He’s ridden around the world more times than most of us have ridden around our local bypass, and now Nick Sanders is doing it again, but this time, he’s not got a 150bhp Yamaha R1 under his backside!
Instead, the eccentric English adventurer will use a Yamaha Wabash RT e-bike, which has a 25km/h top speed, using a 500W electric motor to assist his pedalling efforts.
Sanders plans to circle the globe in just 229 days, which will set a new record. That means he’ll be pedalling around 100 miles daily and a total of more than 20,000 miles.
He’s travelling light, taking only a cycling jersey, shorts, T-shirt, spare shorts, camera gear, and a drone. It’s an incredible itinerary: he’ll first cycle to Athens for a ferry to Israel, then it’s a 35-day, 3100-mile ride through the Middle East to Dubai. Next, it’s India, then south east Asia in December and January, and on to Australia and America before heading back to Europe to finish in Holland on April 17 2024.
“I’ve been working with Yamaha for many years now,” said Sanders. “And I know that their quality and reliability is second to none. The new Yamaha Wabash RT Gravel e-bike is perfect for this latest record attempt. I’ve been training hard and slimmed down to 70kg to be 100% fit for the journey. I’m looking forward to this ground-breaking e-bike world trip, which has been made possible with Yamaha’s support – including eight battery swaps at strategic locations. See you in Amsterdam in 229 days!”