Wow, the big ride's only a week away now. We're all in the final stages of our preparation with some of the lads heading out on a couple of shorter training rides this weekend.
Alan and Julie have been doing a stupendous job of shopping and packing the troopie with all the gear we're going to be needing for the next month: food, eskies, camping gear, vino, etc.
Dom's got us all organised with the spares for our noble steeds: tubes, tyres, spokes, chains, rear hangers.
Andrew's been pulling all the dough together - and now he's paying it out.
Ric's bought up a couple of local chemist shops to keep us in anti-inflamatories, ice-packs and linaments.
And of course, Pete has been just brilliant in keeping this collectivist caravan careening toward commencement!
Our most exciting piece of news was the announcement just Thursday that the Birdsville Track is now open again after all the Queensland floodwaters had flowed southward. The disappointing news is that the "Tin Lizzie" won't be joining us - on this challenge at least. It's a real disappointment for Alan, but probably a blessing in disguise if the trip is as punishing on bikes/cars & bodies as we have been led to believe.
We'll be doing our best to update this blog once the trip kicks off in a week. Hopefully there will be plenty of photos and perhaps a video clip or three.
You're mad men.
ReplyDeleteI'm cheering you on from Canada.