Quite often in the IPWR Dotwatcher FB group, as people consider giving Indipac a crack themselves, there are questions about the gear choices of riders. While we were clearly not travelling as lightweight as many Indipac participants do, and packing for two on a tandem is a whole different scenario, here's our contribution to the …
Category: 2022 – Indipac
IPWR 2022 – Postscript
Coogee Beach NSW, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and in that neat bit of symmetry after having lunched at Coogee Beach, WA, on the Indian Ocean two days before we set off. We did consider doing the wheel dip here, but we really couldn't be stuffed unpacking the car, untying the bike, and getting it down …
IP Day 51 – Sylvania to the Opera House
Sunday 15th May, 2022 65.4km +616mMoving 3:23 Elapsed 6:01Max 51 kph Avg 19.3 kph We left the motel at 8.25; Malcolm and Roger met us only a few hundred metres down the road! They had each had a pretty early start from their respective homes to get all this way already! We pulled up at …
IP Day 50 – Moss Vale to Sylvania
Saturday 14th May, 2022 161km +1904mMoving 7:56 Elapsed 12:23Max 60.1 kph Avg 20.3 kph I guess the big day ahead was making me a bit anxious. While I had well and truly given up trying to eat before sunrise, I had been managing to at least drink a cup of coffee (and by then I …
IP Day 49 – Bungendore to Moss Vale
Friday 13th May, 2022 148.3k +1276mMoving 6:37 Elapsed 10:00Max 60.5 kph Avg 22.4 kph We were cautiously optimistic about the day as we set off just as it was getting light - about 6.30. No rain - it was looking pretty clear! 30k to Tarago -and there was now a cafe there that had opened …
IP Day 48 – Canberra to Bungendore
Thursday 12th May, 2022 45.3k +532mMoving 2:24 Elapsed 2:44Max 54.1 kph Avg 18.8 kph We checked out at 7.30 and then rode around the corner to a cafe for some breakfast. We headed off in the rain at 8.10.It wasn't that great riding north out of Canberra on Northbourne Avenue. The supposed 'dedicated bike lane' …
IP Day 47 – Bolaro to Canberra
Wednesday 11th May, 2022 102.5 km +1655mMoving 6:51 Elapsed 10:06Max 57.1 kph Avg 14.9 kph35km unsealed. 10 past 7 departure on a pretty overcast day. We knew it wasn't going to be easy. Quite a bit of climbing. And about 35km of dirt. Last night Marc had sectioned off each climb, as he had done …
IP Day 46 – Three Mile Dam to Bolaro
Tuesday 10th May, 2022 56.3k +720mMoving 2:48, Elapsed 6:13Max 64.4 kph, Avg 20 kph There wasn't really any need to leave early today with the 'short' hop to Adaminaby. Bonus - I could eat some breakfast in the daylight. It might not have hit zero overnight, but it's possible the 'feels like' did. Mic had …
IP Day 45 – Khancoban to Three Mile Dam
Monday 9th May, 2022 79.3k +2457mMoving 6:31, Elapsed 9:24Max 61.5 kph, Avg 12.2 kph Up in the dark, again. We left the motel just after 6 and rolled over to the roadhouse cafe. (Sunrise wasn't until about 10 to 7). I had coffee. Marc would have eaten. I can't remember if I tried. Always a …
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