TRAVEL Bike/Sanders 1997

Cycling adventurer Nick Sanders, 39, prepares to set off from London today (Friday), on a challenging 27-day, 18,000 mile journey, on his Triumph Daytona, to break the round-the-world motorbike speed record. Sponsored by Mobil, Triumph and IBM, Nick already holds the record for circumnavigating the world by bicycle in just 78 days, which he set in 1985. See PA Story TRAVEL Bike. Photo by Rebecca Naden.