9MSN reports that:
A lovesick 16-year-old German boy hopped on his bicycle and cycled more than 200 kilometres overnight to meet a girl he met on the Internet
Fantastic! Just like in the Bob Sinclair video clip. Except he didn't make it. And his mum didn't just give him a kiss and a warm dinner when he got home. And he was just a little bit underprepared:
The boy had not taken a map, money or food with him, said the police.
Ah, the bicycle: bringing young lovers together since 1817…