Around the world in 44 years

Cyclefrance · 05-10-2006, 05:56 AM

Picked up this story today - trust a Brit to pinch the old boy's bike.

And to think he has been cycling since 1962 and hasn't yet returned home. More details about his exploits here

Just goes to show. In some ways I quite envy him spending a lifetime finding out so much about the world in such a low-cost and enjoyable fashion. Makes you stop and wonder what we are doing with our lives....

mrnoodle · 05-10-2006, 12:16 PM

Wow....seems like he would have tired of it at some point. That's cool though. He would've been a Sir Francis Drake if it were a few hundred years ago. Too bad he doesn't have any new lands to discover.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-10-2006, 09:37 PM

I'm amazed he survived.

Ibby · 05-11-2006, 12:05 AM

Crazy bastard.

Looks like a helluvalotta fun.

Griff · 05-11-2006, 05:45 AM

That is a great reminder to tap into our "crazy" once in a while. Nice catch CF.

Cyclefrance · 05-14-2006, 03:44 PM

Pleased to report the Heinze Stucke had his bike returned by the police - it had been abandoned a few miles away. Seems he has become a late celebrity as well, being featured in a few more Dailies at the weekend!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-14-2006, 08:20 PM

Tell him to come to the US, he's crazy enough to be elected President.

Cyclefrance · 05-15-2006, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Tell him to come to the US, he's crazy enough to be elected President.

Unlikely he'd succeed - seems, based on current incumbent's performance, you need an aversion to overseas travel and an ignorance of foreign cultures for that job!

05-10-2006, 05:56 AM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Around the world in 44 years Picked up this story today - trust a Brit to pinch the old boy's bike. And to think he has been cycling since 1962 and hasn't yet returned home. More details about his exploits here Just goes to show. In some ways I quite envy him spending a lifetime finding out so much about the world in such a low-cost and enjoyable fashion. Makes you stop and wonder what we are doing with our lives.... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-10-2006, 12:16 PM	#2
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Wow....seems like he would have tired of it at some point. That's cool though. He would've been a Sir Francis Drake if it were a few hundred years ago. Too bad he doesn't have any new lands to discover. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

05-10-2006, 09:37 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm amazed he survived. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-11-2006, 05:45 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That is a great reminder to tap into our "crazy" once in a while. Nice catch CF. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-14-2006, 03:44 PM	#6
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Pleased to report the Heinze Stucke had his bike returned by the police - it had been abandoned a few miles away. Seems he has become a late celebrity as well, being featured in a few more Dailies at the weekend! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-11-2006, 12:05 AM	#4
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Crazy bastard. Looks like a helluvalotta fun.

05-14-2006, 08:20 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Tell him to come to the US, he's crazy enough to be elected President. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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