Tough Rides: India - Season 1 (2014)

On their journey down the Indian south west coast, the Pyle brothers visit Mahindra's mega car factory, and Colin takes the test to become a car factory worker. Ryan recovers from his first fall of the trip, he's not seriously hurt but his bike is in need of repair. After another mechanical failure on Ryan's bike, Colin starts to question Ryan's riding ability. By day 29 they reach India's southernmost point called Cape Comorin or sunset point, where they watch the sun go down on the half-way mark of their epic journey.

Madurai is a 2000 year old city and one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. As the journey continues north up the east coast of India, the carnage on the roads continues. A side trip to an elephant sanctuary in Odisha Province showcases the beauty of India's national parks. Onwards to the Bay of Bengal and Kolkata, where Colin and Ryan Pyle visit a hospital and school for the blind run by the Seva Foundation. The Seva Foundation has restored the eyesight of over 3 million people in Asia and Africa; here the Pyle's witness how quick turnaround cataract surgery can ...

Darjeeling is the tea capital of India, Ryan and Colin Pyle join an army of tea pluckers whose premium tea, picked under the full moon, fetches over USD$900 per kilo. The last leg of the trip takes them to Bodhgaya, the birthplace of Buddhism, and then it's off for a dip in the Ganges River at Varanasi, before heading to Agra and the iconic Taj Mahal, the world's most famous mausoleum. Finally after 54 days on the road, the Pyle brothers arrive back at the India Gate in Delhi to end their epic tough ride around India.