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‘I do not know if Miles is brilliant or mad to do what he has done, possibly both, but he had a lot of fun along the way and so did I’ Giles Foden
From Sunday Times bestseller Miles Morland comes a brilliant, life-affirming and audacious travel memoir. The Hopeless Biker is about letting go, going it alone, and trusting you’ll survive to discover what’s on the other side of the mountain.
Miles Morland had never ridden a motorbike at night, in rain, or on a motorway, and didn’t know the difference between a carburettor and a spark plug when he set out in 1991 to ride across newly post-communist Europe to Istanbul. He survived gales in France, homicidal truck drivers, and floods in Turkey. Since then he has ridden the equivalent of twice aroumd the world, across five continents and still doesn’t know what a carburettor is.
This is a book about blind optimism and finding a freedom most of us can only dream about on our way to work. From Patagonia and the Andes to Japan, India, the Nullarbor, and other off-the-wall places, Miles’s utter disregard for practical preparation, and his belief that things will work out somehow, get him home safe.
