Touring on a Brompton: Cycling Senegal with Two Strangers
About this episode
James Baile shares his experience of cycling through Senegal and The Gambia with two strangers.
James Baile, along with two complete strangers (one of which hadn't ridden a bike since he was 13!) packed their Bromptons into IKEA bags and flew to Dakar. What followed was two weeks riding through Senegal and The Gambia: navigating Dakar rush hour, camping on school playgrounds by invitation of village chiefs, pushing loaded folding bikes through sand that felt like treacle, and sparking conversations with strangers over football allegiances. In this episode we talk about: How a Facebook p...
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