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http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17611911546

Hey all,
Any you thought we were so hard for doing the Dun Run fixed...

The link above is for the facebook page that is for Fixing Austraila: For those of you who did the dunwich with me, imagine how hard doing this is for Ross...


2008- The Journey Continues:
Fixin Australia one man's unsupported ride through the middle of the continent. As if 5000 kms and inhospitable climate were not challenge enough, Ross has raised the bar. Fixin Australia will see him complete the journey in 60 to 90 days, with only the bare essentials. One bag. Brakeless. Fixed.

About Ross:
Ross Sherlock is Irish, currently living in the UK. A software engineer by qualification but a gadabout at heart, with a photographer’s eye and legs for the road. Inspired by Irish hard men like Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche, from an early age he developed a passion for cycling. Finding competition racing unfulfilling; he started contemplating a much larger challenge: Australia.

In 2006 Ross quit his job and got on a plane.
The journey took 137 days, covered 17876 km and was completely unsupported. True to his nature, he faithfully chronicled it all on his website.
Email:PM me.
Website:[COLOR=#3b5998]http://fixing.letourdeoz.com/[/COLOR]



July 24 (part 2)
Ross has landed.. in Alice Springs:
"So tired, this is unbelievably hard work, I've had 2 weeks of 40km/h winds in my face and no get out of jail gears. Knees are sore and legs need a few days off - which gives me time to write my product reviews ;) ps..Absolutely love the stowaway jacket! It's proving to be essential.

That sounds epic.

I drove from Darwin to Alice springs & that took 4 days. What I find awesome about this adventure is that he'll be able to just stop whenever he wants if he wants to go look at some creature in the bush or take a photo... it's not the same when you're in a car... less spontaneous.

very envious!

A bit nuts to be honest, he just sent me a picture and this little blurb about it..

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/55/p1040040lu7.jpg

Hey J, this was the the last day I took a pic, camera died I got attacked by dingoes, had a broken chain, broke a spoke, two flats and all the clips on my panniers broke. The ultimate disaster day :)

bloody hell, thats some distance, when i flew over darwin down to melbourne you were flying over red burnt dirt for ages, as the saying goes, 'my hat goes off to him'

even in that photo as its cloudy it will still be stupidly warm & humid...... alice springs is like 70% humidity apparently.

Glad to see he's back on the bike without too many issues, The paniers are definitely more sensible.

high chance of death.

hope he's carrying plenty of water and sunscreen, and that he enjoys his own company! a mate of mine cycled from sydney to brisbane by himself, and got so sick of himself by the end of it....

He's already ridden the perimeter of Australia in the past. The guy is hardcore.

He was in Mildura! Woo!

fuck, desperate times!

he did nearly die last time.. a mototist found him asleep and severely dehydrated in the north, picked him and the bike up drove him 100+ kms to the next town took the camera out of his pocket, threw him in a shower with a bottle of salts and snapped til he came too...
worst and scariest pics I have ever seen of someone I know.
Anyhow, cos Ross is Ross, after rehydration he got the dude to take him back to where he found him and continued the trip...
yeah he's hardcore.

He's going to be on the Alice Springs Radio tomorrow a.m. too.... ;)