Started with a 5k uphill, then at the top, a puncture. Replaced the tube, but HELP! couldn't inflate it because my pump had disappeared from the bike. After 15mins (~30 vehicles) standing by the road brandishing the limp old tube, a van driver stopped and gave me and the bike a lift to the next servo, whose airpump I could use. Resumed pedalling.
This route S crosses frequent river valleys running from the Dividing Range E to the Tasman Sea so is steeply up and down, nothing flat, therefore SLOW. The rewards: beautiful views and varied greenery. The penalty: revise expectations of progress.
Met a S African who's cycled Cape Town-Cairo-Iran-Pakistan-India-SE Asia-Darwin-Melbourne and is on his way via Sydney airport to Santiago-Tierro del Fuego then up through S America. Been on the road for 3 years. Google ernestonbike.blogspot.com
I hope he didnt put ideas in your head!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.odysseyxxi.com/ - this guy is mid way through travelling the world by foot - including the bering strait!