The Project

What is Bikings all about?

16,000 km around Australia by bike

We want to open the world of cycle touring to the world. Or rather, our own experience around Australia by bike. We are a team of young amateur athletes who dedicate ourselves to photography, communication, cooking, music and sound. Our aim along the trip is to transmit in the most faithful and authentic way- the day to day of the expedition as well as generating creative content of our own as we cycle.

The message conveyed in our actions is the encouragement of young people to adopt bike touring as a way of life to discover the world.

Against sedentarism, we seek to convey a good message through the example, living consciously and connected.

Having completed a first pilot experience of 1,200 km from Alice Springs to Uluru in the Northern Territory back in November 2016, our plan now is to cycle 16,000 km from Perth all the way back to Perth.

Where are we now?

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The Route

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Stages

PERTH ¹
ALBANY ²
NORSEMAN ³
CEDUNA ⁴
PORT AUGUSTA ⁵
ADELAIDE ⁶
MELBOURNE ⁷
CANBERRA ⁸
SYDNEY ⁹
BRISBANE ¹⁰
CAIRNS ¹¹
DARWIN ¹²
BROOME ¹³

PERTH ¹⁴

During the expedition we will connect the most famous bike trails and routes in the country: The Munda Biddi trail, the Nullarbor plain, the Mawson trail, the Great Ocean road, The Pacific Highway and The Gibb River road.

Who we are

The Bikings team

@rechtdaniel

@maxocadel

@francobicicleta

@guampasdelsur
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Digital Creative

DANIEL RECHT

Daniel is a digital creative. He worked for 4 years as a digital creative art director in the Argentine advertising market. Fond of traveling and adventure he endured his first bike tour experience back in 2015, traveling 460 km along the coast of Uruguay. In 2016 he travelled to Australia where the idea of cycling the country was born. Before heading to Costa Rica to continue traveling, he makes a first pilot bike tour of 1,200 km in the Australian Northern Territory. 6 months later, after working as a creative once more, this time in Costa Rica, he travels to Cuba to do another bike tour experience, cycling 500 km from the city of Havana to Trinidad.
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Musician, percussionist
and cook

FRANCO RECHT

Franco is a musician, percussionist and a cook. He went on his first bike touring experience back in 2014 from Holland to Germany. After a radical change of course, he completed 3,000 km through the route to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He is a self-taught musician. He is currently a salesman for a beer keg company, he trains daily, cooks for big events and spends what is left of his time reading. In 2016 he undertook a course on Permaculture design: "philosophy of agriculture" or "permanent culture". This concept, or rather view of the world was generated in Australia. This, in effect awakened Franco’s interest even more to cycle around the country.
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Soundman and musician

MAXO CADEL

Maxo is a musician and soundman with studies in the world of acting. Passionate about capturing all kinds of sounds, he spends his time recording with his microphone wherever he goes. Partner and founder of Belele, his sound production firm, he currently works for different digital audiovisual channels doing sound and edition, as well as rehearsing daily with his band. He dreams of going on tour with the band and of recording a new experimental album while cycling around Australia.
folk rock
rumba
folklore
rap
reggae
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Máximo González Cadel
& Franco Recht

GUAMPAS DEL SUR

Guampas del Sur, a music group conformed by Máximo González Cadel and Franco Recht saw its origins in 2013 in a street tour around Europe. They define their music as free-spirited and melodies that vary between the fusion of folk rock, rumba, folklore, rap and reggae. After 4 years of their first tour, they understand that it is primordial for them to return to the stage. This time on wheels and with a brother-team as an extension.

Past experiences

Kata Tjuta National Park - Trinidad

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Abr 19 2018 19 abril, 201819 abril, 2018

The Bike Touring Experience

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First I imagined, desired, created, idealized, projected, materialized it and now I write from the sensations experienced. The best time […]
Abr 11 2018 11 abril, 201811 abril, 2018

Nullarbor Plain – Week II

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"From the moment my eyes opened, I could audibly listen to the drops falling against the tents’ walls. Rain had poured all night and didn’t show any signs of..."
Mar 31 2018 31 marzo, 20188 abril, 2018

Traveling with music

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"This time we had decided not to go to the Roadhouse and to camp 10 km. before in the "bush". We know that in the stations they charge 20 dollars for setting up the tent and we could definitely avoid it. It's literally the same thing to go to sleep in the middle of nowhere than..."
Mar 19 2018 19 marzo, 201819 marzo, 2018

Nullarbour Plain – Week 1

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From Perth it was the Nullarbor Plain that got all the attention. They told us we were mad, that the […]
Ene 04 2018 4 enero, 2018

Australian Odyssey

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"Each one of us had 30 kilos on the bike, the bags weighed the same and the trailers were around 26. The backpacks had an extra of 3 kilos each and there was also the Peruvian cajon".
Jun 27 2017 27 junio, 20175 octubre, 2017

Meet @rechtdaniel

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What will be the key to complete the trip? "Being well-prepared physically is really important but I think the main..."
Mar 05 2017 5 marzo, 20175 octubre, 2017

Meet @francobicicleta

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What would be a successful trip? "Landing in Australia all together The mere fact that the idea is materialized fulfills all my..."
Feb 05 2017 5 febrero, 20175 octubre, 2017

Meet @maxocadel

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What are you looking for with the project? "... give a clear and coherent message that putting ourselves to the test is important to overcome..."