Juliana Buhring
Ultra-endurance cyclist

RIDES & RACES

TRANS AM RACE 2014

TRANS AM RACE 2014

In June 2014, Juliana raced the inaugural Trans Am Bike Race. Starting in Astoria, Oregon, and finishing in Yorktown, Virginia, the race is 4,322 miles long, with 67,000 metres of total altitude. Buhring finished the race in 20 days and 23 hours, winning first place in the women’s category & 4th place overall.
TRANSCONTINENTAL RACE 2013

TRANSCONTINENTAL RACE 2013

In 2013, Juliana participated in the inaugural Transcontinental Race, the toughest unsupported race across Europe starting in London and ending in Istanbul, crossing the high cols of the Alps. Juliana was the only woman in the race, finishing in 12 days and placing 9th overall.
WORLD CYCLE 2012

WORLD CYCLE 2012

On July 23 2012, Juliana Buhring set out from Naples, Italy to make the first women’s world record for fastest circumnavigation by bicycle. On December 22, 2012, she re-entered Naples with a total time of 152 days including flight transfers and 144 actual days pedaled.
RAAM 2016

2017: Cycling for women’s rights

In 2017 Juliana is riding for women’s rights, kicking off with the inaugural India Pacific Wheel Race across Australia. Summer races include the TransAtlantic Way Bike Race and the Transcontinental race.
 
 

Books by Juliana

Juliana’s first book, Not Without My Sister, was written with her two sisters, Celeste Jones and Kristina Jones and published by Harpercollins in 2007.
The book details their lives growing up in the Children of God group. It was number 1 on the Sunday Times best-seller list for 5 weeks, and remained in the top 10 list for 15 consecutive weeks. It has been translated into ten languages including French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Czech,
Estonian, Slovenian, Swedish, Italian and Dutch.

Her second book, This Road I Ride, published in 2016 by WWNorton in the US and Piaktus in the Commonwealth,
describes her record-breaking journey around the world by bicycle

not without my sister

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