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 he jokes about taking a rest in hospital after the long trip. “I feel numb in my fingertips and my knees,” says Bate, who will spend an entire month recovering from his gruelling feat.
Bate left Phuket on the evening of December 3 and arrived in the Thai capital on December 5 at 7am. The 30-hour ride was to honour His Majesty the King on his 80th birthday. Last year, Bate spent 26 hours in the saddle of the same bike travelling the 700 kilometres from Chiang Mai to Bangkok.
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alanbate
18 Mar, 2010
A press item on my last record in Thailand
http://www.worldcyclingrecord.com/2010/03/nation-multimedia-article-on-previous-record/
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fast_itch
20 Mar, 2010
Check out me old local pal’s record attempt – http://www.worldcyclingrecord.com/2010/03/nation-multimedia-article-on-previous-record/
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admin
26 Mar, 2010
Thanks Fast_itch
I'm Thai Girl.
31 Mar, 2010
You So Good. I can’t do that Thank you so much and Hey! do this in every year.
alan
9 Apr, 2010
Hi, this is my last event, then I will train children for cycling, alan
Thai in Chinatown
31 Mar, 2010
wow wonderful , Thank you instead of Thai-chinese in
Chinatown yaowarat. We love king
alan
9 Apr, 2010
many thanks for following me, alan
olaho
15 Apr, 2010
เอาใจช้วย…ทำได้แน่..อลัน