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  • 2004 Brisbane to The Tip of Cape York
  • 2003 Perth to Brisbane via Tasmania
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Category: 2020 TransAmerica

Day 6 Thursday and joining the chicken run back to Australia

Day 6 Thursday and joining the chicken run back to Australia

The TransAmerica Ride that wasn’t

Thank you everyone for the fabulous March send off to my TransAmerica ride. 

A great night full of camaraderie and hope in the face of the distant clouds of conrona virus. Rob Boggs took Robyn …

Author stragglingstuPosted on July 13, 2020February 2, 2026Categories 2020 TransAmericaLeave a comment on Day 6 Thursday and joining the chicken run back to Australia

AAALL NEARING BOARDING

Just found out a month before going that straggligstu.com had stopped working!

Disaster, sour looks from significant other.

Fortunately Rashmei from Bluehost webhosting chat help had the problem fixed in minutes. A plugin that does automatic updates posts was doing …

Author stragglingstuPosted on February 18, 2020February 2, 2026Categories 2020 TransAmericaLeave a comment on AAALL NEARING BOARDING

Adding the new gear

The bulk of my gear is as used on the previous rides but updated where necessary;

  • a new tent – Big Agnes Mazanares 2; compared to my
    18 year old OzExplorer ridge tent the Mazanares 2 is
    • lighter (1.3kg vs
…
Author stragglingstuPosted on February 6, 2020February 2, 2026Categories 2020 TransAmerica, 2017 Cairns DarwinLeave a comment on Adding the new gear

AaaaaLlll Aboard! Transamerica

AaaaaLlll Aboard! Transamerica
Proposed TransAmerica – will I be a bear burrito in the Rockies, cougar-bait in Texas or re-enact Deliverance in West Virginia?

It starts with a few days in Vancouver, where else would you start riding across the USA? As I …

Author stragglingstuPosted on February 5, 2020February 2, 2026Categories 2020 TransAmerica, 2017 Cairns DarwinLeave a comment on AaaaaLlll Aboard! Transamerica

2020 – TransAmerica

2020 – TransAmerica

2020 TransAmerica. This is one of the classic long distance bicycle rides and I am about to start it.

Straggling Stu’s proposed TransAmerica epic – 8000 kms (5000 miles) in about 120 days

The route is based on the Adventure …

Author stragglingstuPosted on February 5, 2020February 6, 2020Categories 2020 TransAmerica

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  • 2017 Cairns to Darwin
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  • 2004 Brisbane to The Tip of Cape York
  • 2003 Perth to Brisbane via Tasmania
  • 2002 Brisbane to Perth across the Top
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