MUCHO nice!!!

Ordered! 

Awesome 

Hey made it!!

Ralph brought the worldrecord for "fastest human powered crossing of africa" down
from 119 days down to 80 days, 6 hours and 7 minutes 

Don't forget the Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Bicycle Corps!!

In 1897, 20 soldiers, an army surgeon and a reporter led by Lt. James A. Moss, rode bicycles from Fort Missoula in Montana to St. Louis, Missouri. The trip was made as an experiment to see whether the bicycle could serve a useful purpose in the Army.

More on ...http://bicyclecorps.blogspot.com/

Respect for the first bikepacking cycling soldiers 

And the "Real" Swiss Army bikes? 

There is the Montaque Paratrooper bike!!
( also known as Swissbike )

[From the Press]

From the Press


Dutch adventurer Ralph Tuijn (20 November 1971) faces a new challenge.  
By the end of august Tuijn leaves the Netherlands and go to Africa for the FairWater Bike Challenge.
The aim is to cycle the whole African continent in a world record time. On 30 Augusts Tuijn starts Cairo, Egypt with its monster bicycle excursion of 12,000 kilometres which must lead him eventually trough 10 countries in approximately 75 days to the Southernest point of the continent; Cape Town in South Africa. The record attempt has been adopted by Guinness World record in London, the organization which registers official world record attempts and checks. The current record stands in the name of a group of 9 cyclists who the route in 119 days, 1 hour and 32 took off minutes between 18 January and 17 May 2003. In contrast to this group, Ralph Tuijn will not have an accompaniment vehicle with result that he carries his whole equipment himself, must organize food, drinking water and sleep places.

His site with twitter ( in English)  http://www.fairwaterbikechallenge.com/

I know he will follow the main North South route by road, but he will travel very light!