Some time ago, maybe a year, I posted a story from Tate about the Morton brothers, Lachlan and Gus. Many of you will remember Lachlan Morton from his spectacular win at Mt. Nebo in the 2013 Tour of Utah. Disillusioned with the life of a European-based professional riding for Garmin-Sharp, Lachlan left the professional peleton and along with his older brother Gus, also a former professional cyclist, rode across the Outback of their native Australia in an attempt to reconnect with something meaningful in cycling. Here is a link to the Thereabouts website which tells the story of the journey with an abundance of quality content including blogs and photos.
The current print edition of VeloNews (February 2015) retells the story of the Morton brothers that you may have read previously on the website. There are two very positive new developments. Both brothers will be racing domestically in the U.S. for the Jelly-Belly Maxxis team in 2015. They feel like this is a better fit than a European-based program. The other good news is that a film of the Thereabouts ride across the Outback has been released. I have not seen it yet, but based on the very positive response it has received, I feel fortunate to be able to embed it here. As soon as someone is able to watch this, hopefully you can give us some feedback for Jeff's Roller Video Reviews.
Thereabouts #1 from Thatisgus on Vimeo.
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