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Publicado em Dezembro 30, 2013 por paulofski

Cycling 770 miles non-stop on a 100-year-old bike with onions

“The Paris-Brest-Paris race is said to be one of the hardest long distance cycle races in the world.

A 770 mile (1,280km) round trip – cycling through the night – which has to be completed in under 90 hours.

Of the 5,000 Lycra clad cyclists who line-up for the challenge, nearly a thousand do not make it.

But Drew Buck, a 65-year-old from Somerset, has not only completed it six times but done it on a 100-year-old bike dressed as a traditional Breton onion seller – known as an Onion Johnny.
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keep reading his story, straight from Café René

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Na bicicleta. Aquilo que hoje é a minha realidade e um benefício extraordinário, eu só aprendi aos 6 anos, para deixar aos 18 e voltar a ela para me aventurar aos 40. Aos poucos fui conquistando a afeição das amigas do ambiente e o resto, bem, o resto é paisagem e absorver todo o prazer que as minhas bicicletas me têm proporcionado.

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