The Worst Overlander Ever Succeeds

About this episode

In this episode, Dan reflects on a mundane beach trip with the Bronco Raptor while discussing a wild road trip from London to Cape Town in a Reliant Robin.

Dan took the Bronco Raptor down to the beach—and honestly, nothing happened. It handled everything like it was built for it, no drama, no stories… which, let’s face it, isn’t exactly great podcast material. Meanwhile, somewhere across the globe, two guys successfully the exact opposite: a 14,000-mile journey from London to Cape Town in a Reliant Robin. And as you’d expect, they would never do it again. Naturally, that got us thinking—we might need to step up our own adventure game. So in this episode, we dive into that wildly ambitious road trip, swap stories about motorcycles and Avants, and start asking ourselves what it would actually take to make things a little more… interesting. The Avants Podcast is brought to you by our friends at STEK USA and Carter Seattle! Not an Avants member? https://www.avants.com/member-plans Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Leave us a voicemail or send us a text any time at 425-298-7873! We're doing give aways! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and we'll pick a random name every 25th review!

People in this episode

Host: Dan

Topics covered

• overlanding
• adventure
• road trips
• motorcycles
• automotive stories

Keywords

• overlander
• Bronco Raptor
• Reliant Robin
• road trip
• adventure
• motorcycles
• automotive

Sponsors

STEK USA, Carter Seattle

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Bronco Raptor, Reliant Robin

Places: London, Cape Town

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