And achievement isn't what it is about. There will always be someone who's gone faster, longer, better than you.
If it makes you happy, do it. A moped ride to the hills to camp for the weekend, yes. A quick blast to the alps in the summer, yes. Shooting between the world's rich countries on your speedy flash of uber-technology, yeah, well, that too.
One of the unfortunate side effects of the (slightly) higher profile RTW biking is the way bikingthe reality has to be sexed up for the media.
Their money, comes at a price. It is a shame. And often the message is downright pathetic, perpetuating the stupid lone man and machine myth.
But if it inspires others to get out of the nine-to-five to experience the world then it is a side-effect we will just have to live with.
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Simon Kennedy
Around the world 2000-2004, on a 1993 Honda Transalp
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