Lyndon Poskitt

This entry is part 10 of 21 in the series Adventure Rider Issue #42

Plenty of us dream of walking away from a mundane existence and living off a bike with every day a revelation of new people, places and adventures. Lyndon Poskitt made the dream a reality.

Poskitt’s resume includes completing Dakars on both teams and malle moto.

At 42, Englishman Lyndon Poskitt has earned a solid reputation as one of the world’s most recognisable adventure riders, largely thanks to his highly regarded and hugely popular Youtube presence.

His resume includes Dakars on both teams and malle moto, and the Races To Places video series, in which he covered something like 70 countries, 230,000km and competed in 11 major races. He’s crossed The Simpson, covered 34,000km around Australia and 15,000km around New Zealand, ridden from the Arctic Circle to Tierra Del Fuego and South Africa then back to Europe.

The series had more than 170 episodes and viewer numbers are in the millions.

A rough start

It wasn’t as if Lyndon was living in shared accommodation in a housing commission when he made his decision to change his life. An aerospace engineer by trade, at 30 he was running an aerodynamics test facility in the UK after living and working all over the world. He’d been racing bikes since he was a junior and competed at a high level in seven different disciplines.

But in 2013 a near-death incident while running a half marathon caused him to re-evaluate his priorities and he set about devoting himself to riding around the world and competing on each of the six continents. Races To Places documented the ups and downs of chasing that dream, and in the process eventually helped finance the lifestyle.

Lyndon Poskitt must be one of the world’s most recognisable adventure riders.

Support

Naturally, with his huge on-line presence, and the sheer magnitude of his adventures, Lyndon has attracted some strong partnerships with a few brands, including Enduristan, especially significant because the company uses Poskitt and his travels as a test bed for its product and has even developed some products branded with his name.

We missed Lyndo’s previous visit and were keen to know if we’d see him here again soon.

“There’s a few things mulling around my head for Australia,” said the instantly recognisable KTM rider.

“There are some remote rides I didn’t get to due to a lack of fuel availability on the long, remote routes.”

Lyndon also never hit one of Australia’s adventure-riding high-lights, and he’s keen to tick it off his list.

“I never made it to the northern cape as it was the rainy season,” he pondered. “I’d also like to do a proper road-book rally in Australia if the Australasian Safari ever comes back.”

A seal of approval.
The Races To Places video series covered something like 70 countries, 230,000km and 11 major international races.

More to do

Although it seems Poskitt has done just about every major ride an adventure rider could dream of, he’s not sitting still.

There’s plenty he wants to achieve and there are still races and places he wants to see and do.

“I’m working on a few things at the moment,” he beamed.

“A new adventure for Races To Places and some possible video opportunities.

“I’m also working on a new business looking to give people the opportunity to experience factory rallye bikes in the racing environment without the need to race, which I think will be fun for a lot of people.”

These days Lyndon is based in Spain, and his plans for the near future include helping others to learn from his travels through publications, roadshows and riding events. He’s also currently writing a book about his experiences and positive attitude and hopes to have it released in 2021.

Have a wander through the random grab bag of photos from Lyndon’s adventures and see if you think he made the right decision leaving behind a career as a highly paid technical expert for a life of adventure and riding…