The Ride25 Pioneers: the original London to Sydney ride

Ride25 began in June 2012 with a group of friends who decided it would be fun to see the world by bike and raise money for charity along the way. They always wanted to ride from the UK to Sydney, but with jobs and families that was never going to happen in one go.

The solution was to break the journey into 25 legs and ride one each year over three to eight days. The first 11 legs took the group from Parmoor, west of London, to Baku via Paris, Geneva, Milan, Rome, Bari, Thessaloniki, Istanbul, Çandır, Giresun and Tbilisi. Legs 12 and 13 through Iran are postponed because of political instability, so in November 2025 we rode Leg 14 across India, from Jaisalmer in the Thar Desert to Tijara in Rajasthan, near Delhi.

Everyone who has ridden any of the legs so far belongs to an exclusive club: the Pioneers. They are an eclectic mix of enterprising people who have made the journey part of their yearly calendar, and each year they are invited to ride the next leg for the very first time. Leg 15 runs from Tijara to Kathmandu, 15–22 November 2026.