If you ride fixed and have a thirst, then all you have to do is enter the Indian Pacific Wheel race, ride a fixed wheel and be first to the other end, and life will be beerful.

Fixed wheel or steering?

Are you weighed at the beginning or the end?

Having crossed it on a train, I wish that I’d had my body weight in beer to enliven the experience… Fair play to those that cycle it. You’d get away with a big gear with a following wind.

That website for the Pacific Wheel Race – did no-one even glance at it to see if you can read the text properly?

I’d like to do it if it wasn’t a race, I’ve driven most of that route and it’s amazing, but it seems a long way to go to rush it in a blur of insomnia and exhaustion.