On the ground in Central Asia:

• EcoMuseum (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)
• Karaganda bike club (Kazakhstan)
• Zhezkazgan bikes club (Kazakhstan)
• Zhezkazgan Historico-Archaeological Museum (Kazakhstan)
• Samarkand bicycle club (Uzbekistan)
• Niyoskol Nematov (Penjikent, Tajikistan)
• Bishkek bicycle club (Kyrgyzstan)
• Abdulwahab (Kashgar, China)
• Aksu Outdoors club (China)
• Kivi Velosport Federation (Taldiqhorgan, Kazakhstan)

 Advice and more in preparations:

• Paul Sims
• Rick Willoughby
• John Groves
• Australia and New Zealand Explorers Club
• Tom Daniels (Feed It)
• David Berghof (Stantours)
• Alistair Humphreys
• Rob Lilwall
• Rob Thomson
• Audrey and Daniel
• Bikes Victoria

Other cycle tourers:

• Keith Hallagan (met in Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan)
• Christian (met near Osh, Kyrgyzstan)
• Forests researchers French cyclists (met near Jelalabad, Kyrgyzstan)
• Swiss cyclist (met near Jelalabad, Kyrgyzstan)

Friends:

• The Regent Honeyeater Project (Benalla, Australia)
• Monash University Outdoors Club (Melbourne, Australia)
• The Otesha Project (Australia)
• Monash Science Centre (Melbourne, Australia)