The Great Ride of China The 34,000km ride around China

The Epic 34,000km Motorcycle Ride Through Every Province in China

Got hit hard with rain today as we cut back our originally planned route again to take shelter from mother nature.

A very tough day as we failed to do a second 400+km day. Started out with some very rough construction but ended on several very positive notes!

Our first 400km day as we try and get back on track. Good weather and nice roads though make it pretty easy. As a plus, we meet our first "Road Angels"- nice people/good Samaritans we meet on our travels

Taking a well earned day off in Chengde, only 220km into our trip. Don't judge! Spent the day viewing the sites and walking around the "Mountain Resort".

First day on the road! Left later than expected (but that should have been expected) and made it to our first destination- Chengde. A short and leisurely 220km drive away.

On July 16th, 2013, with our partners Free Lunch for Children and CFMOTO, we held a press conference to announce our plan to ride over 25,000km through every province in China. Overall turned out better than expected with a lot of help from a lot of people!

A factory visit to Hangzhou yields us a motorcycle and an official sponsor for The Great Ride of China. Read about our 2 days of meetings with the heads of the company, test driving, and maintenance training!

We've got our first ever DSLR camera! Now all we have to do is learn how to use it... As part of our prep for the trip we took a two full day course at a local, foreign run art school to learn the mechanics of our camera and how to take pictures!

When you're getting ready for a really long distance trip by motorcycle, on the one hand you want to make sure you prepare as much as possible. On the other though, part of the fun of it all is dealing with the unexpected and just sort of "playing it by ear".