Headwinds. They both blow and suck..!

No matter which way you ride, unless it's in a vacuum (& then, you wouldn't be riding for long..!) you're gonna suffer a headwind.
I've been out today, following a new route... Well, getting happily lost actually... but the training was made that much harder for the persistent headwind I was seemingly always riding into.
All good practice though, I suppose.
Right now, I'm sat under a huge shade tree, enjoying a cold 100-Plus (Isotonic drink) and taking 10.




Once I've got a bit of energy back, it'll be time to head back home and review all my gear again.

I'm still needing some new camp/town shoes... Ones that are light and flattenable, so they go in the Panniers easily... So I'm off to a sports-gear oriented mall later, to see what's available. At the moment, I'm training with a bulky, heavier substitute pair, so anything smaller and lighter will be better.

So, it's now less than 6 weeks until Tom hits Asia, we get our various visas, and begin Roadwarriors 6!

Before then, I'll have the other main website journal up, and there'll probably be more training entries here before the trail entries begin...
More to come soon!

RWK.

OUT!

- Posted from my amazing iPhone!

Location:Kensington Park Dr,Singapore,Singapore

Training begins again.

After a too-long break from riding, I'm back out again... And it feels great!
I had a chronic bout of long lasting 'flu which stopped me training for about a month.
I managed to get out once, thinking I was recovered enough, and it was awful.







After that, once I was better, I spent some time back in Australia.
But now, with 99% of my gear sorted, I'm out sweating it up in the Singapore heat again...
The bike is fully kitted out with all the gear I'll be taking. I'm going upscale too, now having decided to take my big DSLR instead of my old compact P-n-S.
I have made my rear rack bag into a padded case, so hopefully, my Nikon will ride sweet and safe.
I just scored a new lens too... I wanted something that would do all that I needed, without sacrificing image quality... After a lot of looking, research and testing, I settled on the Tamron 18-270. I'll post some shots from it in a later update.














Well, riding out today, unfortunately, I'm solo, as John has just moved away to the other end of the island, and Todd has had a few things to deal with, with work, health and travel.
So until Tom arrives in about 7 weeks time, I think I'll be having to be self-motivated!

I've got pretty much all my gear loaded up... Probably more than I'll actually carry once I have a final sort-through and either ditch a few things, or maybe share them with Tom...
Plus I loaded up my bags with 5L of water & a big grocery bag of food... Just trying to replicate the weight we will be riding with day to day as we make our way south.

One new addition is a shiny MacBook Air, which will be our photo and video back-up device, as well as provide us with good email access, and allow me to upload full website updates in addition to this iPhone/iPad 'blog'.

I don't have a web address for the new journal yet, but once I do, it'll be posted here and on the main Roadwarriors News Website.

Ok, well, I've had enough of a rest, so now it's time to hit the road again and make my way home.

More to come!

Cheers.
RWK.
OUT!





- Posted from my amazing iPhone!

Location:Yio Chu Kang Rd,Singapore,Singapore