Nick Sanders: A Lifetime on the Move
Adventure Rider Radio
Canoe West Media
4.9 • 915 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Nick Sanders has spent over 40 years circling the globe—on bicycles, motorcycles, and even a narrowboat—setting records and redefining long-distance travel. Known for his speed and endurance, Nick’s latest ride along the edge of Europe marks a slower, more reflective journey aboard a Royal Enfield Bear 650. But his instinct to head into the unknown and figure it out as he goes? That hasn’t changed.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, if the show ever stops updating in your podcast app, just search for Adventure Rider Radio again and hit follow again. |
| 0:07.7 | You know, every once in a while, you come across a rider whose story is so expansive, so layered, that you can't quite believe it all fits into one life. |
| 0:18.5 | Nick Sanders is that kind of rider. For over 40 years, he's been circling the |
| 0:23.9 | globe on bicycles and motorcycles, even a narrow boat he did a long trip in, setting records, |
| 0:29.4 | and sort of redefining what it means to be a long-distance traveler. And for most of that time, |
| 0:35.6 | speed was Nick's signature. He was known for riding fast, covering huge |
| 0:40.4 | distances in short time, breaking speed distance records, and as well, somehow managed to take it |
| 0:46.4 | all in at the same time, like some kind of high-speed tourist. He even developed systems to keep |
| 0:52.2 | himself awake and riding for incredibly long periods of time |
| 0:55.5 | with very little rest, techniques that push both his limits and the expectation of what is even |
| 1:01.0 | possible. But on this latest ride that he's doing right now, tracing the edge of Europe, |
| 1:06.7 | things look a little different. He's on a royal endfield, a bear 650. It's a far cry from the high-speed machines he's used to riding, and it's not just the bike that's changed either. |
| 1:18.3 | Nick's pace has shifted too, slower, more reflective, but still very much his own style. |
| 1:24.4 | What hasn't changed is his willingness to throw the plan, head into the unknown, and figure it out as he goes. |
| 1:32.0 | And Nick is 67 years old. I'm Jim Martin Oh, Oh, |
| 1:45.0 | Oh |
| 1:47.0 | Uh I'm sorry, so. I'm sorry, man, I'm lost to this. |
| 2:13.0 | I mean, hell compared us, |
| 2:14.1 | with Johnny Bowman, Bres Perch, Elizabeth Martin, |
| 2:16.0 | Jocelyn Smith, Clinton Smoke, And you're listening to Adventure Ride Rory Radio. |
| 2:20.3 | It's wind pressure that powers the Moto Breeze chain oiler. |
| 2:32.3 | No electrical or vacuum connections. It delivers the oil to a felt pad on your swing arm. |
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