Kiwi Brevet - the final cut

Photos from Flickr - Photos from Picasa - Mr Cleetus's Picasa Sifters story - Charlottes story - John Morris's story - The aussie's story - Mr Cleetus's story As we took the train into Wellington we were surrounded by people dressed up in various fancy-dress costumes as they...

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Destination voodo lounge

Happy to be not doing another 200 today. We have had a great adventure. Never rode before 7am or after 11pm, and had big food breaks. Yesterday was different in that we only stopped for about 20 mins accumulated over the 11hrs. Its been a real boys own adventure and we all thank...

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Burrito!

Rolled in at 5.59. Under 11hrs for 205kms. Caught 6 other riders in the process. A good day.Getting some food down now.Http://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Some of...

... What I will be eating 2moroHttp://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Wet and cold in hanmer

9pm. WharFdale was awesome. Lees valley was about 60kms too much gravel with many many short climbs. Nick has an icepack on his itb which is really hurting him. Probably an early start 2moro for the big push home. Not talking about a time yet. Charlotte should be in soon. She is a machine, no boy friend riding with her unlike the other ladies. Htt...

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Pies and coke

.. At hurunui. Very tired of gravel. Hanmer tonite.Http://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Having a brew at..

Wharfdale hut after 3hrs riding. 10.44amHttp://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Fear and loathing on the inflamation highway

214kms today but all gravel and tarseal. Some good tailwind thru the otira but a minor bonk for me on the viaduct. Legs are pretty sore and everyone has sore botty bits. An early nite tonite as we are camping in a domain near oxford close to start of wharfdale track. The next...

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Grabbing kai at springfield

Discussing whether or not to push on or not. Lots of sore bits today!Http://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Big day

About 220 kms with the gnarliest terrain yet at waiuta. I pity the people that tried to do it in the dark. Big river was awesome and made me glad I was on a fully, not that I was even descending as fast as nutter jonty on his cross bike. We got into the ikamatua pub for a pie...

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Moving on soon

Scott is here and is moving on soon too.Http://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Just got to reefton. Had fun with a baby deer chasing us at 50kmhHttp://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Enjoying some Shade

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Approaching wakefeild

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Day 2, part 2

We had to make some tough calls today. Matt was doing it hard and decided to stay on in st arnaud, as did 2 of the revolution crew. Jonty nick and I decided to press on and try to reach murchison. We had some awesome riding. The porika track was one heinous climb, and the descent wasnt much better. The braeburn seemed to be fast wide and downhill,...

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Brevet food

Just got to st arnaud. Might go on from here. Not sure.Http://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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A tuff day

Matt suffered with a bit of heat stress thru pt underwood. We soldiered on and camped with the revolution crew at murderers rock.1st thing this morn we hit the steep part of the ride. Now in cafe in nelson!Http://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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The day before

Fun times on the straightsman with billB, jo, dave, gordon and matt. Lots of adventure racing tips.Http://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Thats good, no thats bad!

I got up this morning to see if my front wheel had decided to "seal" properly. Its a Stans Raven running on Stans rims with Stans Latext sealant in it, so you dont need a tube, and no chance of pinch flats. It had lost air for the last couple of days and I was about to just stick a tube in it. But hey presto, it was up and looking good. Not so the...

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This is the special tracker

Small eh.Http://kiwibrevet.blogspot....

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Web 2.0 experiment

If you can see this then my most recent experiment in web 2.0 technologies has been a success, as I have just sent this email via my cellphone. It can also be seen on my blog and facebook. I hope I have enough energy to keep you in the loop. Wish me luck in the brevet. Jef...

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Brevet tools

Heaps of patches and 2 tubes of glue. Scalpel blade and duct tape.Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile ph...

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