this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2025
44 points (97.8% liked)
Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking
876 readers
1 users here now
For all the pedal pushers out there that love long distance cycling. There are no gear requirements and no 'minimum distances' here.
Have you ridden for a cheeky overnighter or a 3 year global trek? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.
Have you got panniers, bikepacking bags or just a backpack with the essentials? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.
Have you got the latest in carbon engineering or your dads old 10 speed from the 70's? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.
Related Communities
- !bicycles@lemmy.ca
- !bicycling@lemmy.world
- !bikewrench@lemmy.world
- !camping@sh.itjust.works
- !ultralight@lemmy.world
- !bikepacking@lemmy.world
- !solarpunktravel@slrpnk.net
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It would be better if people commented on the articles rather than the headlines IMO.
I like how they even assumed that he's a generic pale European guy. A simple search for the dude and my uneducated assumption would be that he would have no problem passing through the Middle East. If that was even the focus of the article.
I wonder if he could've just kept going (not checking in at the border after he has already crossed), made it to the finish line, then left the country the same way he entered with no one the wiser.
Again, not talking about this guy, talking about people going to hostile environments for no reason. That's a separate reference.
The white as snow comes from the reference of those back packers in Iran like, 10 years ago, not to this article. I'm saying people keep doing stupid shit in dangerous countries and gave another reference.