This Road I Ride
My incredible journey from novice to fastest woman to cycle the globe
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4.8 • 16 Ratings
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- £2.99
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Publisher Description
In December 2012, Juliana Buhring became the first woman to circumnavigate the world by bicycle. With only a few months of training and little sponsorship, support or money she left from Naples on 23 July 2012 to cycle the world.
Raised in a religious cult as a child, Juliana finally broke away as a young adult and found her soul mate - an explorer seeking the source of unmapped rivers in Africa. When he was killed by a crocodile, her world went dark. To escape her grief, she decided to set herself a challenge. Having never seriously ridden a bike, she set out to ride around the world.
18,000 miles, 152 days, 4 continents, 19 countries, 29 punctures, 6 big mountains, 1 desert and a cyclone later, she made it back just days before Christmas with a Guinness World Record. Empowering, inspiring, often humorous, This Road I Ride is testimony to the power of sheer will to overcome any obstacle.
Discover a true story of adventure, blood, sweat and gears.
Customer Reviews
Inspiring and enjoyable read
I first came across Juliana recently when watching "Inspired to Ride" the movie documentary of the Trans America race, where a Julia came 4th out of 45 Competitors.
Juliana describes here self from nowhere which probably gives here the unique perspective as an outsider always looking in on life and not taking things to seriously when life doesn't go to plan.
She describes herself as stubborn which is the driving force for her to complete the arduous task of cycling 29000K despite attaching magpies, horseflies and mechanical break downs.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it's made me seriously think about actually doing some of the things that I've promised myself to do.