Monday 28th March, 2022 182km, +164m 9:00 moving, 11:52 elapsedavg 20.2 kph, max 35.6 kph Strava description: Hours of agony. Cold headwind all day. Don't remember getting to coast at any time. (RIP Marc's Lezyne - the Garmin better behave!) We managed to leave at 5.09am (about 20 minutes before first light.) Marc went to …
Author: Tracey
Rest day Balladonia Roadhouse
Sunday 27th March 2022 There's not a lot to do on a rest day in a Roadhouse on the Nullarbor, but it was sweet relief not to have to get on the bike. Balladonia Roadhouse, at least, boasted TWO 'attractions'! One is the Skylab crash (replica) display - from when Skylab came crashing to earth …
IP Day 8 – Norseman to Balladonia
Saturday 26th March, 2022 190km, +762m,8:09 moving, 10:56 elapsed.avg 23.3 kph, max 50 kph We set off riding at 6.10am, after buying food in the roadhouse before we left, and (for me at least) trying to eat something that might count as breakfast. We might have started our 'Nullarbor' section, but we were still in …
IP Day 7 – Widgiemooltha to Norseman
Friday 25th March, 2022 89.4km, +399mmoving 3:41, elapsed 5:05*avg 24.3, max 50.2 * adjusted elapsed time, didn't end ride till about 45mins after stopping Well, that was... a night. The compound for the roadworks was right next to the roadhouse, and it seemed like they were working through the night, with vehicles coming and going …
IP Day 6 – Coolgardie to Widgiemooltha
Thursday 24th March 75.9km, +270m3:35 moving, 4:31 elapsed.avg 21.2, max 45.2 After the huge day yesterday, and with not quite 80k to Widgiemooltha, there was no point leaving early. So much for our sketched-out plans made pre-ride which assumed we'd have 'trained up' enough by then to be able to do Coolgardie to Norseman - …
IP Day 5 – Southern Cross to Coolgardie
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 188.9km, +731m9:43 moving, 14:46 elapsed. avg 19.4, max 36.5Entering the traditional lands of the Wongatha (Wongi) people. Marc's TwoUp post: 1.00am start, headwinds all night and day. 9 deg and windy made it quite cold just after dawn. Hard work but got there.Tracey's Strava post: 'Shattered' M: The alarm went off …
IP Day 4 – Carrabin to Southern Cross
Tuesday 22nd March 2022 67.8km, +292m, 3:35 moving, avg 18.9 km/h, max 33.9Riding through onto the traditional lands of the Gubrun/Kubrun/Kaprun) people. (Kaalamaya was the language of the Kaprun people, who were driven away from their lands.) Link to rwgps - but my time stamp went haywire this day. We definitely didn't start the evening …
IP Day 3 – Bruce Rock to Carrabin
Monday 21st March 2022 94km +450m 4:25 moving, 7:23 elapsed.avg 21.3 kph, max 49.9 kph From yesterday afternoon through today we were travelling through the traditional lands of the Njaki Njaki Nyoongar people - Shackleton, Bruce Rock, Merredin, and Carrabin (and tomorrow, Moorine Rock.) So, a more civilised time of departure today - at about 7.30am …
IP Day 2 – York to Bruce Rock
Sunday 20th March 147.8km, +839mMoving 7:45 elapsed 10:49 Avg 19 km/h Max 47 km/h6:09am departure. (not sure what we did for breakfast) Strava comment: Last time I believe the +m in a RWGPS route 🥴... Only did about double what the route reckoned. (Not great psychologically when you've made a note in your head that …
Tandem Tours 