When in 2002 our newly created company Tour d’Afrique went public with the announcement of planning to create a bicycle race and expedition from Cairo to Cape Town, the main reaction from the public was reflected by a letter to the editor: “You have obviously not spent one day in Africa, because if you had you would realize the obstacles and corruption and would not even dream of such adventure”.

A brief history of bicycles.

Light bulb goes off. The sky is falling.