Last weekend was our last ride together before we take off for the US of A. We'd planned a while ago to meet up with friends for lunch in Temora and now it was pony up time. We agreed to leave by 7am and I can only say that I started the day tired. Getting…
Big Things Leg 3
So with Leg 2 scoring done, and some good lessons learnt, we said farewell to Ox and Simon and got back on the road. Technically we had 14 hours to finish our ride (10am to midnight) but with the aim to be back in Sydney by 4 that cut riding time down to 6 hours.…
Big Things: Leg 2
[WARNING: v long blog post ahead] Ox handed out some additional bonus info at checkpoint 1. For leg 2, and only leg 2, some additional bonuses would be available. These were the 'planets' on the various 'Solar System Drives' in central western NSW: https://www.solarsystemdrive.com/images/brochure.pdf Roughly speaking, the drives centre around the Siding Springs Observatory (the…
NSW Big Things Rally
This past weekend we were very spoilt with Ox organising a practice rally for us. As usual we had a busy work week leading into it, but for a change it was a good thing as it meant we were operating under a bit of pressure before we started and had an opportunity to really…
What’s next?
So now I've actually committed to the IBR, what's next? Well, Kiwi and I spent some time post-Mansfield doing some planning and prep together. Firstly, our objectives for the IBR (in order): Come home safely Enjoy ourselves Finish Improve on Kiwi's finisher standing from 2017 Go to places that are interesting NO GRAVEL ROADS. EVER.…
Lessons learnt from Mansfield
Once again it's been a little longer than I'd planned between posts - but not as long as last time at least! I hope you like the new layout for the blog - I decided to get a bit more serious about things, including getting rid of the ads (someone I know kept getting redirected…
Mansfield Muster 2019
So apologies for the radio silence over the past month or so... an early Federal Budget meant I was a little distracted with work duties and have only just come up for air - and just in time for the annual Muster! The week started with work travel to Melbourne and Canberra meaning that as…
Phillip Island 2019
I think this year marks my fifth trip to the annual World Super Bikes at Phillip Island and this year I rode down from Canberra on the VFR 800 Crossrunner again after a return to the pillion seat in prep for Butt Lite last year. We headed out of Sydney on Thursday morning leaving a…
Bermagui Far Ride
So this weekend we stepped it up a bit in terms of prep for the IBR with a 1000km day ride to Bermagui and home again... The Far Rides are always a great get-together for the LDR community in Australia and a bit more achievable for those of us who don't always get a kick…
Baby steps
It's February already (only 17 weeks until we leave for the US!) and my IBR prep is happening, but slowly. Mainly my prep this month has been in the form of working on my fitness. Turns out if I want to eliminate my lower back pain I need to work on getting 'buns of steel'!…
