Comments on: That's a lot of miles

That's a lot of miles

mathowie — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:19:39 -0800

Cycling for a cause is the project/site of Canadian college student Michal Brichacek. On May 3rd of this year he set out from Alaska on his bike, aiming to ride all 12,000km (7440 miles) by early August. He's riding to raise money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and he's over halfway done, currently riding across a hot Mexico landscape. His blog has his daily adventures (mostly about having to look for tent spots, supplies, and meeting interesting strangers). He's also posting daily photos of the trip.

By: scblackman

scblackman — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:26:15 -0800

Bet he could use a roadbag. Seriously, though, that looks like one helluva hard ride. And it's for one helluva good cause. Good for him. Well worth a donation.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:34:40 -0800

Did we kill it Matt? None of the links work for me. :(

By: Octoparrot

Octoparrot — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:37:52 -0800

I quite enjoyed this. Almost inspires me to do something crazy but strangely cool. Some day...

By: jivadravya

jivadravya — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:50:43 -0800

A friend of mine is doing something similar, from the Puget Sound to Brooklyn NY. Riding solo, he's been posting a blog with updates almost daily, photos included. He's riding for the American Cancer Society to raise money in honor of his mother.

By: Elsbet

Elsbet — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:00:21 -0800

Leaving Alaska in May he's likely to be snowed on, poor guy. And so much of the ALCAN is really poor road, too. It'll be a beautiful ride, though. There were some places heartbreakingly beautiful on that route. Luckily, I got to drive it twice on the government's dime.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:49:39 -0800

I've always wanted to, um, drive the Alaska Highway, preferably in a well-stocked 4x4. Taking it on a bike ... mmmkay. I no technophobe -- I can grok blog posting from darkest Canada -- but I had trouble with catching up on Lost.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:40:36 -0800

That's a lot of miles That's a lot of fun, too, which I suppose is why he's doing that rather than washing cars or waiting tables for 100USD a day for charity.

By: rhymer

rhymer — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:33:32 -0800

pracowity. Ha. Good point! Having seen so many of these my-amazing-journey-in-aid-of-a-good-cause blogs, I think I'd be more inclined to read someone writing about someone doing menial jobs for charity.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:19:12 -0800

A friend of mine biked Vancouver to London, Ontario. The funniest part was that his mesh backed cyclying gloves resulted in really dark and defined tan dots on the back of his hands. I've always wanted to do a cross country ride like the Tour de Canada but have either been short on time or money. Now that I am in England the cross country part is much easier. I've found the hardest part of long range cycling is fuel. Even just long distance commuter cycling there have been times, at the end of a summer, when I feel that my body is eating itself.