just cant get this outta me head a few years back, some clowns set a record for postie bikes from byron bay to steep point wa in 12 and a half days, but, they made a few navigational errors and also were drugged by a stranger with hallucinagenic lsd laced scones I reckon it could be done in 10 days anyone else wanna have a go? every man for himself i can organise cheap freight from geraldton to dalby next year
Hi Philth I might keep an eye on this thread. Sounds like something I might have a go at....good idea.
a mate in truck comes over here and back once a month from geraldton probably 3/400 bucks to freight over and you can ride home ditto for east coasters
5042 k's, give or take 500 k's/day easy in a car or a big bike but a postie? summer too hot, winter days are short. unless you like night riding eh Phil?
the route is tar from byron to bourke, then up to the corner, down to lyndhurst, up to will crk, out to coober pedy, tar to the rock, on to warburton, gunbarrel... maybe skip the gunbarrel this time as there would be heaps of carnage on it, leonora, north to meeka , mnt gould and out to the coast via byro station , overlander rdhouse and steep point dead farkin easy!
Skip the Gunbarrell because there would be carnage... Hang on, last time I looked this was ADVENTUREbikerider.com, not Grandma Clampetts crochet for beginners........ Sounds like the EXACT reason to tackle the Gunbarrel. I'm keen. The biggest barrier will be the mindset, not the terrain.
and how to recover bikes and bodies if you cant take trailers in there we've done it before but we were lucky i guess if bikes failed, they'd just have to be left out there we were going to do the red centre and may still do it but nuthins set if we did this, itd bejuly augustish the days would be a bit short but you'd be riding with the sun and the earths rotation, thereby making your days longer daylight saving, postie style
Ummm...you'd be riding opposite to the earth's rotation I think. The net outcome could be that the massed traction of all those posties headed west would make the earth rotate faster, thereby making the days even shorter. Careful consideration is called for...
