"I want to get started as soon as possible so I have all that time at the end if something goes wrong, or we break down," he said.
Tim is well aware of the challenges India's roads will present, from potholes to questionable driving practices. Luckily Tim is no stranger to setbacks, having previously cycled the width of Australia.
"We had so many problems. We hit kangaroos and they chased us. We got struck by lightning and poisoned by water, so I imagine we're going to have as many problems [on this trip]."
The lightning was a lucky miss, hitting a power pole 13 feet away.
"We felt the heat on our face and it lit up in the middle of this rainstorm, it was amazing."
The group even lost their campervan in a fire.
"Our German driver lost control and the gas canister blew up. We managed to get our bikes out, which was lucky," he said.
Tim said one of the biggest fears he has for the trip is food poisoning, but he has a plan - take along a lot of lollies, dried meat and milk powder. His lolly of choice: Werther's Original - "the chewy ones".
"I'm a bit naive really. It's kind of like we did Aussie and whatever happened we just sort of made it up as we went along. I'm hoping we will be able to improvise when we need to."
In India the support car will be a professional guide who will drive ahead to prepare meals and accommodation.
It was a necessity to cool Tim's mother's nerves, whose biggest fear he said was organ harvesters.
"When I booked the ticket I promised to get a support car, so she's more on board now, and dad, he is a nay-sayer until we do it and then he's proud when we finish it."
Tim is being supported by Athletes House coach Watene Hema and Waikato University, which is providing fitness training from a New Zealand cycling team coach.
It may be needed, as Tim admits he may not be at a level he should be, but there's something about the Kiwi she'll-be-right attitude and determination that hints he may just pull it off.
"I'd be really mad if I didn't get it," said Tim.
"I can sit on a bike all day. I just need to get my legs and be flexible enough that it's not going to cause problems."
It's a mammoth undertaking for a young man whose cycling career started as a method of getting to rowing practice, and who one day suggested to a friend "what if we keep going?"
"We thought about a New Zealand trip so we did New Zealand, and then we just kind of kept going."
The trip must be a solo one, with any drafting, or use of another rider's slip streams leading to disqualification.
To verify the record Tim must have a GPS on him at all times, and record 10 minutes of video everyday.
"Every time I go through somewhere I have to get a photo of myself, a time and date and a monument or something," he said.
The bike he is riding is a far cry from the top-of-the-range carbon-framed bike you would expect; it's the same one he bought from TradeMe for $600 three years ago in order to attend rowing and which has already been around Australia.