The flying cyclists … tales about taking a tandem bike and a paraglider down the path less travelled.
Welcome to our website. We, Ashley and Laura, are riding our tandem bike across Europe and Asia all the way home to Australia.
We’ll start in England then work our way through the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy Slovenia , Croatia , Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and finally on to home soil.
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This is very much subject to change depending on border crossings and general bad map reading.
You might ask yourself at this point why on earth we’re doing this. We’re in our twenties so shouldn’t we taking out a loan? Paying taxes? Binge drinking on weekends? Probably. Instead we’re going to retire (at least temporarily) but we thought an RV wasn’t quite our style. Here’s us…
Yes that’s right: a tandem.
If you’ve read this far into our madness then surely you must be wondering by now, “why are they the flying cyclists?”. The answer to that is in the trailer. Unzip it and you will find a paraglider! We intend to fly it as much as possible in as many countries as possible, but not while cycling of course. That would be insane.
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jerry
Hi guys, hope your have a great time, Ashley be sure to look after Laura in some of those countries, i know she can take care of her self in most situations but some of the places you are traveling can be suss so keep your wits about you. I am so jealous i wish i was doing it with you, flying here has been very average so your not missing much, keep us posted and enjoy, take lots of pics and video if you can it could make some money for you, john v
Will you finally get out of my house you paranormal paragliding parasites
( go to Caussohveau )
Ivo! We miss you already! We’ve had a change of plans and are coming back to your place tonight…. haha! No really, we’ve detoured to the island of Krk and have just had a beautiful cold swim in the sea. We like so much we think we might just island hop down the coast!
Island Krk = From Valbiska port to Lopar (island Rab) you have 2 runs only.
Island Rab = From the Rab town there is small boat that floats over to the tip of island Pag.(Tovarnele)
Your constant plane changing and diversions are sure sign of (cycling) Zen achievement.
PS
Thanks for the (recycled!) thunderbox tissue pack.
Hi you cracy chickens
After the nice evening at lake Caldonazzo Markus an me hope you had a nice time in Venice. At the way to croatia dont forget the Campingarea Koversada near Vrsar. You will like the island only fo tents and nudists. Have a nice time, take care. Andi and Markus fom Austia
I like your fantastic web site. Just what I was searching for!
Best regards,
Ron
Hi Ashley!
It was really nice meeting you today, near Venice (Italy). I hope you enjoy riding here.
Happy adventures!
Best Regards to Laura (very nice girl).
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Hi L & A, we hope the road to Geneva was ok for you, with less rain than us. We got so much rain on the way back, but we follow your advice and found a nice warm shower in St Jo !
it was nice having you at home these days, you will stay on the fridge for a while
Have fun on the road and take care
A&G
Great to meet you today, all our best wishes from me & my family, drop us a line if you are passing through. You have an open invite to dinner to meet the rest of the family.
PS: Lucy couldn’t stop talking about you all the way home.
Hey guys!
It was really nice meeting you yesterday and enjoyed the talks in our Australian, Canadian and French accents. Hope you enjoyed your stay here in Clermont, I know you were hosted well! Looking forward to lurking your adventures online!
Happy and safe adventures!
-Samantha
Sorry, that I only heard about your trip today. I am a Mad Cyclogist from Bundaberg and I have an exchange student daughter living in Angers – she was in Bundy in 2007 and went to Kepnock. Her family are into kitesurfing so it would have been great it you could have met them but I’m guessing you’ve moved on from Angers a while ago now
Dear Flying cyclists
I misunderstood the “Bastille maison du velo” with the original one that i dont know where it is.
Anyway, if you stay a bit longer in Paris and if you ahve some time, let s meet again to share some infos in front of a cup of chai in the indian area.
I subscrided to your newsletter.
If no other meeting these days, then maybe on the way to asia?
Hope so.
Talk soon and good moments
julien
Julien! So glad you found us here!
It was a great night at the Mainson du velo… it was a shame you missed it.
We’re now in Anger and will be making our way along the west coast over the next week! The weather is just beautiful at the moment!
Keep in touch and maybe we can cycle together soon!
Laura and Ash
It’s ok to host you on the week-end 16 to 18 march
nice post!
What a fantastic journey Dean who is vision impaired and I ride a tandem bike and we are cycling cairns to Brisbane in August 2012 raising money for diabetes unsupported see tandem
Riders Facebook and hero page tandem riders take care regards Donna
Hi Donna thanks for finding us here online and also for subscribing! So great to hear about your own upcoming adventure. Keep in touch!
Listened to your comments from Hereford here in Maryborough Australia 4650 this a.m.
Lovely to hear this as I lived. there duiring my early married life at 12 St Owen where my husband was a dentist and we had a ghost. We later lived further out at Munstone where our two sons were born. It brought back so many memories. By the way Hreford is a city not a small town because it has a Cathedral. I don’t think it is that small any more either. It is about 16 miles from the Welsh border.
Take care on your journey. Maredith
Ash and Laura, we can’t wait to see you in Risbury! xx
We’re in Westminster now and should be in Warminster by tonight working our way towards you. IT’S COLD!
It was great to meet you guys at Airworks last weekend (28/01/2012). Good luck with the punctures, and happy flying. Hope you got out flying on Sunday, it was much better than Saturday.
All the best !!
Hey Darek, thanks for finding us online! Didn’t manage a fly on Sunday but got out in the air at bo-peep on Monday. Hope to stay in touch.
Ride like the wind.
Glide like eagles.
Remember to Breathe
when the air does not resist you
Exhale your love.
Scott and Kylie, thank you so much for the beautiful words. We’ve never felt so alive!
Good luck on your epic journey. I shall follow your progress with great interst.
Gordon! So pleased you’ve found us here in cyberspace! Sorry we didn’t get to say goodbye the other day. Best of luck with the rest of the course and thanks so much for the ride! Keep in touch.
Nice to meet you guys today at Ditchling, pity it was blown out. What an inspirational trip, we’ll be following your blog and hope to catch up in France!
Lovely to chat with you despite the weather. Hope our paths can cross again soon and we can do some flying!
Hey Guys, enjoy the journey, Im looking forward to reading the adventures, please add news to my facebook group as well
Hey guys, great to hear you’ve made it to ol’ blighty OK. What an exciting adventure you have planned. Hope to catch up with you guys in central asia mid year so looking forward to hearing about your progress on your excellent website!
Take care and have fun!
Jonno
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.” Sir Edmund Hillary
Hi Ash & Laura,
Hope you both are having a wonderful time. Take care
XOXO
Ahhhhh I know you only left a few days ago Ashley but I am missing you so much already !!!!! Please put a blog up soon so that we know that you arrived in London safe and sound !!!!! Love you all the way to the moon and back!!!! xxx Em
I hope that Laura does most of the navigating as Ash will be lucky to find his way to the airport to leave!!! I friggin love you guys – have a great trip.
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I miss u already having said our farewells last arvo! Looking forward to following your trip around the globe. luv yas both xx
Best of luck guys. I’m so jealous of you! I love you and will miss you both. I’ve subscriced to your site now, you better keep me entertained.
When I open your RSS feed it puts up a whole lot of strange characters, is the deal on my end?
Not just you! I am working on this now. Thanks for letting me know!