Pushbike on the Canning !!!

Submitted: Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 17:30

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Flighty ( WA )

Hello all
We recently completed a very successful trip south to north on the CSR, and along with all the usual meeting's with lot's of fellow travellers, we did encounter a strange sight.
Just south of well 33 we met a guy from Holland on a pushbike c/with a single wheel "dolly" so to speak.
He had been on the track for 8 days at that stage heading south.
Am wondering if any recent travellers have encountered this guy ,and if so how is he travelling and, also if he made it successfully to his destination at Wiluna.
I believe he hoped to be in Perth on the 28th August to travel home.
At that stage we had doubt's as we met him on the 26th July.

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Paul

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Reply By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 18:53

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Reply By: Alloy c/t - Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 09:32

Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 09:32

Met a bloke by the name of Heinz Stucke in 08 on the Tannami , is the world record holder for bicycling round the world , left home at 18 and was in his 60's when we met him , give his name a Google , could be be him perhaps as he told us he would be back in Australia in a couple of years time to " do" some more deserts After he does the Trans Amazonica in Brazil.

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Follow Up By: Flighty ( WA ) - Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 09:50

Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 09:50

Alloy
This guy was a lot younger than that, but when asked 'Why did you choose the CSR to take a pushbike?'
The reply was a 'German mate told me it would be fun, and it's the only desert track in the world with water'.
We have some photo's somewhere of him and his bike so when we find one I hope to put it here. (If I can work out how)
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Paul

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Follow Up By: NikNoff - Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:27

Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:27

Wasn't this guy was it? Alex is his name, met him on the GRR

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Follow Up By: MTB Russ - Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 14:30

Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 14:30

Those are conventional MTB wheels on that bike! Whilst I don't doubt that anything can be done with enough determination, he'd mostly be pushing if he did it unsupported. Even with 4" tyres and a trailer wheel, I regularly had to split my bike and trailer, carry bike to the crest of the dune, and go back to collect the trailer. Whilst the same would also be possible with 2.2" wide tyres (as in above photo), 4" tyres are virtually essential for CSR terrain.

Here I am pushing up one long dune in the northern section with 4" tyres:

A photo of my rig on the Anne Beadell (@ Ilkurlka R/H). You can clearly see difference between the 4" and 2" tyres:

.... Some 4WD'ers I met at the southern end of the CSR in 2009 .... all real nice folk:

Here's the link to my ride route: Adventuruss

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Follow Up By: westozal - Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 21:04

Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 21:04

Hello,

Just out of interest my name is Alan as well . I have a 19 yr old son called Russell too!!!

I doubt there would be many other fellows named Alan with son's named Russell.

Enough of the co- incidences.

cheers AL.

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