So I have a fairly loose idea of the WHAT but making it a reality is going to be hard!
There are a lot of questions that I need to answer:
- How long will it take?
- What else do I need to consider?
- Do I have the right equipment?
- Do I have the right bike?
- How do I share my journey?
Ok time to get serious – lets make an itinery and some lists.
Trying to answer my kickoff questions…
Getting started.
More GeoPins and a better way to track all of this data!
Google sheets allowed me to quickly refine things like segment lengths, ride times and keep research links such as where I might be staying, camp sites, sights, weather patterns, to do lists and equipment needs.
How long will it take?
I collated rough daily distances and had a first idea that this was going to be over 17,000km and would take approximately 6 months.
Will I be able to get enough time off?
I recently qualified for Long Service Leave, knowing I had accrued Flexible Days Off and knowing taking it all at half pay I did a forward planning seeing I could have enough leave for 6 months! But it would be tight!
Knowing the distance and rough route I could work out how long it would take. And within reason I may be able to get agreement with work.
What else do I need to consider?
- Family and loved ones.
- First Aid.
- Water management.
- Safety beacon.
- Foods, nutrition and cooking.
- My house.
- Organisation.
All esentially forming new elements of my Google docs planning sheet.
When I have posts on each of these topics I will update this post with links.
Do I have the right equipment?
Not sure! But with some clear logic it’s easy to work out. I need equipment that will allow me to coninously allow me be bike touring.
My gear breakdown will need to be considered. And I will need to practice the art.
Embedded into the initial route planning I knew on average it was 2 days camping, 1 day at a carivan park and rest days here and there.
Do I have the right bike?
Well this needs to be physically exercised… I need to get out the road trying out everthing. Practicing all of the things that I expect to do on the road…
What exactly do I expect to do on the road? What are my goals for the trip? Why am I doing it?
Things I need from the bike:
- Camping.
- Touring.
- Bike repairs and maintainence.
- Water management.
- Built to be nukeproof.
- Safe.
- Secure.
- Flexible.
How do I share my journey?
Action Cam.
Blog/vlog?
How do you even blog or vlog?
Should I have a website? Evidently I have answered this… This is where I wall share my journey…. And what’s involved?
What about meeting people on the road?
Recap… An early refinement told me that I could have enough time but it gave me a lot of unanswered questions
Creating blog post is a new challenge for me. But with so much to share I think I’ll get better and better at it.
That Cycle Feeling 