We're on the road 👍 After a hectic lead up in the past couple of weeks, we managed to get away - for the drive to Sydney - before 11. Not riding two tandems. 😛 We've sold the red Cannondale to Liz and Dave, who drove up from Wollongong to collect it, along with the …
Author: Tracey
Sydney to Melbourne – October ’18
We're off again. We decided to stay in Australia this year, and somehow or other we finally settled on riding Sydney to Melbourne. Because, why not?! After much deliberation and research, this is the (roughly plotted) route we decided on. Estimated distance - approximately 1300km. Time frame - 17 riding days, 3 rest days. Booked …
Glenreagh Ulong loop – a big day out.
Here are a few photos from our Monday, October long weekend training ride. 76km, 1200m climbing. It was all about the climbing - no pain, no gain, right? And it will set us in good stead for doing the same with loaded panniers, yep?
So – Eugene to San Francisco. It’s a wrap.
After so many months of planning, it's kind of weird to think it's all over - and I've been schlepping around the house in a bit of a down mood in the week since we got home. For much of the year there were all the pre-trip logistics to deal with, not the least of …
Winding up and heading home.
We are back home, and it's been more than a week since our last day riding into San Francisco. I had thought it might take me some time to want to get on a bike again, but already I am keen for tomorrow (Saturday) so we can reassemble the bike, and take it out for …
Packing up
First time breaking down the tandem to fit in the cases was always going to be time-consuming. Well, first, we rode it one more time on Thursday morning - to Home Depot to buy some tools and scissors. To the laundromat to wash the stinky bike clothes. (One last chat with a random person who …
Day 17 – Fairfax to San Francisco (south) and DONE.
53k. 513m gained. We did it. 🙂 Urban cycling via established bike routes from Fairfax through San Anselmo, over some hill, then down through Sausalito. Initially, it was a lot of "Follow that rider!" - cycling is pretty popular there. By the time we got to Sausalito we were mixing it with the bike hire …
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Stopover in Fairfax
Because why not! So the Inn was quite nice (despite the owner's freakout about the bike on the carpet) and the village vibe seemed nice, so we decided to linger a day, and do the final ride into San Francisco tomorrow. Turns out Fairfax is kinda the spiritual home of mountain biking, and there's all …
Day 16 – Bodega Bay to Fairfax
84k plus either 900 or 1100 metres up depending on whether you believe Marc's or my Strava! Foggy departure from Bodega Bay after an unappealing attempt at breakfast from a little coffee place next-door to the Inn we stayed at. (Blueberry scone too sweet for me). Fortified with a banana and hard-boiled egg from …
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