Team DB are about to Fly the Coop!

It's been awhile since I wrote one of these blogs so please forgive me if I'm a bit rusty. I aim to keep these posts fairly brief and let media rather than words do most of the talking.

Di talked me into having another go at taking our bikes outside the confines of Tasmania and even past the shores of the big island to the north. My fingers are crossed that no calamity will befall us. Anyone who knows our recent history in that regard will know what I'm talking about

Here's what we've got planned (you can click on the image to enlarge it):

We fly out of Hobart in three day's time and will be gone for two months. It's been a bit of a journey getting to this point, especially just over a week ago when Justin, my go-to bike mechanic discovered a crack in the fork of the bike I was going to take with me. A new frame was ordered from the mainland via express post, all the gear came off the old bike and then was put onto the new bike along with a few replacement parts, including a super low gear to help me in my attempts to get up a few Pyrenean cols.

According to Strava, I rode that Cervélo C5 frame (now discontinued) for 51,521.7 kilometres. I don't know how many of those kilometres were done with the crack in the fork. It's replacement is a Cervélo Caledonia in the sparkly "Oasis" livery. Here's what it looks like:

Thankfully, Di's bike just needed a few tweaks, a couple of new tyres and was ready to go.

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