by Sharyn Nilsen | Sep 11, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
Well there wasn’t much sleep going around the night before our first day on the road. I definitely didn’t think either of us had done enough prep. I had exactly 178km on my new bike and Tim 113!!! Still our very experienced cycling friends kept telling us to chill....
by timshazz | Sep 3, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
As much as we hope it doesn’t happen, things WILL need fixing on the bikes. Whereas in the past I just toddled down to the bike shop, flashed some cash and all would be hunky dory a few hours later (at the most), that’s just not going to happen while on a...
by timshazz | Sep 3, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia, Gear specifications, Travel Tips and Advice
Well it’s probably of interest to some of you what we’re riding and what changes we made to the manufacturer’s specs. We did hours of research on what we needed and then consulted some experienced cyclists we met on the road and trust implicitly. I...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Aug 31, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia
It has taken more than a month to get the bikes and the rest of the necessary gear together and with a week to go it’s still not all here. We started on the bike specs while back in Kenya in the 2nd week of June. Elite Racing Cycles in Perth were able to...
