10th June - Melbourne Bike Assembly


Nigel says ...

G'day - WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA.
I arrive yesterday after a LONG flight from the UK. Thank you to the nice Greek lady from the hospital in the queue for customs who offered to sponsor us.

Best film on the flight was the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - spooky and a bit weird.....Gordon arrived lunchtime today. Shopping for supplies completed. Bikes assembled and tested riding back to the hotel through central Melbourne and alongside the Yarra River. Melbourne is great for cycling.

Quote of the day was the pharmacist I was buying Immodiom from: " Do you know that all of Australia looks the same!" Thanks mate!

Carb loading tonight together with a quiet beer and a couple of noisy ones. Tomorrow we visit AICR research facilities in Melbourne before braving the traffic on a 20km ride to the airport to the Ute hire shop.

We are ready to rock and roll!

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Gordon says...

Well, here we go then ...

Sometimes I'll write a bit of a blog, and some days I'll put together some video clips from the day. Nothing worth recording today, so -

Good news: -my bike has been put back together and appears to work - Nigel has arrived looking quite fit, so no worry about having to ship him back to Louise in a body bag then - and one last night not sharing a room with a 50 year old man.

Bad news: - Australia post won't ship our bike boxes to Bamaga, we'll try some couriers tomorrow - when loaded, my bike weighs more than the centre of the earth - most of my closest friends still haven't coughed up (cheap bastards) - and my knee hurts already, and so far I've only cycled 3.5 kms back to the hotel from the bike shop.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Gordon & Nigel,

    Great to see the two of you have met up and the bikes are assembled. Everyone here at AICR will be watching your progress with great interest. Hope you have an interesting visit to Peter Mac tomorrow - I'm sure the researchers will make you very welcome.

    All the best,

    Jack @ AICR

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  2. Thanks to all at AICR for their support. Much appreciated. We had a great visit to Peter Mac. There is obviously some really important research going on.

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