When Mickey and Katie met at an off-road school in
2014, both were considering travel. It was never in
question that the travel would be on bikes and they
knew they wanted small off-road bikes. “Lots of people
have asked us why we chose 240’s” says Mickey, I was
working as an off-road photographer when we met so
I was surrounded by enduro bikes and it seemed fitting
to travel on them when we met riding them. But also, I
always remember something a guy from Oz told me
many years ago. He said the postie bike he was travelling
on was “fast enough to get there but slow enough to
see everything”. This sums up what we both want from
our travels so choosing a smaller bike was an easy
decision to make.”
Where in the World?
The route remains fluid for
the exploring duo
Their route will take them through Northern and
Eastern Europe, crossing into Turkey, Iran and Pakistan
and then on to India, Nepal and South East Asia. On the
last leg of the trip they’ll ship onwards to Australia and
finally New Zealand.
Their route is flexible though, and their approach
minimalist. This keeps them free to explore places and
spend time with people as the opportunity to do so
arises and allows them to experience as much as
possible on a budget. Ultimately, they say, it’ll be the
people they meet that make the journey what it is and
they don’t want to compromise that. “We view the
whole process more as a different phase of life than as
a trip with a fixed beginning and end” says Mickey. “We
want to strip our lives down to the essentials, live a bit
more in the moment and get back to what matters to us”.