{"id":202264,"date":"2026-07-28T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=202264"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:13:50","slug":"a-3-year-bike-journey-around-the-world-with-samer-abouhamad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/a-3-year-bike-journey-around-the-world-with-samer-abouhamad","title":{"rendered":"A 3-Year Bike Journey Around the World with Samer Abouhamad"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/b353b0e8-e1e9-450d-b89d-6715f9a0b678?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/a-3-year-bike-journey-around-the-world-with-samer-abouhamad\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samer Abouhamad is a long distance cyclist who biked 46,000 miles through 61 countries during a three year journey around the world. He began the ride just outside his family&#8217;s home in Brookline, Massachusetts, and completed it in Beirut, Lebanon, in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connect with Samer:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/samerbikes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/samer.bikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/benchmade\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benchmade<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capital One and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Samer Abouhamad is a long distance cyclist who biked 46,000 miles through 61 countries during a three year journey around the world. He began the ride just outside his family&#8217;s home in Brookline, Massachusetts, and completed it in Beirut, Lebanon, in September 2025. Connect with Samer:&nbsp; Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp; Benchmade Capital One 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