Umm..I want to join the nut brigade

[crazycanuck]

I'm knackered..We drove approx 400km today to check the route out. Oh how I love my dear (It's 160km round trip from my house to the start of the ride) I've attached a few photos for you whilst you're eating brekkie.

It's undulating but nothing as bad as some of the hills on the 100km off road ride we did. I think my main concerns would be the following: 1-The elements-there's very little shade as with many many roads in WA. If it's windy i;ll be ingesting dust for lunch. If there's a burnoff or bus 2-Farm machinery/wide loads-you can see by the photos there's very little space! I'll be paying attention! 3-The idea of being self reliant. Apart from the checkpoint stops there's nothing except farms in between.

I have a spare weekend in may where I might just go out and do some of it for training.

Enjoy the pics as i''m def not taking my camera on the day of the ride! The first is a little bobtail(?) lizard that was sunning itself on the road..they're just too cute to pass by. The rest are just roads along the ride route.

C

[jobob]

One thing I've noticed when I drive a route - it always seems longer when I drive it than when I actually ride it.

I don't know why that is, I guess when I'm on a bike I'm not as aware of the distance. Does that make sense?

[jobob]

Looks like a neat route! Make sure you have lots of water with you.

Perhaps , since it's so remote, the brevet organizers might have a roving SAG with water, but don't assume it. It might be good to email the organizer and ask if there will be any sort of support provided. (Or it might actually say on the brevet info, I didn't look - still, would be good to double check w the origanizer).