It is the invention that has transformed the daily commute for million of ordinary Chinese, but a decade after electric bicycles first appeared on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai the "e-bike" revolution has still to catch on in the West.
The journey being undertake by Guim Valls Teruel, a 33-year-old Spaniard from Barcelona, will cross five continents, starting from the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing in May and concluding three years later in east London.
"I want to spread the message of this incredible invention to all corners of the world," he said announcing his journey in Beijing, "millions of Chinese people already use them and they can be an important part of a green revolution in the rest of the world." Mr Teruel, who came to China two years ago to manage a restaurant which then folded, bought an electric bike – also known as a "pedelec" - when he got fed up with sitting in Beijing's interminable traffic jams.
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