James Baile, along with two complete strangers (one of which hadn't ridden a bike since he was 13!) packed their Bromptons into IKEA bags and flew to Dakar. What followed was two weeks riding through Senegal and The Gambia: navigating Dakar rush hour, camping on school playgrounds by invitation of village chiefs, pushing loaded folding bikes through sand that felt like treacle, and sparking conversations with strangers over football allegiances.

In this episode we talk about:

• How a Facebook post about the Tropic of Cancer set the whole thing in motion
• What it's actually like to tour on a Brompton
• Riding a route that goes from the edges of the Sahara Desert to the beginnings of West African forest
• The reality of border crossings into Senegal and The Gambia for European travellers
• Taking an overnight ferry back to Dakar with Bromptons as hand luggage
• Why going somewhere with zero expectations means everything exceeds them
• James's next big adventure connecting a journey he started back in 1986

Give James a follow via his instagram - @jamesb.adventures and you can also listen to the previous episode with him here.

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