![]() ![]() Neither of us was a seasoned cyclist our brand-new, blue Univega Gran Tourismo touring bikes with miraculous triple cranks had fewer than 100 miles on them. On July 2, 1981, I left on a cross-country bicycle journey with my best buddy, Thomas. Little did I know that years down the road our paths would cross. By the time I attempted my first long-distance bicycle trip on well-paved roads, she was Muddling Through in Madagascar, cycling nearly impossible roads without the aid of shocks, clipless pedals, or grip shifts. While I was having fights with my brother over which Saturday morning cartoons to watch, she was exploring Ethiopia … on a mule. She wrote of her adventures in the highly acclaimed book Full-Tilt: Ireland to India on a Bicycle. In 1963, Dervla Murphy hopped on her bike in Ireland and pedaled all the way to India. This article originally appeared in a 1998 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. ![]()
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