In 1979, after his fifth round-island trip, Hu came across a young Japanese who was training on Taiwan to bicycle around the world. From him Hu learned that long-distance bicycling is quite popular in Japan and that the country has many bicycle adventure clubs.
民國六十八年，胡榮華結束第五次環島之旅後，在中壢偶遇準備單車環遊世界、來台做行前練習的日籍青年河野兵市。河野告訴他，日本騎單車長程旅遊的風氣頗盛，也有不少「冒險單騎俱樂部」，當時已有十來位日人完成單騎環球之旅。