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#35 | Mark Beaumont | Lessons from cycling around the world, twice.

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What Drew You to the Sport of Biking?

Growing up on a farm in rural scotland, there's nothing obvious about your upbringing that drives you to bikes. For me, the horse i or the bike were very practical. I was doing it to train and go on journeys. It gave me something outside of school to focus on. And actually, when i started to do interesting stuff like cycle across scotland,. for the first time, get a glimmer of respect from my peer grip am iwlt? "i look at my daughters now, aged nine and six, and they're just such social chameleons"

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