
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Return to Mount Climie

Jonny in the early 90's
Return to Mount Climie - With pix by Ricoh Riott.
A couple of weeks back I was looking through some old piccies from back in the day. I found a goodie of local rider Jonny Waghorn descending Mt Climie on his state of the art (at the time) Yeti so...
Friday, September 05, 2014
Hauraki Rail Trail

This is not a tale of epic endurance and sleep deprivation, far from it. Its a story about 6 over 50s casual (very) riders doing the Hauraki Rail Trail.
We had a lovely holiday earlier this year with our friends Janet and Colin who now reside in Tasmania. They are great travellers...
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Kiwi Brevet kit evaluation 2014

Here is some gear geekage and ramblings from my 2014 Kiwi Brevet, recorded in no particular order. A few people have asked for a list of kit, but lists are pretty boring so here are some of my views on different bits.
Ayup with the large battery
Lights
I used the older Ayup...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Kiwi Brevet 2014 long player

Surly Karate Monkey
The Kiwi Brevet is an 1100 km cross country event designed to give people an experience similar to what its creator Simon Kennett had when he first did the Tour Divide. This years was the third, and possibly last unless someone else steps forward to organise...