This is the last post of my small series on Things I learned while riding my recumbent on it's first trip. I was offline the last week so this post is later than anticipated.

In the previous posts I focused more on the actual part of doing the trip. This is something I realized about my planning and finally coming to do it: Don't listen to people telling you it's hard or impossible. Before I started my trip I talked to several people about riding the distance. Most of them do have quite some experience cycling. All of them voiced serious concerns I'd be able to do this without serious training. I didn't listen to them. Simply because none of them had ever ridden a recumbent and they are made for long distance trips.

We like to listen to other people on advice when we set out to do certain things. However many times their opinion might not be useful to us, simply because they are not doing what we want to do. When I returned to Vienna one of the first books I read was the art of being minimalist by Everett Bogue. He puts this point very strongly stating: "Don't listen to anyone". I'd say only listen to people who have experience in what you are trying to do. I've always learned from people around me. Nevertheless don't let them stop you pursuing your dreams.