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A1 wasn't closed to cyclists. What happened was that lights were put on the black cat roundabout which made the F1/25 and F1/100 courses not viable. But they still use the F1b which goes south, up the hill past the water tower. And if you wanted, you could still cycle the old course.
Banning bikes from any roads is a dangerous precedent and should be opposed vigorously as once they've done it once they will keep on doing it. I'll be writing a letter.

Fixed in Tenerife, that will be fun!

What I read about reflective tape is that the white and the yellow stuff works best while the red doesn't stand out so well. I don't know about pink. It looks good in the daytime anyway.

I put it all over my ultra bike, and commuting bikes, cranks, forks, head tube, seat stays, etc. I even put little bits on the back of my pedals.

I don't care about the bikes looking shit so i just have a roll of white stuff from eBay.

The tape works best when the driver has lights close to his eyes so it is shining right back. They say that on some trucks, where the driver is sitting a long way above the lights, it doesn't work. But the Aussie trucks have massive floodlights at the top so should work well

I'm going to be buzzed though - I want the draft. Weeeeee

The draft of the road trains is something else. Usually get 5km/h uplift for a good minute. If only there were more of them it would be a very quick ride!

See the next page back - my comment and Jesse's vid:

Aussie drivers generally give you loads of room - usually a full lane. The exception is when there is something coming the other way, which there normally isn't as the roads are quiet (at least the bits I rode on). In that case they just squeeze through whatever the gap is. What they don't do is slow down to time their overtake for when the thing coming the other way has passed.
So, the idea with the mirror is that, when you see something coming the other way, you check your mirror to see if there is something behind you that would squeeze you. If there is, you take evasive action by riding onto the gravel at the side of the road.
Sure, you won't look every time, but the theory is that you might look sometimes and thereby increase your chances of avoiding the driver who would have otherwise clipped you with his wing mirror, or his caravan, or one of his 40-foot trailers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4G9nZSJ­LYw

What benefit does it offer despite giving you a little bit more of a warning of approaching traffic?

Aussie drivers generally give you loads of room - usually a full lane. The exception is when there is something coming the other way, which there normally isn't as the roads are quiet (at least the bits I rode on). In that case they just squeeze through whatever the gap is. What they don't do is slow down to time their overtake for when the thing coming the other way has passed.
So, the idea with the mirror is that, when you see something coming the other way, you check your mirror to see if there is something behind you that would squeeze you. If there is, you take evasive action by riding onto the gravel at the side of the road.
Sure, you won't look every time, but the theory is that you might look sometimes and thereby increase your chances of avoiding the driver who would have otherwise clipped you with his wing mirror, or his caravan, or one of his 40-foot trailers.

2017 Blog, day 5
https://cyclingthere.wordpress.com/2018/01/27/ipwr-2017-day-5-the-madura-shelf-and-eucla-pass-pain-heat-food-and-lost-time/

Shouldn't need to change tyres, unless you have a blowout!
The guys on gears will likely want new chains in Adelaide (I did) but you should be fine for the distance.
If you use plastic cleats, take spares. I needed to change my Looks at Warrnambul.

Are you using a mirror?

Most of the Aussies do, including fast guys like Jesse. I thought it was daft beforehand but I would take one if I did it again (my last conversation with Mike was about mirrors - we agreed there was no point - often wish I'd argued with him that they were essential. Might not have saved him but who knows).

Road conditions out there are very different from other places I've ridden so I would try to do what the locals do as they have developed a survival strategy.

Jesse and Sarah did a good video on mirrors which will be linked off the site somewhere.

I had a Conti sidewall blowout at nullarbor roadhouse!
But tubeless can fail as well.
Yes you can stick a tube in if need be, but they can be bastards to get off so not ideal

I put mine in last night too.
With the entry form they're just trying to weed out the ones who don't take it seriously, make jokes in the answers and take the piss.

There was a (short) period a few years ago when I used to follow the TTF pretty regularly and read loads of threads. But the standard of writing (and of thinking underpinning the writing) is mostly so dire that it is hard going. And the people who constantly post jokes are just wasting internet capacity. Shame, as there is the odd pearl of real wisdom on there!

Yes; I expect there'll be an online consultation somewhere, but I'm not reading that thread on TTF to find it

I haven't found where objections need to be made, there's probably a link over on TTF but I'm too scared to go look.

The consultation period for Highways England’s proposed ban on cycles from the A63 ends on February 19. Objections can be made to Director, Operations Directorate (Yorkshire & North East), Highways England, 3rd Floor South, Lateral, 8 City Walk, Leeds LS11 9AT with reference ‘The A63 Trunk Road (North Cave interchange to Daltry Street interchange)(Prohibition of cyclists order)’.
Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/comment/comment-banning-cyclists-a63-road-terrible-move-366801#2GF5y7CU8UXpUieS.99

It's drawn out of a hat so you have a good chance! Some places go to past riders, but most are for up for grabs

Entered

Very sad. I didn't know him but heard of him on the TABR a couple of years ago when he had bad heat exhaustion.

Day 4:
https://cyclingthere.wordpress.com/2018/01/20/ipwr-2017-day-4-exhausted-and-ravenous-but-happy-to-spot-a-kangaroo/

I wondered why they had disabled the picture uploader

IPWR 2017 Blog: Day 3
https://cyclingthere.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/ipwr-2017-day-3-the-nullarbor-my-disc-wheel-but-still-no-roos/

Do people take small locks for races like this? Or is my London mentality too ingrained?

Yeah, what @hippy said. I take the smallest cafe lock there is. Used a few times on TCR but not at all on IndyPac as I couldn't see anyone stealing a bike out there.
Some people don't bother taking them on TCR

Are rim dynamos an option? Can be disengaged, right? http://www.elessarbicycle.it/velogical-d­ynamo-review/

I almost got one of those for IndyPac. But the charging options weren't quite there. May be sorted out now.
At least one rider has used one for TCR.

IndyPac 2017 blog post, day 2.
https://wp.me/p7Q16F-9f
I think I've got the hang of the links now.

Full roster has been posted.

Not surprised Kristof not doing it again - it's a long way and he probably had to get time off school (he's a teacher) so a one-off.
Jesse and Sarah are doing the TAW. And Jesse said after last year's race that he was relieved he wasn't riding when Mike was killed, so he could do what needed to be done, taking decisions re cancelling, notifying people, talking to press, etc.

A handful of the guys I met last year are riding again:
Matthijs Ligt was in good shape last year, was one of the early leaders but had bad saddle sores, infected, etc. So he could be near the front again.
Harley Johnstone - aka Durianrider. He's a pretty controversial vlogger over there, but he seemed a pleasant guy in real life. He had to pack early last time then started doing media stuff.
Doug Midgen - he's really experienced at this stuff, done a couple of TCR's, etc. I had dinner with him and Mike at the before party last time.
Ryan Flinn - he works for Curve now (Jesse's bike brand). Seemed a pleasant guy, and good at PR, marketing, etc.

Also Louise Soplanit, in the teams, has done one or more TCRs. Not met her but recognise the name.

I don't think I know any others. I didn't meet the two UK guys who also did it last time, Daniel Cooper & Daniel Welch. I think they were a bit down the field.

Overall the field is slightly smaller than last year. I wouldn't be surprised if everyone who wanted to ride has got a place, just Jesse did his marketing stuff making people belive they would miss out.

And no Jensie!

Surprised there are so many teams. That seemed a bit of an unlikley one to me with the first guy doing over half the distance, but I guess a lot of people can only take x days holiday so it allows them to be involved.

There may be some fast Aussies that we don't know but, if I had to pick a winner, I'd say it was between Matthijs (who has been training hard recently, from facebook chatter, etc) and Stephane.

Thanks (for links)