Thanks everyone for your responses. I've checked out all the websites and will be continuing to gather info over the next few months before my trip.
Originally Posted by SteelCommuter
Could you be a little more specific about the weight you plan on carrying, your weight, your bicycle type, and the roads? Those factors would help for anyone giving advice.
Me: 68kg (149.6 pounds) - although it was a good x-mas :-) Hopefully I'll be under 65kg (143 pounds before I leave)
Bike: 18kg (39.6 pounds)
Load I carried on my last trip was 37kg (81.4 pounds)
However, I only had about 10 litres of water. My next trip, I'll probably need another 10 as there'll be a stretch of about 350km (217.5 miles) on corrugated dirt roads with no water supplies.
The trip will be along the
Tanami Track which is about 1050km (652 miles) of mostly corrugated dirt road.
The bike is a Mongoose mountain bike.
Originally Posted by SteelCommuter
As far as forks go, you can either keep your suspension and use a trailer, keep it with racks and deal with potential (if any) compromises, or get a decent steel fork with rack braze-ons and use a nice fat tire. A Schwalbe Marathon XR or similar tire would work for that system. But you should really give more details first. Whatever you do, make sure you go. It sounds great.
A couple more questions which I hope aren't too silly...Is using a trailer with either front or back panniers an option? (I imagine a trailer with both front and rear would be overkill?) Which would it be better to use a trailer with; front or rear?
Thanks again,
Dave
PS: How do I upload an image of my bike from my computer?