Before it turns cold…
Bemm River is somewhere I’ve been wanting to check out so this was a great opportunity. So a plan was put together incorporating longer and shorter routes so riders had a choice of how to get to our destination.
Book recommendation – Hit the Road
This book recommendation came up on my reader feed from Gypsy’s Moto Travels and it intrigued me so I downloaded and read it.
What to take when Riding Overseas
While our trip to the US is still months away I have starting to turn my mind to what we need for the ride component of our trip when we hire a bike for a couple of weeks.
Preparation – Ride Fit
When I talk to riders about a big ride I often get very different responses. For some a big ride is 300kms and others that’s just what you do before breakfast. So how do you prepare yourself for bigger days on the bike or a big multi-day tour?
Getting back to the bush
With Deb away for a Stampin’ Up conference in Melbourne I was at a loose end. So on Saturday after a quick run around the house getting all (most) of those weekend jobs done (mostly), I threw my camping gear and some basic supplies on the bike for an overnight camping trip … somewhere.
There is a Plan.
While in Coober Pedy we sat and discussed many options of where we could go but nothing really grabbed us. The coming weekend is our annual memorial run to remember long distance riders who have died. So as part of the weekend we like to do a minimum 1600km ride (in the day). Therefore we…
Enjoying the Mountains
Sitting alone at the service station at 6:15am made me wonder whether I had misunderstood our plan. Apparently we had agreed to meet at 7. Opps. So I gave the bike a quick once over and noticed that the rear tyre was down on pressure. Not 1 or 2psi but 10. That’s strange as I…
Just getting out of town
Deb has heard me complaining about my old self inflating mattress I take on the bike with me and given that I have had a few misadventures on the bike I need something comfortable to sleep on when I away on the bike. So she went way over the top and suprised me with a Helinox camp…
Just takin’ it easy
For those who have followed my blog may have picked up the theme that I like riding my bike and I like riding a long way. Well that is very true. However, I also really love sharing my rides with Deb. These rides aren’t measured in 1,000’s of kilometers but in the number of coffee shops,…
Memorial Ride 2016
Each year long distance riders from around Australia congregate at Wilmington in South Australia to remember riders (friends) who we have lost. This year was especially poignant for me, with the loss of Pat, the life of the party, the clown, our friend. The Plan I have always wanted to do the run between Ivanhoe…
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