tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60781383749381163762024-03-14T10:24:12.870-07:00Tasmanian Trail MTB Ride 2014A day by day record of riding the Tasmanian Trail, 480km on mountain bikes from Devonport to Dover in TasmaniaStreddahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733569474599405970noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078138374938116376.post-71468580399228456672014-12-07T23:02:00.001-08:002014-12-07T23:02:48.485-08:00The trail gang and Dover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well if you had asked me a bit over a year ago to ride across Tasmania I would have said you were crazy. This adventure will be one that I will always remember and in a good way. I have met some great people in our ride group and have really enjoyed their company, it was all well run and easy going considering it was not a commercial tour, just a group of people that enjoy riding and experiencing what Tasmania has to offer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> The group comprised of our support team of Barry and Cheryl who were always there at the end of the ride with food and drinks and supplies that they picked up on their way for us. They have to navigate the back roads of Tasmania to find the meeting points and sit and wait (sometimes quite a while) until we arrived tired and weary, it was much appreciated. Our ride group comprised of our only female rider in Jo Oliver who would often be up front on the technical climbs and was impressed when listening to her story's of huge alpine and mountain conquering road rides. Then there was Leo Kaimatsoglu, Cheryl's husband. To see this man ride the way he did considering only 18 odd months earlier he had a biking accident that broke the top off his femur really amazes me. Then there is Ross McPherson (Barry's son) our mechanic, sprinter and time trial king. Our hill climber Michael Richmon leaving us all behing on the big climbs. Steve Watson one of our guests from the nations capital but we didn't hold that against him and some respect needed for riding a fully rigid bike over some of the tracks was well earned. Des Brown the other <span dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Canberran</span></span> that snuck across Bass Strait with Steve, would amaze me time after time. A solid sprint would take place on the sealed road and after a few km Des would still be there, a big climb would present itself and Des would be right behind you if not passing and after heading down the nastiest, rocky, rutted and muddy hill descent and reaching the bottom you turn around Des would be there. I will be in good stead if I reach his age and still have that level of fitness. Nigel Hume our official 2IC and resident fireman, always there to take the blame for any dodgy track selection and great for a chat on the run and over a drink afterwards. And the man that made it all happen Dale Carney, the bloke that isn't even all that interested in mountain biking dragged his old Giant that had been left untouched since the last attempt at the trail ten years previous. Without Dale this adventure would not have come together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">434km ridden and over 9,300 meters of elevation climbed in six days it was a great experience an wouldn't have thought I could have achieved seeing that that my longest ride before that was 50km</span>.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; text-align: left;">Leo's big travel Titus El-Guapo (with special two piece handle bars) 26er</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Jo's racey Scott Expert 29er</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Steve's Kona </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; text-align: left;">(never go full rigid???) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">Kahuna </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; text-align: left;">29er</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia; text-align: left;">and my trusty steed the 2012 Giant Anthem X0 29er</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Hastings Caves and thermal pool centre </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Day six was promised to be the big one, the long push from New Norfolk to Dover, the big climb up Jefferies Track, the descent into Judbury for lunch adding to around 40km before heading off again with more big climbs an timber plantations before descending into to Dover totalling close to 90km for the day, but that was not to be....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> After packing our gear we all met up at the New Norfolk caravan park, at the usual 8am start, Dale gave the briefing on what lay ahead. Steve on the big Kona 29er had headed off a few hours before us so we would be following his tracks. We all saddled up and headed out of town, we would not see Cheryl and Barry again until we reached Judbury at lunch time for well needed food. Dale lead us out of town via Lachlan Road on through the small town of Lachlan and then turned onto Hydehurst Road a short way and onto Jefferies Track and the real climbing began. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Packing ready to leave New Norfolk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Riding through <span style="text-align: start;">Lachlan</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> The Jefferies track starts out as a decent grade climb on smooth gravel up and out of the last signs of civilization. As the track progressed the small detours on the side of the track where four wheel drives intentionally bog themselves became the whole track with huge holes deep enough to swallow a bus. On no circumstances would you ride through any puddle on this part of the track as you could quite likely be swimming. The track came to a sharp climb so steep at one point to where no one in the group could climb the slippery and rocky track so pushing was the only option. Fortunately it was only a short pinch and we were back to dodging our way around the bog holes before turning onto White Timber Trail where the track improved and the whole area around us was timber plantation. The track went on and on with big long descents and a few climbs but we were getting lower and lower but the track kept turning North West, not the direction of Judbury. We hadn't seen Steve's tire tracks for a while no red and yellow Tasmania Trail triangles which was a bit concerning. We reached a four way intersection at a bridge over a creek and though about what to do. There was no phone reception and it was two hours past the time we were supposed to arrive at Judbury. We were lost!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jefferies Track begins</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the little puddles we encountered</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The steep rocky pinch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Well not really lost we knew where we came from, it just was a long way back with the thought that we once were at 700+ meters and now down around 200 meters, so a soul robbing climb would be needed and even then where did we go wrong? After a short climb up one track to see if the was any phone reception and if we could see any land marks, we were disappointed on both counts, no phone and tree plantation as far as the eye could see in all directions. We had no other choice, we did not know where any of the other tracks went so it was back from where we came....up that long climbing track. We met two guys coming the other way in Fieldwicks vehicles, they had been working breaking rocks in a quarry we had passed hours before. They said that the track we had been following headed back to New Norfolk, so we were riding in a big circle. We continued on and as we got higher Ross managed to get some phone reception and called Barry and Cheryl to let them know we were ok and were on our way back to find the right trail. Des, not long later was able to call Steve who had now gone through Judbury and was on the second leg. He gave us directions to where the turn off was and even with his GPS found it hard to find having gone down one dead end and having to back track. After a slow ride back up checking every side track we found Steve's dead end track an then further back the real trail that would have been on our left when we first came through. It was obscured by two big piles of blue metal and off part of the main track with the large chunky blue metal surface. There were three arrow markers pointing it out but the trail map did not show a sharp left turn and it was on a good descent so a speed, we all had missed it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The two piles of blue metal over the entrance to the trail to the left</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is where we should have gone four hours earlier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">All were relieved that the right trail was found but disappointed knowing that there now was not enough time to complete the last leg from Judbury to Dover as we had blown four hours with the detour. We headed down the trail which has a steep rocky slope down onto a smoother trail which improved the further we descended and was fairly easy to navigate down to civilization and the little town of Judbury with Cheryl and Barry waiting with out now very late lunch, but it still went down a treat. My wife Selina and my two children Dane and Shae were heading down to meet me in Dover that afternoon so I gave them a call a they had only just passed the Judbury turn off so they were able to swing by and pick me up. It was really good to seem them again after a long week away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The bottom of the first steep, rocky trail towards Judbury</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Judbury in sight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The park where we met back up with Barry and Cheryl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> We then followed</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">Gordon River Road through to Bushy Park for some much needed food and drink, then after moving off we crossed the river Derwent again and not long after met the Lyell Highway and straight across onto the gravel Black Hills Road which after our lunch break seemed so slow and dragging as we pedalled down to the base of a very large hill with our days destination on the other side. It was a long slow climb but the weather was in our favour with the overcast conditions keeping us from getting too hot. after a 300 meter climb we reached the top and a reward of a few snake lollies before heading down the huge decent into New Norfolk, first on gravel then onto tarmac I almost reached near 70kph down into town. We then parted ways to our different accommodations to get cleaned up then meet up at the pub later for dinner. This is where Nigel was leaving us due to work and family commitments. Thanks for the company Nigel your not bad on a MTB for a roadie ;) . After dinner I made my way back to the caravan park by the river and my little cabin for the night to rest for the big day tomorrow. We had ridden just over 75km and climbed just more than 1,800 meters, not bad for a rest day!</span><br />
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Today started with our customary 8:00am start (nearly missed it trying to get day 3 blog done) and we left the Great Lake Hotel refreshed for a "rest day" ride to Ouse. We set off down the gravel Marlborough Highway which was fairly flat until the edge of the central plateau then the road descended and we set a cracking pace I reached 60kph on gravel at one stage. The air was cool so I wore my roadie sleeves I bought just before the ride which worked a treat except they were a little big in the bicep area so obviously it was a manufacturing fault and not that I need to work out my upper body a bit more. We followed the highway down into Bronte Park which seemed like only 10 minutes we got there that quick. We grabbed a bite to eat and a drink before setting off down the highway again. <br />
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Heading out down the Marlborough Highway </div>
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The view over the side of the valley</div>
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Entering Bronte</div>
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The Marlborough Highway then meets the Lyell Highway and we were on sealed road again but only for a short while as we slipped off down Victoria Valley Road and back onto gravel. This road threads it's way between several lakes and through a little cluster of shacks called Dee. With a undulating course we had good pace and the road eventually breaks out into farmland and then back into light bush again before we leave the main road and head down a small gravel road sign posted Victoria Falls and past a washed out bridge and across the creek ford next to it and after we climbed back up the other side of the bank we were rewarded with and awesome flowing dirt fire trail that for once I could hold my own out in front. This trail continued and descended into a little more rocky trail before coming to a boom gate around a blind corner at about 10km from the main road. Dale had made us aware of this so it would be wise to check your speed when getting that far in as the gate is pretty solid and there is no going over or around it at speed. Back to reality and we were on the slightly more mundane Lines Tier gravel road, still the was a lot of descent to be had and the pace was hot at times and we made good time to and met up with Victoria Valley Road again. This then took us finally down to Ouse where we stopped and had a feed at the Ouse Road House and then moved on down the street to the Lachlan Hotel where most of us would be spending the night. We had a few drinks in the bar and then an excellent dinner in the restaurant before calling it a night. Didn't seem like a big day but we still managed over 83km (we did average over 22kph) and even though it was a down hill day we still climbed 944 meters but we descended a whopping 1915 meters Tomorrow the plan is to head to New Norfolk but the weather is not looking promising but we will see.</div>
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The start of a very fun trail</div>
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and it was forecast for more today. We set off from Sheffield at 8:00am and but
after the first decent hill it was jackets off. The trail heads down Formby Road off the main street of Sheffield before heading right onto Old Paradise Road
which then joins with Paradise Road through the rolling hills behind Sheffield and farming lands. </span></span></div>
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Poppies in flower with Mount Roland in the background</div>
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main road and followed fire trails along the base of the Gog Range. With the
rain from overnight the gravel was great to ride on as it was grippy and no
dust. Eventually the trail got closer to the range and then descended down to
the Mersey River. Dale was unable to check the river height last night (as he
got a little lost) so we were taking a punt that the level was not too high. As
it was the river was only about thigh deep at most but the current was fairly
strong an you had to make sure you had a good footing before taking your next
step. There was a steep climb out of the river bank an back along the edge of
the range the trail went as the elevation increased before the re-routed trail
pointed us up hill, straight up the range. That hill just kept going and going
with only <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Michael aka the "Mountain Goat" </span>able to ride the whole thing, I rode a fair bit but I must admit
there was a couple of places that pushing was required. After we reached the
top the trail undulated following the ridge line before plunging down a hill
with a bent up old gate right at the base so not over speeding the hill was
wise if you didn’t want to end up attached to the gate and its dozen or so
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Catching our breath after a big climb onto the Gog ridge line</span></div>
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tarmac and along Mole Creek main road we headed towards Red Hills for lunch. We met the support vehicles at the intersection of Montana Road and Leonards Road and Cheryl had come up with the goods and provided us all with
salad rolls and fruit buns to get some energy back into our legs and Barry had the trailer in tow. And that is
where the rain started, as we headed along the gravel Leonards Road the rain
poured down and any chance of staying dry was long gone. We joined Long Ridge Road and briefly Meander Road before turning down Highland Lakes Road where as the rain eased off we reached the Tasmanian Trail silver arrow track. This track avoids some of the main sealed road an gets into some of the real mountain bike trails I was looking forward to. With some technical climbs a wicked descent with water diverting flats sections that I was able to get some decent air over it was great fun if a little water logged from the rain. This is where out plans went a little awry as we headed up a slippery hill that was certainly not rideable but Michael gave it a good crack anyway, we arrived at the junction of another fire trail but no little Tassie Trail arrows in sight. Since no one wanted to head back down that hill we kept on going as we weren't that far away from the main road. A few more stops to try to work out where on earth we were, we decided to head up a hill near a half washed out bridge. This fire trail came out near a farmers paddock with tracks heading in two different directions, with a quick look down one track to find another big hill the decision to was made to head across the farmers paddock as we could see the main road so civilization was in sight. After going through the farmers back yard we met the tarmac again, the oddly (aptly??) named Bogan Road. After we looking at our GPS we should have turned left at the bottom of that great descent and made our way along on Maroneys Road and then down Wandilla Road but we did manage some more off road riding and we got to where we wanted in the end. </span></span></div>
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After traveling along Bogan Road we headed down Cluan Tiers Road which went on for ever and the gravel surface being wet just seemed to suck all energy out of my legs. I was really struggling with lack of food a this time and a gel from Michael managed to get me through. The descent into Liffey was well needed and the little school house on the hill we were staying at the night was a most welcome sight. With over 93km covered and 2300m climbed it was my biggest ride ever, quite chuffed!</div>
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Leo bars after his over the bars stack. Fixed with a stick!</div>
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The Old Liffey School House</div>
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Streddahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733569474599405970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078138374938116376.post-69117456678335636162014-12-02T22:43:00.002-08:002014-12-06T03:21:35.029-08:00Day 3 Liffey to Miena (the big climb)This was the day where we would attack the Caves Track, a 990 meter climb up onto the Central Highlands. None of us were sure what we were in for as last time Dale and Nigel had done the trail the track was closed due to the amount of rain the week before.<br />
Once we headed off at around 8:00am leaving the little school house behind with the Western Tiers covered in cloud. We headed down Liffey Road before saying good bye to Cheryl and Barry in the support vehicles and also Leo as he was not keen of the reports of the whole "carrying" your bike thing up the Caves Track so decided to that the Poatina road climb, we then turning right down Blackwood Creek Road which eventually took a left turn where we went straight on and along Hop Valley Road.<br />
Quite a few farmers corners along the road finishes and you sort of head up someone's drive way and ride past their house and to a gate. This first gate has a Tasmania Trail box on the post which has a book to sign in to keep track of who is on the trail. After another gate you come to a little creek which was at the time able to be crossed without getting your feet wet. From there you head up a rough rock strewn track and through another gate and then the climbing (pushing) begins!<br />
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Heading for the hills</div>
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Where the trail get rough</div>
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The first part of the Caves Track has some quite technical climbing but mostly doable by experienced riders with a bit of fitness behind them. Then the gradient lessens a little and the riding is very enjoyable all be it a bit over grown with nice view over the plains. After the odd steep pinch you reach the "Caves" large sandstone over hangs big enough to park a bus in. From there on up the track turns to steep loose rock that resembles a dry river bed and probably is with heavy rain. Almost all of it here up is not rideable so pushing or carrying is the only option but I did not think it was that bad, only wished that the view was still to be seen as we were now in the clouds. After reaching the top and meeting the Poatina Road we met Cheryl in the mist who directed us further down the road where it was warmer an the mist had lifted and Barry was waiting with the support trailer and most importantly FOOD. We had climbed over 990 meters at this point and only rode about 21km. Unfortunately my Garmin went flat at this point so I could not record the last half of the ride to Miena but this part is pretty straight forward.</div>
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The steep but rideable part</div>
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Little creek crossing, ride it if you dare!</div>
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Some of the trees had been cleared....</div>
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The Caves</div>
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Once again we leave Cheryl and Barry and head down Poatina Road until we turn right and under the boom gate, (there is a second book in here to sign out) then up the hill on Arthurs Flume Road which once at the top of the hill follows the water channel. This road goes to Todd's Corner Road and you can turn right to go to the pump house a few hundred meter down the road or left and back onto Poatina Road. From the Poatina intersection it is only 8km to Miena and about 10km to the Great Lake Hotel where we were staying. Overall 60km ridden and 1600 meters of climbing, 990 meters of it in one hit, still a good day the walking/carrying gave my legs a break (different muscles) and the road ride was fast and furious. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> After getting acquainted and loaded up we headed on out of East Devonport through the suburb of Ambleside and along the aptly named River Road along side the Mersey River to the town of Latrobe. We rode up the main street and turned right down Hamilton street which eventually becomes Shale Road. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> The Tasmanian Trail then heads left up the unsealed Old Deloraine Road which has a boom gate across it a few km in. From there we travelled through Forestry plantations until the trail cuts across the middle of a paddock diagonally from corner to corner. On a bike it would be easier to keep following the trail and lift the bikes over two gates instead of riding across a rough paddock full of cow pats and have to lift the bikes over two fences anyway but I can see this would be the better way with horses and a key to the gates. </span><br />
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The old rail trail finishes just at the town of Sheffield and a short ride up the main street brought us to our first days destination. A bit of time to unpack and a post ride rundown before heading up to the pub for a great meal and a few cold drinks.</div>
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Streddahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733569474599405970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078138374938116376.post-25776312860671214802014-11-28T18:43:00.001-08:002014-11-29T04:13:30.292-08:00About the Tasmanian Trail<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For those not aware the Tasmanian Trail starts at <span data-dobid="hdw">picturesque</span> town of Latrobe, Tasmania (<span style="font-size: x-small;">although most start from Devonport as it's as 10km further north on the coast</span>) and travels across the middle of the state approximately 480 km to Dover in the north. Heres a quote from Tasmanian trail web page....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Tasmanian Trail – a long distance<br /> multi-purpose trail, from Devonport on<br /> the northern coast to Dover in the south.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Trail provides a journey rich in<br /> cultural and natural heritage through a<br /> wide range of environments – some of<br /> the most beautiful and fascinating areas<br /> of Tasmania. Through forests, farm-<br />lands, across highland plateaus and<br /> past buildings and bridges of some of<br /> Australia's oldest towns, offering oppor-<br />tunities for visits to attractions on or<br /> close to the pathway."</span></div>
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The route of the Tasmanian Trail</div>
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Streddahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733569474599405970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078138374938116376.post-45996524016131762682014-11-28T18:26:00.000-08:002014-11-28T18:27:17.889-08:00One day to go One day to go before heading off on the Tasmanian Trail ride. Went on a 14km shake down ride around Devonport in the morning keeping my wife company while she was jogging. Did a couple of hill sprints to get the heart rate up. Much prefer riding to running any day. Then started packing....<br />
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3x sets of brake pads</div>
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1x 10 speed Shimano chain</div>
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Second hand derailleur</div>
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My AyUp lights</div>
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2x shifter cables</div>
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Stans tubeless sealant</div>
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Syringe for injecting <strike>steroids</strike> tire sealant</div>
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2x valve cores</div>
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Both wet and dry chain lube</div>
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Cable ties</div>
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Electrical tape</div>
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Bike multi-tool</div>
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Leatherman multi-tool</div>
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Rear mud guard (in case of wet rides)</div>
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Puncture repair kit</div>
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Tyre levers</div>
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Bike cleaned, lubed and ready to go</div>
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Also packed my riding shorts and jerseys, camera, GoPro, bike rain jacket, enough socks and underwear for the six days and clothes for after the ride, sunscreen (maybe a little hopeful seeing the weather forecast for the next few days, sleeping bag and pillow, clear and tinted safety glasses. Will take my laptop for updates, Garmin 500 to log the ride, bike lock</div>
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