Cyclinsomnia
A blog about riding a lot and sleeping very little
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Memory Bike Adventure
A journey along the WW1 front lines between Austria and Italy It’s late morning and I’m coasting down a slight incline on a paved road. Despite the smooth surface and gravity in my favor, I can’t go faster than 20kph. Because I can’t pedal. I’m exhausted. No, it’s not that. I am very familiar with…
Balkan holiday, or why rush when you could explore
It’s midday somewhere in the mountains of southern Bosnia. I’m in a foul mood as I just got stung by a bee right under my right eye. My whole face hurts and the steep climb seems like it’s never going to end. It’s the sixth day of our trip in the Balkans and all of…
The Bikepacking diaries: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
Roughly fifteen years ago, my life took a turn for the better. I went to Laos and bought a second-hand mountain bike in a rental shop. Equipped with this old clunker, I set out to explore the mountains of Indochina. It was here that I discovered bike touring and fell in love with this hybrid…
The Rhino Run
It’s around 2 am, somewhere in South Africa. I am cold and trying to muster whatever energy I have left to climb a gnarly hill. The Rhino Run, a 2,740 km long bikepacking race, started at 6am, which is now a day in the past. At this point, I’ve covered around 350 km on a wide…
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Sofiane Sehili 