‘World’s Fastest Kiwi’ completes Indian Golden Quadrilateral

He had a close shave numerous times on the sprawling Indian roads, but that did not deter ‘World’s fastest Kiwi’ Tim Chittock from completing his journey of the Indian Golden Quadrilateral on his bicycle.  Chittock, 24, set upon his cycling journey from New Zealand Embassy here on February 27 to cycle close to 6,000 kilometres across Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kanpur, Pune, Surat, Guntur, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam. The cyclist, who hails from New Zealand and holds a Bachelors degree in Law and Economics from University of Waikato, pedalled about 250 km a day and made the distance in 24 days. Previously two years ago he cycled the length of New Zealand and more recently the width of Australia. 

Chittock says travelling on the Indian roads was a great experience and at the same time challenging. “The national highways are okay for cycling. However, the inner and link roads were challenging. I had a close shave at least three times. Once I was almost moved down by a truck and I narrowly escaped,” said the cyclist. Chittock describes the people he met on the way as being always affectionate and curious to know about his journey. “People will always come for a hand shake. They would ask me questions like Where are you from? Where you have to go?, and what is the cost of your cycle,” he says bursting into laughter. Chittock is attempting to set a Guinness World Record for cycling the Indian Golden Quadrilateral. He was contacted by Guinness and asked if will give it a try. Chittock, who has been pursuing his passion for cycling from an young age pedalling around 80 km on an average every day says he does not know yet whether or not he has set a record.