{"id":14106,"date":"2022-05-17T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T12:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/watch-astronaut-tim-peak-tearing-it-up-off-road-2\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T12:20:13","slug":"watch-astronaut-tim-peak-tearing-it-up-off-road-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/watch-astronaut-tim-peak-tearing-it-up-off-road-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Astronaut Tim Peak tearing it up off-road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">How do you get your kicks on terra firma when you&#8217;ve been to space and flown apaches for a living?  You ride an adventure bike, of course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That&#8217;s Major Tim Peake&#8217;s answer anyway.  You may know him as the seventh British person to visit space and the first British astronaut to complete a spacewalk out of the ISS.  But, when he&#8217;s not making headlines above the earth, it turns out Major Peake is one of us, an adventure biker through and through.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This terrific video of Tim riding a 2022 Triumph Tiger 1200 off-road in mid-Wales helps to explain, in his own words, why biking is his go-to passion when he&#8217;s not floating through space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addrop-wrap\" data-id=\"353718\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abrfestival.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-368119 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ABR-Fest2021-Website-Slider-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"988\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-377747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-triumph-drone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-triumph-drone.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-triumph-drone-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-triumph-drone-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-triumph-drone-770x391.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>From space to the trails of Wales<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The video kicks off with Major Peake suiting up and hopping onto the Tiger 1200 in the shadow of the stunning Rhigos Mountain Road, a favorite of ours at ABR.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tim explains how his thirst for adventure began in his early years as a scout and a cadet, a drive which pushed him towards the army and becoming a helicopter pilot.  It was around then that he took up biking too, a way of &#8216;pushing boundaries&#8217; on the ground that delivered the freedom and thrills to match what he was experiencing in the cockpit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The video continues with spectacular drone footage of the astronaut up on the pegs as he tackles the forest-lined trails of Wales.  Forget visiting space, I&#8217;ve added a ride on those tracks to my bucket list instead.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-377746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-offroad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-offroad.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-offroad-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-offroad-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adventurebikerider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tim-peak-offroad-770x389.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In fact, the major even goes as far as to say that riding an adventure bike off-road delivers the same thrills as flying an apache, or even launching off into space!  So there we have it, proof that us adventure bikers are all astronauts as well\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The video finishes up with Tim&#8217;s thoughts on adventure biking and what it means to him, and I think his words will echo those felt by every biker out there.  Check out the video below and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Major Tim Peake | A Lifetime of Adventure\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8P_wiMf9fI?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Let 24MX dress you up for the season<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Costs for a single spacesuit can, unsurprisingly, run into tens of millions of pounds.  After all they&#8217;re designed to protect astronauts in the most inhospitable of environments.  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