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The three Llangollen area lads cycling to Thailand to visit their friend and raise money for heart research have hit the BBC Wales online headlines.
Dyfan Hughes, 17, James Thomas, 18, and Louis Dennis, 18, had never ridden a bike further than the shop near their homes when they headed out a few weeks go on their 18-month quest to reach their destination in Asia.
They they aim to meet up with their friend Harrison who moved to Thailand six months ago after his dad died from a heart attack.
Speaking to the BBC reporter who called them late last week, James said they were then on day 21 of their adventure and were pedalling through Germany.
He said: "Yesterday I punctured my bike, actually, and none of
us have had to fix that before, but we kind of came together and figured it
out, and it was great.
"Everything's all right now with the bikes, we haven't
had many difficulties with the bikes yet."
He said the three of them went on a four-week course where
Drosi Bikes shop in Llangollen taught them "most stuff that'll happen to our bike and
how to fix it, which helped a lot".
The trio said they were doing the journey to raise money for the British Heart Foundation and have gained 25,000 followers on Instagram and 87,700 followers on TikTok.
James added: "There's definitely a few countries we can't go through because of wars, because of some of their laws. It took like two or three months of planning.
"We had a time range where we had to leave because we
didn't want it to be winter going through Europe.
"We planned it out so that we can get to Kazakhstan for
April, because then the weather is not too cold."
In their own daily short film updates earlier last week they recorded reaching Cologne in Germany, staying at one of the Warm Showers B&Bs they're using along the route.
Next big milestone was Koblenz and a ferry across the Rhine river - and also a welcome dip in a local swimming in a bid to ward off the 30 degree heat hitting central Europe right now.
* To see the lads' story on BBC online, go to: Llangollen teens start year-long cycle to Thailand - BBC News
* To follow their journey on their social media and make a donation if you wish: https://linktr.ee/westheads
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