Strictly speaking the cycle tour to be undertaken will not be as you would expect. The cycle tour AKA Pedal for Charity to be undertaken by myself will be undertaken on a recumbent tricycle with a monocoque body. The human powered vehicle that will be powered with pedals and a chain is called a velomobile.
Cycle tour with a velomobile to attract attention.
The velomobile cycle tour will attract attention to community projects that are in need of happening. Guy who will be powering the pedals has a dream or if you prefer a vision of empowering forgotten communities with sustainable projects. It is Guy’s vision to create feeding schemes at schools that will be self sustaining.
The method Guy has in mind with these community projects is to assist Schools and teachers with gardening projects, libraries and sporting facilities to allow future poverty relief. Guy firmly believes that eradication of poverty can only happen with development of skills and self esteem.
Recumbent tricycle, a vehicle for the cycle tour
In order to raise funds for his BIG project Guy has decided to Tour South Africa in a velomobile. The velomobile is a recumbent tricycle with a monocoque body shell to protect Guy from the elements. This cycle tour will be self sufficient in as far as Guy will carry all his equipment and any requirements from day to day on the velomobile. Guy is approaching cycling clubs and motorbike clubs to ride along the various roads which he will be travelling.
The ride along cyclists and bikers are to afford Guy an element of security and company on the cycle tour. These volunteers will be very much appreciated and will also serve as witnesses to the fact that the sole method of propulsion is human.
The cycle tour needs your help. You can help in any of the following ways. You can help by publicising and blogging about the cycle tour. You can help us find some of the stuff we need or even donate some money at the site. You can also talk to your friend that cycle or bike and get them to volunteer to ride a ways with Guy. They may want to ride a few km’s or a few hundred km’s near their home towns.
Designers are invited to help create a design for the T shirts that we will be selling to raise funds. Go to the cycle tour website and find the Tshirt design page and submit your design please.
Thus far I need to thank a few people that have already helped or offered to help. If you are in the Lowveld listen to Radio Laeveld on Thursday at 1:30. I am being interviewed.
The people I want to thank are.
1. James Miles at Metal land for kindly donating an aluminium welding kit and added rods to allow us to construct the chassis.
2. Wernher from Stewarts and Lloyds in Nelspruit for working on getting me the aluminium I need for the Chassis.
3. Vince from Moral Fibre who has offered to print Tshirts at cost. We are still looking for someone to either donate 500 T Shirts or pay for them and toward those costs that Vince has.
4. Shawn Jooste who has offered to help us with some fund raising ideas, and some marketing ideas.
5. Marianna Boguslavsky for her input on our presentation.
6. Regan for her offer to help us find bicycle components. PS if you have any of the components we need lying around, just look on the cycle tour website and see the list, we would really appreciate them.
7. EXMI for taking up the cause an writing about it so often.
8. Dave Cruse from the Jock and Java in Nelspruit for pledging such large sums of money if I achieve the targets I need.
And anyone else that has offered support in any way at all, If I haven’t mentioned you specifically its because I am an idiot.






