Around the world on a recumbent bicycle

A few days ago I had the pleasure to meet Joachim Hager the day before he returned home from a journey around the world. He was on the way for more than five years with his HP Velotechnik StreetMachine GT riding more than 90000 kilometers (about 60000 miles). Between April 2001 and August 2006 he was touring through southeast Europe, parts of Asia including Tibet, Nepal, India and China and also Australia, South America and Africa. More information about his journey is available at recumbenttour.epe.at and www.geocities.com/recumbenttour/.

Joachim was accompanied by Franz who rode part of the tour with Joachim. They first met in Iran. Franz returned home earlier but they met again in Hungary. After our conversation I rode with them for about 20 kilometers. On the next day Joachim reached his hometown near Wels in Upper Austria.