This Munda Biddi trip was shared with my girlfriend Annie, another friend Ang who is experienced at lightweight hiking but hasn’t done bike packing previously, and Greg who has done overnight bike trips but staying in motels, this was his first proper bike camping trip. Day 1 – 30 March 2018 (Good Friday) We left […]
I had spent hours analysing specifications for handlebar bags and mounts, and come to the conclusion that most of them would be too big to fit on my bike. I’m one of those not-very-tall people with a small bike frame. With less than 9cm (7.5 inches) of space between my handlebars and the top of […]
Today I mounted up my brand new King Cage Manything Cages with SKS Adaptors onto my front forks for their first test ride. I was using them on my Specialized Crux cyclocross bike, which has carbon forks with no lugs for cages on the forks. I have heard of people using the SKS adaptors on […]
What’s It All About? Once upon a time there was a road race from Beverley to Perth. It started way back in 1897 and ran until 1999, and was considered one of the toughest races in Australia. Back in the day, the roads were gravel and the bikes were steel. Nowadays, the Beverley Heroic weekend […]
Here are some things that I learnt during my latest bike camping trip on the Munda Biddi – shared so that others can benefit plus so that I can remember for next time! Food Dehydrated eggs are a lot of hassle to make and are not very nice to eat! Don’t go there. Make smaller […]
I’ve been talking to a few people who are doing the Falls Creek 3 Peaks Challenge next year, plus I’ve been looking at the 7 Peaks Ride that encompasses many of the same climbs plus more! So I decided it would be opportune to relive my ride report from when I completed 3 Peaks in […]
After hearing stories of gravel rides to and from Toodyay, I decided I had to suss out this route for myself. I wanted to do about four hours, so it would be only a taste of the trail to plan for an overnight ride another time. I set off from Darlington at 7:30am. I’d planned […]
