‘The wind was 89 kilometres per hour’ – Wicked weather derails Brendan Johnston from fastest known time attempt on Perth to Sydney ride

There was a plan, a detailed plan, but then came unrelenting wind. Brendan Johnston (Giant-SRAM) fought through the adversarial weather for the majority of a 3,948.6-kilometre ride and fell short of setting a new fastest known time (FKT) from Perth to Sydney last week.

After 8 days, 9 hours, 5 minutes, Johnston ended the journey in front of the Sydney Opera House with friends and family, and raising $38,961, so far, for Tour De Cure cancer research. The record he sought to break remained safe with Austrian Christoph Strasser, who completed the nearly 4,000km route across southern Australia in 2017 in 6 days, 10 hours, and 58 minutes.