Another guest of the turklub "Academy" was the Chuvash traveler Nikita Tenche. In Kazan, he came with his wife Anastasia and a five-month-old child to talk about how to ride a bike from Cheboksary to Thailand, and what can inspire a person to such an extreme voyage.
Why Tence?
To change the name Vasilyev loud Tence Nikita made a thirst to explore the world. (Tenche from Chuvash translates as the world, the universe). "I did not want to tell my children that once the Chuvash" accepted " baptism, and the local pop called our ancestor Vasya,-says the traveler. - So love and zhaluyte - Nikita Tenche.
Not a traveler, but a nomad
He rode a Bicycle 60 thousand kilometers across Eurasia. At the same time, he calls himself not a traveler, but a nomad. The difference is that in his travels he moves to the intended purpose, without having a clear route: "I like to make my way without losing the sense of space."
Meeting your spouse
In April 2014, Nikita with ten rubles in his pocket and a kilogram of buckwheat in his backpack went to the Great Eastern Nomad: leaving Chuvashia, reached through Central Asia to the Far East and further to South-East Asia. He visited Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. On the way back, in Barnaul, when his hometown was only 3.5 thousand kilometers away, Nikita was lucky enough to meet with Anastasia - his future wife.
- When we met Nikita, I worked on the radio, - she says. - I had no experience of long hikes, I wasn't engaged in sports, but went together with it. I knew I could handle it.
New journey family Tence plans to make together. It is necessary to think through all the smallest details. After all, in their hands the life of a small child.
Why travel
The desire to travel in Nikita was born when he was a child. The reason for reflection was the geographical Atlas presented to him. Then outside the native Cheboksary he was chosen infrequently. He traveled with the help of imagination and maps. Then there was a bad choice of place of study and specialty, service in the army, the search for themselves and the first journey... hitchhiking. On the ride to Nikita made several trips. He visited many cities, including Kiev. And then I realized that he likes most of all: to know the world. But hitchhiking soon became boring: "I had to constantly communicate with people, over and over again saying memorized phrases..." he compared it to working on the conveyor:
- When all the time the same, it does not matter whether you travel or stand behind the conveyor. But somehow, I got the idea, to drive through Chuvashia on a bike. And on this trip, I realized the difference between traveling by car and by bike - a completely different perception of space. You begin to measure your life is not kilometers, and the time in which you can get to the right place.
Bike
The main thing, according to Nikita, in traveling by bike only desire, the rest can be purchased on the road. This also applies to the bike:
 He's normal. On the road, spare parts had to be changed, so there is already a better configuration. The butterfly wheel is much more convenient than the usual straight, due to the variety of grip, saving power. Contact pedals create a sense of integrity with the bike, increase efficiency and reduce the risk of knee injury. In General, the smaller the bike all the "bells and whistles", the better. After all, in case of failure of parts, in the same China will be difficult to find the right parts.
Accommodation and food
A kilogram of buckwheat on the whole road will not stretch, and the bike-a warm house with a roof over your head will not replace. According to Nikita Tenche, you need to be ready to seek help from local residents who are actually always ready to shelter the traveler:
- I think there's nothing wrong with that. If you are ready to ask people, then you are ready to give. Experience comes through practice.
Tactics
Nikita Thence developed my personal daily norm to overcome kilometers. Both for athletes and cyclists it is important to be able to keep pace and control the load. Good health and the accompanying mood - not a reason to give all the best over the norm. As an experienced coach, the traveler should feel the moment when to offer a lightweight version of the training to the athlete has not exhausted the entire reserve forces. Nikita Tence has set a limit on the length of a day section of a road of 100 kilometers.
Loneliness on the way
Loneliness is a problem that Nikita Tenchi had to fight during his travels before meeting Anastasia. The way to defeat nakhchivanchay depression he found on the Internet: started to conduct previously taken in your account Vkontakte. And then he created his own Youtube channel, where he posted videos. The number of subscribers grew, many not just watched and put "likes", but also helped financially. However, contact the Commerce Nikita doesn't want to.
Parents ' attitudes and work
His family, according to Nikita, his way of life is not understood. Without supporting, they do not interfere with him:
- I'm free to choose. But grandma, for example, still does not understand what I do. She'll only calm down when I go to the factory and work there. Woman Soviet foundations. But no amount of money will keep Tenche, if the work is not interesting. Only doing business which to liking, it is possible to achieve success, including, and financial.