FAQs

The only modification needed will be a range of up to 350 km. if you cant ride this range, you will be provided fuel bladders that you will need to carry so you can refuel yourself when required. 

It all depends on your riding ability. Some of  the desert we will be crossing will have large sand dunes and twisting sandy tracks. Picking up a big bike in these conditions can get exhausting for the best riders. So a smaller CC bike is recommended. 

A moderate level of fitness is recommended as wwe will be riding up to 200km or more per day so over an extended period, fatigue will start to become a factor. However, having said that our sweep riders and myself are there to help get you through the more challenging sections and make sure we all get through it together. We will also have an abundance of healthy food to replenish lost energy stores at the end of each day. 

Sand riding is challenging at the best of times. So it is recommended you have an understanding of the challenges it presents. With the safety of all or riders at the top of our priority list, there will be opportunity to partake in training rides prior to our departure from Alice. And I can assure you, if your sand skills aren’t the best when we begin, they will certainly have improved once we finish. 

This expedition will be the first of its kind. Noone has every put something of this magnitude together before, and so this will be the pioneers journey. You will be part of a very unique group of people who have come together because they share a passion for adventure and the wild places. With the aim of making this expedition an annual event, you will forever be remembered as being one of the first.

During eh days, temperatures can expect to range from low twenties through some of the southern deserts, to low 30s once we cross over into the tropics. During the night, it can get quite cold in the desert with frost settling over the land. It is recommended to bring a warm sleeping bag as well as a good jacket to sleep in. 

Each rider will be allocated a large gear bag as part of their riders kit. You will only be able to take this bag as storage room in the support vehicle will be limited. You can also take a backpack or other gear, but this will have to be strapped to your person or bike. 

We will be filming and taking photos of the whole expedition, so it is recommendd that you don’t bring heavy and bulky camera gear. If you do insist on taking it however, it will need to be stored and make up part of the kit in your gear bag.

So long as we know about them prior to ordering supplies and stores, this shouldn’t be an issue. We will however be in some extremely remote areas at times, so variety of food may become an issue. 

We will have trained medical staff as part of the support crew, as well as a dedicated medial bike to patrol the rider train. If in the event you injure yourself, we will have space in the support vehicles to drive you out, or if in the event of a more severe accident, we will rendezvous with the RFD at the closest air field for air evac.