Tom is a cycling enthusiast from Australia. His China journey is hardcore: riding a bicycle across the country on long-distance routes.
His routes run from coast to inland, from plains to plateaus. The scenery, villages and strangers along the way are the stars of his lens.
On the road, Tom is often helped by warm-hearted Chinese people: offered water, helped fix his bike, invited to meals. These roadside kindnesses, he says, are more memorable than the scenery.
Tom says cycling is "slow travel" — you see what drivers miss and meet the most real people. From Australia to China, every kilometer is a story.
Tom is an Australian adventurer famous for cycling across China. He crosses China by bicycle, recording scenery and people along the way.
His journey: routes from east to west, south to north - coastlines, high mountains, deserts and grasslands.
Content: "day 100 of cycling China", "China most dangerous mountain road", "a night hosted on a pasture" - real cycling life.
Going viral: his "Australian cycles China borderlands" series is popular - viewers follow his wheels across vast Chinese land and the people on the road.
Significance: he represents international cyclists of China - measuring China in the plainest way, bringing its vastness and beauty to the world.
For readers: his videos infect you with the freedom of the road - China is big enough for a lifetime of slow seeing.
He also records "good Chinese people" on his ride - a bike shop owner refusing payment, herders offering milk tea, strangers giving lifts. "China roads are long, but the people warm them." After finishing he plans a book, Cycling to See China, telling both scenery and people.
His biggest discovery cycling China: "China is huge, yet small" - huge enough that one mountain takes a day to cross, small enough that hot food is found anywhere. "That huge-and-small can only be felt from a saddle." He is compiling his cycling diary into an illustrated book, writing down every place name seriously.
His cycling continues - "China has no end, and my wheels will not stop." He plans to ride from Yunnan along the border to Guangxi - terraces, coast, Sino-Vietnamese border life. "Each pedal stroke teaches me a bit more about China." He is learning more Chinese because "everyone on the road deserves a good talk."
"Around the next bend there may be a village I will remember for life." His wheels never fear the unknown.
His newest Chinese word is "jiā yóu" - strangers shout it when he climbs hills. "Those two characters carry magic strength."
His next goal is cycling around Hainan - "they say the island ring road is half mountain, half sea."
