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About this audiobook
From Sunday Times bestseller Miles Morland comes a brilliant, life-affirming and audacious travel memoir.
Having never ridden a motorbike at night, in rain, or on motorways, not knowing the difference between a carburettor and a spark plug, Miles Morland set out to ride across newly post-communist Europe to Istanbul. Somehow, he survived gales in France, rioting miners in Romania, homicidal truck drivers, and floods in Turkey. Since then, he has ridden the equivalent of twice round the world across five continents. He still doesn't know what a carburettor is.
This isn't a book about biking. It's a story of idiot optimism, fearless discovery, and the freedom most of us can only dream about during our commute to work. Recklessly heading across Patagonia, the Andes, Japan, India, Australia's Nullarbor, and every other unlikely place, Miles's utter disregard for practical preparation and unfailing belief that things will work out somehow get him home safe.
The Hopeless Biker is about letting go, going it alone, and trusting you'll survive to discover what's on the other side of the mountain.
'I don't know if Miles is brilliant or mad to do what he has done, possibly both but he had a lot of fun along the way and so did I.'
Giles Foden, author of the Last King of Scotland.
Audiobook details
GenreTravel
Length7 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byClive Hayward
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 31, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
96: Australia: Roo Dodging with Brenda
2Dedication
107: Southwest USA: Daisy in the Desert
3An Apology
118: Iceland with Björk
41: Across Europe: Orient Express
129: New Zealand: Kiwiland with Cooky
52: Life Before Bikes
1310: Australia: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
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63: South America: In the Tyre Tracks of Che
1411: Mexico: Baa Haa Boy
74: India by Bullet
15Closing Credits
85: Japan with Beemer-San
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