Around the world by bicycle
A self-propelled circumnavigation of the world. Every mile tracked. Every story planted where it happened.
The Pushpin Map
Zoom to street level. See where I've been so far. Every path is real.
Total Progress
Miles Around the Earth
The Bike
1985 Mangusta — Steel & Aluminum Hybrid
Not the newest bike on the road. Not the fastest. Definitely not the lightest. But she's mine and I'm hers, and that's a love story for the ages.
She's had new brakes, a new saddle, new pedals, new wheels, new tires. She's the Ship of Theseus of this story — every part replaceable, but always "Pink."
Born in 1985. One year after me. Right at the hinge between analog and digital — which is what this whole project is about.
The Origin
When he died, the map was lost. Those pins were doorways — places he'd walked, people he'd met, meals that changed him. I grew up staring at that map, dreaming about the spaces between the pins.
This is the map, rebuilt. Except instead of pushpins and cruise ships, there's a hot pink bicycle, camera and microphone. Instead of "I got off the boat for four hours," I will propel myself around the world in a contiguous adventure. Every inch tracked on the map. Each pin opens into a story — narrated, scored, and planted exactly where it happened.
Help Me Get to 24,901
Show Me Your World
This is a Proustian attempt to preserve what it felt like to be alive in a particular place at a particular moment. You carry context I don't have — the back road the tourists miss, the view that made you decide to stay. Drop a pin and give me a reason to add the miles. It's better with you.
Help Me Ride
A place to sleep, a meal, a route you know by heart, a ferry ticket, a bike repair. The practical help that keeps the wheels turning. Every mile goes further with someone who knows the way.