Indian Pacific Wheel Race

[frank9755]

What are the significant differences between the pan European race?
I presume that Eurorpe offers many more route choices amd many more stopping places for food water and rest.

Yeah, that's the main couple of things.
This is longer and flatter, through much emptier country and there is a mandatory route. In the TCR you have to plan your own.
There's a lot more that is common to both, though.

 

[frank9755]

Also the wild life is different. Europe has dogs, this has loads of poisonous things

 

[des.o]

Cheers Des,
It looks like a fixed-friendly route...!

Not sure that the Nullarbor section is even human friendly Frank. Think you are building a good following on lfgss - no pressure! Have fun, or something like that...

 

[Crackle]

One tracker on so far. What is it, 3am there, with a 6.30am start.

 

[mmmmartin]

just a reminder: https://indianpacificwheelrace.maprogress.com/#
to see how Frank is getting on. He seems to my untrained eye to be doing OK. Maybe halfway down the field?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Just had a look at the elevation of the route, blimey there are some tough looking climbs near the end. Good luck to everyone doing it.

 

[Rustybucket]

im going to follow Frank & Mike Hall - am enjoying watching the dots!

 

[steveindenmark]

Franks doing well and Mike Hall is in second position.

I will be watching this for a couple of weeks but it is not as entertaining as the TCR. I like the format where everyone goes off in their own direction, I have been looking at the Australian route on Streetview. Apart from the endurance part of the race, it looks mind numbingly boring to ride.

Maybe the riders will have another insight into it.

There is only 1 rider scratched from the field up to now.

 

[User482]

Frank has completed 1000km!

 

[ianrauk]

Frank has completed 1000km!

So right in the desert plains by now.

 

[r04DiE]

This is brilliant, I'm going to be keeping tabs on @frank9755. Does anybody know if he cycles out into Epping Forest regularly because there's a bloke that passes me in the mornings who looks a lot like him!?

 

[ianrauk]

This is brilliant, I'm going to be keeping tabs on @frank9755. Does anybody know if he cycles out into Epping Forest regularly because there's a bloke that passes me in the mornings who looks a lot like him!?

He's the other side of London.

 

[r04DiE]

He's the other side of London.

Yeah, but that wouldn't stop him going to Epping Forest. I used to commute longer than that.

 

[ianrauk]

Yeah, but that wouldn't stop him going to Epping Forest. I used to commute longer than that.

It's not Frank

 

[r04DiE]

It's not Frank

That would have done in the first place - thanks.