Chad Williams' 24 hour bike ride has begunANDY JACKSON/Fairfax NZ Chad Williams expects to ride 600-700km in 24 hours. There's a 24 hour period of Chad Williams' life that is going to be lonely, exhausting and rather wet. But, as the 24-year-old settled in for a 24 hour bike ride at Taranaki's Velodrome, he expected the experience to be worth very minute. ANDY JACKSON/Fairfax NZ Chad Williams and Mike King at the beginning of the 24-hour ride. Although admitting he was feeling "pretty blasé" about the ride, Williams was aware of the challenge to come.

Source: Stuff March 11, 2017 00:09 UTC