Alan has started the Australian leg with no sleep (too much Singha beer in Singapore!) and far too late because the support team forgot to pick up Alan at the airport. Nevertheless Alan was determined to make up the kilos. The route starts in Perth riding along the Great Eastern Highway through the Nullarbor desert [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]