Brunswick Heads teacher Josh Scott Jouir is celebrating after riding the equivalent of the world's circumference on his recumbent bicycle.

Mr Scott Jouir was given the 'laid back' bike for his 40th birthday nine years ago and began commuting to work in Mullumbimby each day.

He recently calculated that he had clocked up more than 40,000km cycling.

"I've added up my daily commute to be the entire distance around the world which is quite exciting," he said.

"Dear old Napoleon decided when he was the ruler of the world there would be 10,000 kilometres from the equator to the North Pole, so it's 40,000 around the world and I calculated that if I do 25km every day then in a year I do about 4000 or 5000km.

"So it took me nine years to get all the way around."

Mr Scott Jouir sold his family's second car not long after getting his bike and is now urging others to consider following his lead.

"I'm definitely healthier, definitely a bit better off financially and not having another car on the road saves the carbon dioxide and the pollution that cars bring," he said.

"When I get up in the morning and it's a bit drizzly and I think 'ooh, how do I get to work?' there's no choice."