We are go Thailand
Alan set off today at 5:30pm thai time. we are on the motorway and have just completed 36 kms in one hour. check out our video page for some live footage of the start. more pictures to come soon.
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A special note from the community
Today we received a wonderful message of support that really summed up why this event is important to Alan and the Thai community. We really love to here support like this from anyone, and will endeavor to post fan messages when we can. Once again Thanks to everybody who has lent a hand to this [...]
More »New video documentary on Thai TV
Alan had a number of Thai TV film crews visit him in the last few months, to help boost awareness and promote the record attempt. The first two parts are posted below with more coming soon. You can always check out our youtube channel for more videos as they come available. Alan describes his love [...]
More »Nation Multimedia article on previous record
Alan Bate looks a little weary as he walks into Starbucks at Central World Plaza. But that’s to be expected as this yellow-shirted Brit is suffering from “bike-lag”, the result of having spent 29 hours and 15 minutes in the saddle pedalling from Phuket to Bangkok. Yet he’s managing to sit and walk normally, although [...]
More »Press Release
Press Release: Alan Bate World Cycling Record On the 31/03/10, British professional racing cyclist Alan Bate will begin a dramatic attempt to sensationally lower the Round the World Cycling Record to just 99 days. This punishing schedule has been widely ridiculed as “impossible”. Mark Beaumont set a fantastic Guinness record of 195 days for the [...]
More »Detailed Route map
The first question someone always asks me when i talk about this trip is “which countries are you going to?”. We do have a google map here which shows a rough idea but we decided to a add a bit more information below to help out. Are you interested in joining in along the way, [...]
More »Interview with Alan on Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
A recent interview with Alan with regards to his up coming trip A CYCLIST will attempt to shave a whopping 30 days off the Guinness World Record when he cycles 18,000 miles around the globe. Widnesian Alan Bate, 44, now based in Thailand, sets off on the Boonrawd-sponsored race from Bangkok on March 31 and [...]
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