Not much can slow down 72-year-old Jan Meulenkamp — not the COVID-19 pandemic, and not a bone-shattering cycling accident that almost sidelined him permanently seven years ago.
The challenge to cycle around the world came from a friend.
“A friend of mine that I’ve done a lot of cycling with, Paula Clark, read about someone that rode virtually around the globe, and she says, ‘I bet you we could do that,'” Meulenkamp said.
“She challenged me. I accepted the challenge.”
Many of Jan Meulenkamp’s kilometres have been in the cycling studio, but he’s also racked them up on roadways across Prince Edward Island, including lots of
