Episode 172: Javier Carrasco – Seek Travel Ride Pty Ltd

Cycling 20,000kms from Austria to Australia

Cycled to the Other Side of the World on a Dumpster Bike

Javi’s bike has no model and nobody is aware of how outdated it’s. He present in a dumpster in Germany by a buddy of his brother, who’s a motorcycle mechanic. His brother had a have a look at it, spent about 30 euros fixing it up, altering some cables and the chain, and requested if Javi needed it for the journey. And that bike, that utterly nameless bike that somebody in Freiburg determined wasn’t adequate to journey round one among Germany’s flattest cities, is now on the east coast of Australia having seen extra of the world than most individuals ever will!

I used to be exited to report this episode exterior, which can not sound like such a giant deal however for somebody who usually units up a little bit studio state of affairs at dwelling and talks right into a microphone alone, sitting within the sunshine at Canberra’s National Arboretum with an actual reside human being throughout from me felt like an absolute present.

Javi is the accomplice of Rebecca Gross, who a lot of you’ll bear in mind from her unimaginable updates all through her 12 months on the highway. Rebecca and Javi cycled collectively from Austria all the best way to Tasmania after which Melbourne, and when the 12 months was up, Rebecca flew dwelling again to Austria. But Javi, effectively, he wasn’t fairly finished but so he stored on going!

By the time he rolled into Canberra and I acquired to sit down down with him, he’d coated over 20,000 kilometres. He’d crossed the Balkans in chilly, relentless rain. He’d eaten his manner by way of Turkey (the meals spotlight of your entire journey, so far as he’s involved). He’d cycled by way of Iran and Iraq and gone the ‘wrong way’ up the Bartang Valley in Tajikistan. He’d crossed Mongolia into China, climbed solo onto the Tibetan Plateau in minus 20 levels, ridden by way of Japan in November, South Korea, New Zealand within the rain, Tasmania, and now’s making his manner up the east coast of mainland Australia.

An enormous distance travelled and greater than 200,000 metres of climbing all finished on a motorcycle that value him zero {dollars}!

You can sustain with Javi’s journey through his instagram web page – @hackerbikepacker

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