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Just a quick blast to Mildura today, for breakfast at houdacks bakery amongst other things. Today we would get some rest, sort through gear, get rid of everything no longer needed (since we're now on bitumen) and do a bit of bike repair. My bottom bracket has had some movement for several days now so Tracie has sent a new one from home to the Mildura post office for me to pick and get fitted somewhere in town.
Lovely early ride in through the vines and orchards.
Mildura is boot scooten' central with the Country Music Festival in full swing. There was some dude yodelling in the mall, there were thousands of people there to 'enjoy' it. We are tempted to ride back to Wentworth tonight to see the line dancing competition.
We were lucky to walk in to THE BEST bike shop in Mildura, Cycling Mythology, run by Richard Hale. Richard is just not running a bike shop, he is part of the cycling family. He dropped what he was doing to help us out. As it turns out I have lost a self extracting bolt somewhere between here and Timbuctu making it impossible to remove the crank. Thanks Richard for your help, he gave the bike a bit of a tune anyway pro bono. Much appreciated Richard. Cycling Mythology website is at: http://www.cyclingmythology.cc
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Then off to Brians mates place, Evan Newell, to sort through all of our crap. Thanks Evan. We left a heap of gear there that we no longer need eg sand tyres.
Last stop was camp for the night at a park on the Murray River.
We reckon we have 10 more days riding to complete this trip. The conditions look quite favourable for the next week (light winds, temps in the mid-20's) so we may be able to shorten that. Our route will take us through Robinvale, Swan Hill, Echuca, Yarrawonga, Rutherglen (a day off there to drink booze) before we tackle the last three days of climbing to Mt K.
Tomorrow is Robinvale which is about 90 km. If conditions are good, we will try and do a few more.
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| Yodelling not far away |
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| Thanks for your help Evan |
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| Best bike shop in town |
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| Restocking |
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| All the major food groups |
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| Mildura CP |
Well done boys. It was great to run into you on your adventure. I was talking to Brian about this trip when we were riding Port 2 Port last year. I thought the idea sounded very ambitious and a little crazy. Safe travels for the rest of your trip.
ReplyDeleteBen. Best conditions on the Murray Valley highway that I've seen in 7 or 8 attempts. Cool weather and tail winds.
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