Rickshaw Run

A duet of nonsense by Shawn, Ryan, and Korben from Team Rock Bottom—2024's finest masters of "sod it and give it a go." They tore across Northeast India like a trio of teenagers on nicked bikes, pulling wheelies on crumbling roads and hanging off the edges of waterfalls like bored mountain goats.

A monstrous flag emblazoned "Several Bad Decisions Later." Bad decisions? Not a single one, just the kind of glorious, headlong sillyness we call fun.

The rickshaw is a stubborn, hardheaded beast. So when team Chickshaw told their adventure toaster, “you can’t swim and you’re strictly a land vehicle,” guess who wasn’t listening: the rickshaw.

It’s got more unwarranted self-confidence than a finance bro pitching his latest crypto scheme at your family reunion. On land, it’s faster than a speeding slug; in water, it’s as hydrodynamic as a boulder wearing concrete flippers.

Pioneer the Wallah Run and find out for yourself if an electric tricycle with the survival instincts of a lemming and the navigational prowess of a blindfolded toddler can handle India.

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"This 3 wheel rickshaw is a very amazing almost unbreakable truck! It took us through 1200km in remote India, up to 5350m, on the most unstable rocky bad roads you can imagine! Although we almost lost the engine! But we caught it just in time 😅."⁠

📸 on the Rickshaw Run Himalaya back in 2019. ⁠

We've got 11 places left on the next edition in July 2025.

Is the electric wallah stronger than an elephant?

Allegedly.

We’re just asking questions. But if you’re curious enough, you can sign up for the Pioneer Run and find out the hard way.

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Two places have come up on the sold out January 2025 Rickshaw Run India.

This is the original three-wheeled chaos machine from Jaisalmer in the north all the way down to Kerala. Around 2,800km in a rolling cake tin, ish. More if you get lost a lot.

You wobble off into the unknown on 1st January and finish two weeks later.

Each rickshaw can accommodate you plus two of your least sensible chums and not very much luggage.

Info and buttons of adventuring destiny this way:

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Is the Wallah Bike the ultimate beach machine? Highly unlikely.

Is it a cross-country hero? Doubtful.

Sign up to pioneer this mythical bike-ceratops at the link below. Or don’t, if you prefer your adventures sensible and your trousers clean.

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Nothing stops a rickshaw—except a gentle breeze, a pebble, or a pothole that a mouse could step over without breaking stride.

Rickshaws are less "ultimate vehicles" and more like a lawnmower's drunk uncle on a world tour. By the end of the August 2024 Rickshaw Run, the teams' noble steeds were one loose bolt away from explosive disintegration.

They started as heaps of scrap metal that barely deserved to be called vehicles, and ended as scrappy little mutants, clinging to life just long enough to lurch across the finish line before collapsing in a smoking heap.

Teams: La Bella Vita; Tuk Tuk Tally Ho!; Tuk Our Time; Tuk n c’mon; and, Rick-shaw Moranis.

If a bicycle had any ambition, it would grow an extra wheel and become a Wallah Bike.

One’s an electrically powered mayhem machine capable of dragging you halfway across India; the other’s a sad act with flaccid tyres and a lycra fe**sh.

Choose your transportation wisely.

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Behold: our design for the prototype Electro-Wallah. Complete with a luxury seat that, after being dragged across half of India, will realign your spine like a chiropractor delivering a suplex.

The pedal system is scientifically calibrated to produce maximum adventure per revolution. And the steering is expertly aligned to ensure you get lost at every possible opportunity. Fortunately, the electric assistance will help you get lost, and maybe un-lost, much faster than your standard wallah.

Truly, a masterpiece of mechanical malevolence.

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"The Sri Lanka adventure was amazing and we are grateful for this journey. We took our rickshaw for 894km around the country.

"There isn't a better way to visit this country than driving a tuktuk and we have met probably some of the nicest people, Sri Lankan cuisine was delicious and who knows maybe one day we will go back.

"Thank you for such an epic event."

Ludovic ()and Kerra finished the Rickshaw Run Sri Lanka a few days ago. They're back at home by now and the terrifying boredom of normal life is probably already setting in.

If you're already belly button deep in the quick sand of day to day boredom, and sinking fast as the rising tide of tedium marches north towards your ni***es you should do the Sri Lanka run in January. It starts on New Years Day. Which is nice.

Rickshaw Run Sri Lanka wrapped up last week, and we’d say we’re missing it, but honestly, our internal organs are still rearranging themselves after 1,000km in a vehicle with all the finesse of a shopping trolley on speed.

Sri Lanka dished out scenery so beautiful it was like an AI robot had been given the prompt: “Show me where paradise would go on holiday.” Not only did everyone finish (pretty much intact), they also got to see Sri Lanka in the best way possible—behind the handlebars of a three-wheeled dustbin.

Sure, it’s got an engine that sounds like you’re boiling marbles in a kettle and wheels that stick in every hole in the ground. It’s not great at going uphill, downhill, or being anywhere near a hill. But the beauty of the rickshaw is that you’re never quite sure what’s going to break next. And that’s what makes it the best stupid thing you could do.

The next run is in January 2025. Sign up now at theadventurists.com.

Bolting an electric chair to a shopping trolley and hitting the juice — not only is it how we cook all our meals, but also how we came up with our next adventure...

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Adventure 13: The Electro-Wallah. Boasting the strength and manouverability of the noble shopping trolley this wonkey wheeled wonder machine is for more than groceries.

Meet the Wallah Run...

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Well, that’s a wrap on Rickshaw Run Sri Lanka, October 2024—a parade of dodgy costumes, dodgy driving, but excellent life choices. The Clam Jousters rolled in looking great until their rickshaw met a slight incline. Ditto The C**k Fighters, who had to fight to get their biscuit tin up on the shelf. But that’s exactly what they signed up for. We expect teams to skid across the line in more disorder than if you hosted a rave and a christening in the same phone booth.

These teams crossed the whole of the beautiful island of Sri Lanka, dodging cows, fixing breakdowns, and praying to the gods of good weather that their hapless antics would end in glory. And, other than the physical damage, the spiritual damage, and the complete lack of any recognised glory—it was an overwhelming success.

Teams Shown: Clam Jousters; The C**k Fighters; The Yeehaw Gals; Flotter Heinrich; NO FEAR NO GEAR; Charlie's Angels; Lads Lads Lads; PowerPuck; Lost Dogs; and, Rick Stouffer's Wild Ride.

After weeks of mechanical mayhem, scenic misadventures, and more roadside cow standoffs than a civil war at Old MacDonald’s farm, the Rickshaw Run Sri Lanka teams somehow coaxed their clattering rickshaws to the finish line. But in true Rickshaw Run style, the end wasn’t about glory or applause (because, let's face it, there wasn’t any).

Victory never looked so ridiculous, and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

Photo of the Day from the Rickshaw Run Sri Lanka goes to the woodland rush-hour selection. We've got no idea where this rope-nosed jungle puppy needs to go, but don't get in her way.

She gives a little trunk bump of respect, because that's what happens when the Queen of the jungle meets the King of the highways. Congratulations to Team Ci Vediamo a Colombo.

Honourable mentions: ES MI TRANCA II; Outlaw Rickshaw.

Sri Lanka’s roads were destined for rickshaws—like they were dreamt up by the deranged ghost of a long-forgotten, three-wheeled biscuit tin. Rainstorms? Check. Breakdowns? Of course. Potholes large enough to swallow an elephant? Naturally. That’s what makes them bloody perfect. Today’s Photo of the Day goes to Lost, Stuck, & Two Silly Buggers.

Honourable mentions: Outlaw Rickshaw; Riksja Travel.

Rickshaw Run Sri Lanka: Teams in tuk-tuks winding through mountain passes that look like Bob Ross painted themafter a month of sensory deprivation. For a three-wheeled, petrol-powered plant pot, a mud track through a cloud isn’t a roadblock—it’s a dare. Unless you’re Riksja Travel, in which case, you don’t need bad weather to nosedive into a ditch. Frankly, life isn’t complete until you’ve skidded sideways through a tea plantation, clutching a stubborn tuk-tuk and a nervous laugh like they're going to save you from gravity.

Congrats to Ci vediamo a Colombo for today’s Photo of the Day. Honourable mentions go to: ES MI TRANKA I, PowerPuck, and The Flying Tuk Tuks.

Ah, the Rickshaw Run—where every breakdown is a badge of honour. Especially when you’ve driven straight onto a bloody beach. Today’s highlight in the eternal battle of man versus machine: a handful (or six handfuls) of local legends stepping in to give The Flying Tuk Tuk a good old-fashioned push—because if your rickshaw doesn’t need a shove from half a volleyball team at least once, did you even do the Rickshaw Run?

And that, friends, is your Photo of the Day.

Honourable mentions go to Tuk n Roll, Looma Eagles, Demons of Strife, RingStingers, SumTingWong, Baja Bandits, and Tuk Tuk Turds for their valiant, though ultimately doomed, efforts. Better luck next time... once you wrestle your rickshaw back from that chicken.

Cybermasters rip through the dirt, flags flapping like they’ve just knocked over a bank and now need to leg it in the ultimate butt-hauling machine. Forget the scenery—this shot’s all about two red beasts on a reckless mission to nowhere fast. The rickshaw isn’t just a vehicle; it’s a rebellion on wheels. Congrats on nabbing Photo of the Day.

Whether they’re bombing down dusty tracks, getting stuck in muddy pits, or staring down some confused cows (full cow confusion in story), these rickshaws are the undisputed kings of questionable life choices. In no particular order, meet the teams: Tuka-Tuka, Young Gentleman’s Cricket Club, Outlaw Rickshaw, and Tuk n Roll.

Photo of the Day for Rickshaw Run Sri Lanka Day 1 comes courtesy of Outlaw Rickshaw, proving the mighty 'shaw can tackle anything—even a puddle as big and useless as a soggy flannel left under a heat lamp. Meanwhile, Brute Kracht investigated the underside of their ride, convinced they’d discover what makes this three-wheeled beast a mythical adventure machine (spoiler: they didn’t). Over on the sidelines, the Bajaj Bandits were promptly arrested—apparently for making every other driver in the country wildly jealous of their rig.

No Fear No Gear and Flotter Heinrich, now the proud owners of a petrol station’s entire discount bin, have somehow managed to look less intimidating than a flock of baby ducklings in daffodil hats. The TukTuk Titans parked right in front of a building doing a Where’s Wally cosplay. As for the Tuk Tuk Turds… a pack of vicious wolves savaged them to cuteness. Thoughts and prayers.

Launch day of the Rickshaw Run Sri Lanka, and the Sprocket Rockets are proudly announcing the number of times they've already rolled their turbo toaster into a ditch full of coconuts.

The Red Hot Chilli TukTukers, true to form, are pushing their tuk-tuk—oddly, in reverse. Naturally, there's the obligatory "massive crowd about to do something silly" shot, with the silliness enhanced thanks to great, big, wobbly head and three people dressed as bananas.

Meanwhile, Rick Stouffer's Wild Ride are frantically trying to flag down the cameraman, mostly because Rick still hasn't figured out how to stop. And the TukTuk Titans have already picked up a hitchhiker, and they haven’t even crossed the start line yet.

23 teams endured countless lows and mountainous highs but in the end they all made it to the Finish line, at the palace in Jaisalmer, in one piece.

Many a breakdown, both rickshaw and mental, were had but the mighty rickshaw proved once again how hard you can push a cake tin with wheels.

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Miss Ida of team Alishaans has snatched photo of the day with a four legged photo-bomber. It doesn’t matter where you are in India, these chaps have to get in on the action.

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