ( part of Silk Road ) after he indulged his morning coffee and was about to leave. I caught him at the last minute, holding two 1.5l bottle water, one hand each as I was getting something from the shop near my hotel and thought “ hey, this is an interesting one” thinking it’s a local’s bike since the bike was covered in graffiti & well wishes in chinese writing… Thinking maybe another uni student doing a road trip after graduation. I had a brief yet interesting chat with him. Best of luck to you Daniel.

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Update from Dan: he has reached China, yay
Podcast interview update to follow asap
What's he been doing on his amazing adventure
Stay tuned on this frequency

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Tag 100 meiner Radweltreise und morgen werde ich Usbekistan verlassen.🇺🇿
Es waren unfassbar tolle aber teils auch unfassbar harte Tage!
Ich war jedenfalls so froh, die abgelegenen Wüstenabschnitte mit so einer coolen Crew teilen zu dürfen.
Auch wenn ich am Ende bei 52 Grad mit einem Hitzeschlagper Anhalter in die nächste Stadt fahren musste. (Und dabei noch gezwungen wurde, Kurut zu probieren, wonach es mir noch schlechter ging).
Hier in Samarkand hat sich unsere 5er Gruppe getrennt. Jetzt sind wir noch zu dritt und für uns geht es nun morgen in die Berge Tajikistans, um dort dann in einer Woche den Pamir Highway zu fahren. Kann’s noch nicht ganz fassen, dass dieser Traum nun auch wahr wird.
Danke jedenfalls, Usbekistan für ganz tolles Essen! (Manchmal aber leider auch ganz schön schlechtes Essen).
Deine alten Städte an der Seidenstraße sind aber einfach ein Traum und die Gastfreundschaft war auch wieder mal erstaunlich.
Es war mir ein Fest, auf geht’s ins Land Nummer 13!🌎🚲

#bikepacking #cyclingtheworld #aroundtheworldagainstcancer

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Days 108-112 of cycling from the Uk to Australia 🚴‍♂️ probably the hardest cycling days I’ve done so far. Really hot we had to hide from the sun whenever we got the chance.

#bikepacking #travel #bikepack #cyclingtheworld #biketouring

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"You can't be too stressed about cycling around the world, because it's so hard to comprehend how hard it is," @ainsworth_daniel said before he headed off to ride 29,000km around the world on a cargo bike built by prisoners (who had never seen a cargo bike before) at Barlinnie prison.

The how and the why behind this adventure are quite the story, and you can read all about it at escapecollective.com.

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Days 104 & 105 of cycling from the Uk to Australia 🚴‍♂️ after taking a day of in Nukus to catch up on sleep, we headed out early to make our way towards Khiva

#bikepacking #travel #bikepack #cyclingtheworld #biketour

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Wildes Kasachstan 🇰🇿

What a ride! 🚴‍♂️ 500km mit dem Rad durch die Mangghystau Wüste sind fast geschafft. Es ist heiß, sehr heiß und es ist anstrengend. Und trotzdem ist die Wüste unfassbar spannend. Auf den ersten Blick nicht ganz erkennbar, aber sie ist auch sehr lebendig. Es gibt zwar kaum Wasser, dafür bin ich unter anderem auf Schlangen, Wildpferde, Kamele, Agame und sogar schwarze Witwen 🕷️ getroffen. Auf die Begegnung mit dem Skorpion in meiner Tasche hätte ich aber lieber verzichtet. 🦂
Kilometerweit gab es keine Stadt, keine Versorgung und der Wasserverbrauch beim Radfahren ist enorm. Bei über 40 Grad war der 8 Liter Wasservorrat leider schnell am kochen und die Abkühlung zwischendurch fühlte sich dann eher an wie Tea-Time.🫖
Gut, dass es Leute gibt, die unterwegs anhalten, dir eiskaltes Wasser schenken und dich kurz mal zum glücklichsten Menschen der Wüste machen 🧊
Auf in die letzten 90km nach Beineu, bevor es ins nächste Land, Usbekistan geht. 💪
Spoiler: es wird noch heißer!🔥

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Southside Glasgow has always had whispers of strange happenings. Flickering streetlights. Disappearing pints. The occasional fox staring directly into your soul. But every Wednesday at 8pm, something truly mystical happens at the Victoria Road entrance to Queen’s Park — a stylish little peloton appears like a summoned spell, clipped in and ready to roll.

That’s @magiccyclingclub

Part cycling club, part rolling social club, Magic CC is the Wednesday night ride where everybody’s welcome and you never quite know who you’ll end up riding beside. One week it’s a photographer. Next week it’s a designer, a DJ, someone training for absolutely nothing, or someone who just wanted an excuse to get out the house and ended up finding their people.

Fast riders, slow riders, gravel lovers, roadies, café stop specialists and “just here for the vibes” cyclists — all welcome. The only real requirement is a bike and a willingness to embrace a little midweek magic.

Expect smooth spins, questionable route choices, elite-level chat, and friendships forged somewhere between Queen’s Park and a late-night portion of chips. It’s less about watts and more about good energy, good people and seeing where the night takes you.

Every Wednesday. 8pm. Victoria Road gates, Queen’s Park. More info via Magic CC

Bring your bike. Bring your pals. Bring lights. The Magic only works if you show up. 🪄

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Daniel from Scotland chasing the Guinness record - cycling around the world on cargo bike which he designed and made by prisoners. Fully loaded 60kg+. Great mate and big respect for what he does. It was privilege to cycle with him!

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Looking back on April with gratitude and looking forward to what’s to come in the months ahead ☺️💕

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New @ainsworth_daniel audio update soon
For the Glasgow coffee outside podcast
How is Dan doing is the cargo bike surviving
And the upcoming no Greggs apocalypse
@greggs_official

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