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Bike Brats

Aired July 07, 2003 - 11:51   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Now we want to talk about bikes with who guys who call themselves bike brats. Andrew Barone (ph) and Fred Feldman (ph) spent some two years cycling their way around the world. They've biked through 45 countries on five continents, and they said they did it with just, as I read it here, two pairs of underwear. All right. Let's talk to these two guys. That's a heck of a story, it sounds like.
Joining us right now is Andrew and Fred.

You see them there. They're joining us now to talk about this. They're in San Francisco. And guys, thanks for coming in and talking to us, and you've got to explain the underwear story. Is that true, only two pairs of underwear? What were they made of iron or something, or what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think we actually took a couple more pairs than two, the whole idea was less is more.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you're traveling by bicycle you just want to be as light as possible when you can wash one day and we're not spending a lot of time in our underwear each day, mostly in our bike shorts.

HARRIS: I am I assume you dry as you ride.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's right, we washed a lot on our way.

HARRIS: Tell us about this trip of yours. I understood you started off in the western U.S., is that it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's right. We went all the way across the country, all across the southern U.S., and then we went over to Europe.

HARRIS: What was the highlight for you in the U.S.?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The highlight in the U.S? Fred?

HARRIS: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Probably the highlight is walking -- going across the deserts, beautiful, the desolation, riding in the sun, and the people, I think, are the things that really were the biggest highlights for us all the way across the world.

HARRIS: All right. So speaking of across the world, the next pictures that we have for us this morning are from India. How did you make it to India?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We actually flew from Shanghai to India. But we rode around India for two months, and miraculously survived.

HARRIS: Why do you say that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, the roads are tough and the drivers are interesting.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I mean, it was the only time I felt like actually leaving the ride, the first part of India, because it was so crowded, it was so smoggy and it was so different. It was the most chaotic place on Earth, and we'd just been in the most organized, you know, structured place on Earth, which was China. So it was quite a change.

HARRIS: Yes, interesting.

Tell me about Bosnia. I understand we've got some pictures from that part of your trip. I want to see these, because I can't imagine what driving or riding through that country must be like right now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We were there when there were still tanks on the road. We biked to a place called Medrogoria (ph), which is a pilgrimage site. It was pretty interesting. But it was a little disconcerting seeing these tanks roll down the road coming at you. They go faster than you think.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was kind of crazy, because bus there was a bombing about 10 kilometers from where we were staying in Bosnia one night when we were there. And all of the SFORS folks were cranking down the roads in these tanks, and the rumbling that you felt as they came by was incredible. It was like being in a earthquake.

HARRIS: It took you two years to do this, and just now looking back, was it worth it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely. We want to do it again. We want to go down through South America and up through Africa as our next trip.

HARRIS: Yes?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We don't know when.

HARRIS: Listen, I mean, what haven't you seen that you'd like to ride through now?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, boy, you know, there's so many places. Southern India's supposed to be so incredible, and then the whole idea of doing sort of a trans-Africa trip. We just saw in the last segment you were in Africa, and we were down in South Africa on a trip pretty recently and thinking, gosh, how fabulous would this be in.

HARRIS: Want to talk about some bad roads, bad roads in Africa, you thought Bosnia were bad. Well, listen, I wish we had more time to talk about it and look at some more of these pictures, but listen, guys, hey, way to go, great accomplishment. I heard about your stories when I was traveling overseas, and said I got to back ad talk to these guys you. Appreciate you guys coming in.

Andrew Barone and Fred Feldman, thanks for coming in, and tell you what, next trip get bag to us and let us know.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We will.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thanks, Leon.

HARRIS: Take care, you guys.

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Aired July 7, 2003 - 11:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Now we want to talk about bikes with who guys who call themselves bike brats. Andrew Barone (ph) and Fred Feldman (ph) spent some two years cycling their way around the world. They've biked through 45 countries on five continents, and they said they did it with just, as I read it here, two pairs of underwear. All right. Let's talk to these two guys. That's a heck of a story, it sounds like.
Joining us right now is Andrew and Fred.

You see them there. They're joining us now to talk about this. They're in San Francisco. And guys, thanks for coming in and talking to us, and you've got to explain the underwear story. Is that true, only two pairs of underwear? What were they made of iron or something, or what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think we actually took a couple more pairs than two, the whole idea was less is more.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you're traveling by bicycle you just want to be as light as possible when you can wash one day and we're not spending a lot of time in our underwear each day, mostly in our bike shorts.

HARRIS: I am I assume you dry as you ride.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's right, we washed a lot on our way.

HARRIS: Tell us about this trip of yours. I understood you started off in the western U.S., is that it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's right. We went all the way across the country, all across the southern U.S., and then we went over to Europe.

HARRIS: What was the highlight for you in the U.S.?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The highlight in the U.S? Fred?

HARRIS: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Probably the highlight is walking -- going across the deserts, beautiful, the desolation, riding in the sun, and the people, I think, are the things that really were the biggest highlights for us all the way across the world.

HARRIS: All right. So speaking of across the world, the next pictures that we have for us this morning are from India. How did you make it to India?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We actually flew from Shanghai to India. But we rode around India for two months, and miraculously survived.

HARRIS: Why do you say that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, the roads are tough and the drivers are interesting.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I mean, it was the only time I felt like actually leaving the ride, the first part of India, because it was so crowded, it was so smoggy and it was so different. It was the most chaotic place on Earth, and we'd just been in the most organized, you know, structured place on Earth, which was China. So it was quite a change.

HARRIS: Yes, interesting.

Tell me about Bosnia. I understand we've got some pictures from that part of your trip. I want to see these, because I can't imagine what driving or riding through that country must be like right now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We were there when there were still tanks on the road. We biked to a place called Medrogoria (ph), which is a pilgrimage site. It was pretty interesting. But it was a little disconcerting seeing these tanks roll down the road coming at you. They go faster than you think.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was kind of crazy, because bus there was a bombing about 10 kilometers from where we were staying in Bosnia one night when we were there. And all of the SFORS folks were cranking down the roads in these tanks, and the rumbling that you felt as they came by was incredible. It was like being in a earthquake.

HARRIS: It took you two years to do this, and just now looking back, was it worth it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely. We want to do it again. We want to go down through South America and up through Africa as our next trip.

HARRIS: Yes?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We don't know when.

HARRIS: Listen, I mean, what haven't you seen that you'd like to ride through now?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, boy, you know, there's so many places. Southern India's supposed to be so incredible, and then the whole idea of doing sort of a trans-Africa trip. We just saw in the last segment you were in Africa, and we were down in South Africa on a trip pretty recently and thinking, gosh, how fabulous would this be in.

HARRIS: Want to talk about some bad roads, bad roads in Africa, you thought Bosnia were bad. Well, listen, I wish we had more time to talk about it and look at some more of these pictures, but listen, guys, hey, way to go, great accomplishment. I heard about your stories when I was traveling overseas, and said I got to back ad talk to these guys you. Appreciate you guys coming in.

Andrew Barone and Fred Feldman, thanks for coming in, and tell you what, next trip get bag to us and let us know.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We will.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thanks, Leon.

HARRIS: Take care, you guys.

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