“Our trip is open-ended, with no set route. “The best aspect of life on the road is being able to follow where your curiosity takes you,” says Russ. Although there were drawbacks, nothing could make them go back to their old lives just yet. The decision to uproot their lives has been a life-changing experience. “Income is sporadic, but the freedom to travel is priceless,” says Russ. It will give us the space to examine what’s most important to us and prepare us (mentally) to lead a very different lifestyle.”Įven on the road, they have retained something of a ‘normal’ life and do similar jobs on tour (Laura creates jewellery, Russ is a photographer) as they did in Long Beach. As Laura says in the first ever Path Less Pedaled post in April 2009: “For now, we are faced with the task of detaching ourselves from our stuff and our obligations, which, in all honesty, is as much a part of the project as the actual ride. But it wasn’t just a money-making venture it was a symbolic gesture of commitment to their new life. To help finance their new life, they decided to sell everything they owned. “It was a risk, but we were young, we didn’t own a house, or have children or pets, so we felt it was the right choice for us.” “When Laura got the sense that she was going to be laid off from her job, we decided to take the leap,” Russ told BikeRadar. Kiwi Chronicles: Episode 3 – On the Road Again – from Russ Roca on Vimeo.Russ roca and laura crawford: russ roca and laura crawford The Path Less Pedaled If nothing else, it will lead more people to watch this awesome video: The stunning beauty of their adventures is far more powerful than one jerk, and perhaps the whole incident will raise the profile of bicycle travel in the country. One glance at a PLP video from their trip, and it’s clear that a punch in the face isn’t going to stop them. “I don’t want to diminish it, because it was absolutely awful, but it was a fluke thing – I don’t think anyone should take it as a reason not to cycle.” They are consistently positive, happy and friendly people who concentrate as much on the unique people and cultures of the places they go as they do on promoting cycling.Īnd, in sync with this attitude, Russ and Laura made sure to boost cycling in their interviews with media instead of merely concentrating on this one negative interaction, as Russ told NZH: If you have met Russ and Laura or follow their blog, you know how ridiculous it is to think that someone would want to punch them. “The guy was just so angry that I think it was just his personal problems,” he said.
He said he was lucky to be left with only a cut lip and sore shoulder and back from the attack, which would not deter him and Ms Crawford from exploring cycle trails in the South Island next week. He said other motorists stopped to help as the man sped off through a red light, and they provided licence-plate details for a complaint laid with the police yesterday. I got up and he came towards me and punched me in the face and I went down again.” “Words were exchanged, he stopped his car in front of us, Laura managed to swerve in front of him and he just came and knocked me off my bike,” Mr Roca said yesterday.
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They were riding single file in the inner of two southbound lanes along Riddiford St towards Newtown about 4.30pm when they say the driver cut them off, and then got out of his car.
But are struggling to remain upbeat after Mr Roca, 33, was tackled off his bike and – after picking himself up – punched by a motorist in Wellington on Tuesday afternoon.
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