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Home is Elsewhere: 50 years around the world by bike
Long-distance cyclist and touring legend Heinz Stücke reflects on fifty years on the road to celebrate the launch of his book.
Heinz Stücke is a German traveller and long-distance touring cyclist who has pedalled more than 648,000 kilometres, most of them on an ordinary gents’ bike, and several thousand on a Brompton. The evening sees the launch of Home is Elsewhere: Heinz Stucke, 50 years around the world by bike. Meet Heinz and hear him in conversation with Brompton CEO Will Butler-Adams.
Since 1962 Heinz Stücke has visited 196 countries, got through 21 passports, and taken over 100,000 photos. Dutch travel writer Eric van den Berg dug into his vast collection of journals, photos, postcards and notes to create this new book. He also visited the now 75 year old cyclist to get an answer to that most pressing question: why? Heinz’s philosophy of ‘home is elsewhere’ comes through in the daily routines, encounters and inevitable mishaps of a lifelong adventurer, not least through the pictures he took himself.
Booking information
Tickets include free entry to the Cycle Revolution exhibition before the talk begins. Doors will open at 18:15. The exhibition will be open for ticket holders to view between 18.15 and 19:00, and will then close. The talk will start at 19:00 and last for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Attendees will also receive a free Meantime Beer with their ticket.
- Adults £14 / Students £10.50 / Members £7.50 book tickets
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more about the speakers
Heinz Stücke
Heinz Stücke has become known as a traveller, touring cyclist and occasionally a vagabond. His journey around the world has seen him sleep under the arms of Christ the Redeemer, meet Pelé and get pocket money from Haile Selassie.
Will Butler-Adams OBE
Will is passionate about all things engineering. He has worked for Nissan, ICI, DuPont and Brompton and been involved in product development, R&D, project management and manufacturing excellence. He joined Brompton Bicycle in 2002, became a director in 2006 and took over as the MD in 2008.
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