Comments on: Day 6 – Gangtok

By: Andrew and Paul

Andrew and Paul — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:12:44 +0000

Hi Pete, Good spread of age and nationalities – youngest seem to be in early 20’s, majority seem to be in 30’s, with then a good many in 40’s and 50’s. Tonight is the launch party so we will see everyone in one spot so will get a better idea of the make up. SO far we have met other Australians, many from the UK, Irish, USA, NZ, Indian, French, German, and I believe there are teams from Kenya, Austria, Switzerland and others.

By: pete

pete — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:30:07 +0000

hi again, another question for you … wondered what’s the nationality mix & age of your co-runners ?

By: Andrew and Paul

Andrew and Paul — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:12:24 +0000

G’day Hool, the rickshaw looks good – the roof rack was broken but we had them replace that. Today we purchased more essentials to pimp her up – so by the time we start she should be looking pretty snazzy. We don’t get to tinker with the suspension – but we did buy some cushions! Off for a test drive now – hopefully the rain holds off – it has been very wet here.

By: hool

hool — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:54:20 +0000

g’day guys. how does your chariot look? Do you get to tinker with it? Especially in the suspension department.

Hool

By: Andrew and Paul

Andrew and Paul — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:00:18 +0000

Thanks Abhijit!

By: Abhijit

Abhijit — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:27:59 +0000

Hi Andrew and Paul – all the best for your journey and I am sure the your previous experiences of the road trips in India (specially the last one) will gave you a head start over others :).

By: Andrew and Paul

Andrew and Paul — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:07:07 +0000

Hi Pete, Yes around 200 kms/day – some days we will no doubt do less and some days more. We have been advised to not go over 35 km/hr for the first 100 kms and then not more than 50-60 km/hr after that. So ‘slow and steady’ is the rule of thumb – and I doubt the quality of roads in many places will allow higher speeds. There has been lots of rain here – so the descent from the mountains will certainly mean a slow start.

By: Andrew and Paul

Andrew and Paul — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:01:44 +0000

Good tip Lord Marcus re: the disposable funnel – funnel now secured. Gloves are on!

By: pete

pete — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:35 +0000

hi guys, looking good … shared your photos with Jenni’s team here in Stamford today .. so its about 200k per day, right ? how fast will the rickshaw go ?.. wondering how many hours in the saddle you’re expecting to have to do each day / or night ?! Good luck with the footie and enjoy the last couple of days of preparation

By: Lord Marcus

Lord Marcus — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:55:39 +0000

Drink bottles as in the clear deep spring type bottles make great disposable funnels for pouring petrol when you cut off the spout end. That’s my remote control tip for the day. Hopefully you will be dignified and wear driving gloves on the trip. Smashing. Good luck at the start. Missed Robbie buck last night. Was having take away pizza instead. Go forth and conquer! Toodles.