After over two years of pandemic induced separation, Harriet tried to bribe her brother Rob to join her from Australia in attempting to cycle from the UK to Central Asia. The month before Rob bailed and Harriet set off alone..
Failed teenage athlete doing a different type of riding (horses). Had no cycling experience before this trip and is proof you need limited fitness or aptitude to cycle quite far.
With heavy bribery Rob joined and cycled 1000km from Samsun to Tbilisi. He bought a touch of luxury to cycle touring with a massage gun and copious snacks
This was never originally a cycling trip, no-one can remember how it came to this..
Kyrgyzstan is pretty much the furthest east you can get without a lot of visa admin and the silk road seemed like an apt post Covid adventure