Spring 2015 saw Gary and Rachel Corbett set off from London in pursuit of beating the unofficial e-bike long distance world record. Set by Maximilian Semsch who circumnavigated Australia in 2012, their distance to beat was 16,047kms (9971 miles).
Known as the E-Bike Cycle Tourists, their aim was achieved on Wednesday in the Algarve region of Portugal, after 220 days of cycling across 12 countries on Haibike xDuro Trekking e-bikes.
Beating the record took 901 hours of cycling at an average of 75 kilometres per day, in temperatures in excess of 40 degrees at the height of the German summer but with the tent also reliably frozen solid in England at other times, courtesy of nights spent under canvas in Newbury and Bath.
Full story: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/news/aussie-husband-wife-team-soar-e-bike-long-distance-record/?preview=true&preview_id=5255&preview_nonce=25d43808a1
Known as the E-Bike Cycle Tourists, their aim was achieved on Wednesday in the Algarve region of Portugal, after 220 days of cycling across 12 countries on Haibike xDuro Trekking e-bikes.
Beating the record took 901 hours of cycling at an average of 75 kilometres per day, in temperatures in excess of 40 degrees at the height of the German summer but with the tent also reliably frozen solid in England at other times, courtesy of nights spent under canvas in Newbury and Bath.
Full story: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/news/aussie-husband-wife-team-soar-e-bike-long-distance-record/?preview=true&preview_id=5255&preview_nonce=25d43808a1
