The stats and facts of an Australian cycle tour thus far...
November 12th 2006 02:27
Here's some weird and not so wonderful stats for our journey thus far...
Commenced: Fremantle, Western Australia
Currently: Townsville, Queensland
Number of cyclists: 2
Australian states visited: 5
Distance thus far: 9,300 kilometres
Muesli bars consumed: 600
Litres of milk drunk: 250 litres (or 1/4 of a cubic metre)
Number of koalas seen in the wild: 3
Costs: We're in denial
Times lost: 2 (pretty hard to get lost when a lot of the time there's only one road!)
Bikes: Two green Long Haul Truckers named Kermit and Big Sur. Kermit was built by Sats at Quantum Cycles in Perth and Big Sur was mainly homemade with help from Quantum, 64 Farmer Street, North Perth, 08 9443 3407. We love our bikes and are very happy with their overall performance TOUCH WOOD!
Scenery which epitomises the daily grind of Australian cycle touring:dry yellow grass and bull dust with staring cows or sheep
Casualties of vigorous pedalling:
Guido
2 pairs of trousers - Jag - worn through
2 split tyres - Maxxis Overdrive - (one after 5000kms and one after 2000kms)
5 punctures (mostly from the tiny wire threads that are found in split roadtrain tyres but also one from thorns and one from a nail gun nail)
Claire
7 pairs of trousers - Target/BigW/Myers - worn through
2 pairs of knicks (one pair split along the inner thigh and the other unravelled along the chamois (Netti) both after about 9000kms)
1 worn tyre - Maxxis Overdrive - (replaced at 5000kms)
1 pair of pedals - el cheapo brand that was not recommended by the bicycle builder - (replaced at 5000kms because I was sick of the clunking noise)
1 spoke - Sapim - (at 7000kms)
1 sheepskin saddle - Eagle Wool - worn down to the stitching but still going (like me)
Commenced: Fremantle, Western Australia
Currently: Townsville, Queensland
Number of cyclists: 2
Australian states visited: 5
Distance thus far: 9,300 kilometres
Muesli bars consumed: 600
Litres of milk drunk: 250 litres (or 1/4 of a cubic metre)
Number of koalas seen in the wild: 3
Times lost: 2 (pretty hard to get lost when a lot of the time there's only one road!)
Bikes: Two green Long Haul Truckers named Kermit and Big Sur. Kermit was built by Sats at Quantum Cycles in Perth and Big Sur was mainly homemade with help from Quantum, 64 Farmer Street, North Perth, 08 9443 3407. We love our bikes and are very happy with their overall performance TOUCH WOOD!
Scenery which epitomises the daily grind of Australian cycle touring:dry yellow grass and bull dust with staring cows or sheep
Wow, a choice of roads in South Australia
Casualties of vigorous pedalling:
Guido
2 pairs of trousers - Jag - worn through
2 split tyres - Maxxis Overdrive - (one after 5000kms and one after 2000kms)
5 punctures (mostly from the tiny wire threads that are found in split roadtrain tyres but also one from thorns and one from a nail gun nail)
Claire
7 pairs of trousers - Target/BigW/Myers - worn through
2 pairs of knicks (one pair split along the inner thigh and the other unravelled along the chamois (Netti) both after about 9000kms)
1 worn tyre - Maxxis Overdrive - (replaced at 5000kms)
1 pair of pedals - el cheapo brand that was not recommended by the bicycle builder - (replaced at 5000kms because I was sick of the clunking noise)
1 spoke - Sapim - (at 7000kms)
1 sheepskin saddle - Eagle Wool - worn down to the stitching but still going (like me)
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