new zealand cycling day 4 Tour de Ranges, a set on Flickr. Feeling somewhat jet lagged I set off with Chris from New Zealand Road Cyclist for the 2014 SRAM Tour de Ranges cycle sportive just to the South of Auckland in Clevedon. With race numbers and cycling kit picked up and with an excellent…
Category: Cycling in New Zealand
Not sure what day it is or what time zone i am in. Picked up by Chris from NZ Road Cyclist today. Had a quick tour of the area including a very windy One Tree Hill (Yes the U2 song is named after the hill). The hill is actually an extinct volcano and the tree…
Thoughts and observations in numbers for the day. 1. Saw 2 bike boxes go on the plane. 1 of which was mine (see left hand of photo under tail). Hopefully at least one bike will reach New Zealand on Friday in one piece. For the record it weighed in at 25 kilos. 2. Watched two…
Only a few days left now before departing and my current schedule is looking something like this 15/01/2014 Transfer Plane 16/01/2014 Transfer Plane 17/01/2014 Transfer Auckland 18/01/2014 Ride Auckland 19/01/2014 Ride Auckland 20/01/2014 Ride Auckland 21/01/2014 Rest Auckland 22/01/2014 Bus/ Ride Ohakune 23/01/2014 Ride Turangi 24/01/2014 Bus New Plymouth 25/01/2014 Ride New Plymouth 26/01/2014 Rest…
I have just entered the SRAM Tour de Ranges sportive near Auckland – New Zealand. The 110 km route does not sound too challenging but I will have only landed the day before from Europe. Perhaps I can have a snooze half way round and be picked up by the broom wagon. Interestingly the organisers state…
So your father sends through some BBC focus magazines for you to read, and while you are browsing through the magazine you find that the steepest street in the world happens to be in New Zealand and more precisely the town of Dunedin right on the south eastern tip of the South Island. I was…
Winter is our downtime here in the Alps and although we spend a fair amount of time skiing I am always looking for a winter cycling adventure. Last year I cycled from our base in Bourg d’Oisans to Bristol in the UK via the Paris Roubaix Sportive. This January I will be travelling to the…