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Lightweight Tramping Gear

- Just thought I would load up some pictures of my Hexamid Solo with new bug net (from my Christmas trip in the South Island of NZ). It's quite cozy. If bu...
4 hours ago
Mountain Pedaler NZ

Tightening the belt a couple of notches - Rear pulley showing signs of distress after 4000km of lovin' While the durability of the Gates carbon drive system is touted to be ‘off the scale, astro...
15 hours ago
Tramping

Travers Range Cloud Study 20-25/02/2012 - The Nelson area is well known for its good weather and high sunshine hours. So when we saw that the Nelson Lakes Travers range would have several days of c...
17 hours ago
Kiwi Randonneurs

Kiwi Hunt Day 3 - It is 3am on Tuesday – I will write more details after sleeping. Mark & Rick are at Otira. Jan Erik, Rus, Pete, Paul, Craig & Julian are in Greymouth. Els ...
23 hours ago
Rodney's Aviation Ramblings

Flying NZ National championships: Dinner and a wrap up - Well, this is it, the final post from the Flying NZ National Championships for 2012. The final dinner and prize giving was held at Snow Planet. For those o...
1 day ago
Cycling in Wellington

2 Walk and Cycle Conference – quick links - I’m busy compiling notes/video clips from the 2 Walk and Cycle conference, held up in Hastings last week, which I hope to post this week. But in the meanti...
1 day ago
DC - On A Bike

T Minus 19 Days! - Not long to go now! In less than 3 weeks I’ll be in Barcelona, Spain!! Here’s a quick update on where I’m at with the preparation. I’ve only got one week l...
2 days ago
Niel "The Wheel"

Last Blog Before the Start. - This will be the last blog I make before I start the’ World Cycle Race’. My start time is set for 9am on Tuesday morning. And to be honest , although the t...
2 days ago
The Path Less Pedaled

The Canal Road - Anyone who has been following the site for the last few years knows that I’ve been bit with a serious fly-fishing bug. Ever since that fateful day when we ...
3 days ago
EveryTrail Feed

Abel Tasman Park: Walk naar Anchorage Bay - Nadat we de auto geparkeerd hebben in Maharau gaan we te voet verder. Het is de bedoeling om in 4 uurtjes in Anchorage Bay aan te komen, waar ons hostel ( ...
5 days ago
No More Shadows

Ground Hog Week - "You must be the change you want to see in the world." *Mahatma Gandhi* (Indian political and spiritual leader. 1869 - 1948). In the lead up to April's 24 ...
5 days ago
Kiwi Brevet 2012

Share the Kiwi Brevet experience - If you are interested in sharing your experiences from the 2012 Kiwi Brevet then please use this form to send us your high-lights! None of the questions ar...
1 week ago
Musings from Aotearoa

Coda - A few days after I wrote the prior post, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a scathing, terribly written article was published by The New Zealand Herald, and authored...
2 weeks ago
Windy Hilltops

Suggestion of Charging Overseas Visitors for National Parks - The Otago Daily Times has recently been pushing a story (parroted in the NZ Herald) about a suggestion of charging tourists for entry to National Parks in ...
2 weeks ago
tristan riley

Bicycle tour Sumatra – Bandar Aceh to Bengkulu - Indonesia! Terrible roads, bad food, stinky hotels and hot sweaty riding were offset by the pop-star reception we got from the locals, lovely scenery and s...
3 weeks ago
Le Petit Brevet 2011

Brevet Season is now - Congrats to all finishers of the Great Southern Brevet. It definately lived up to its name with snow, wind, rain and some heat thrown in for a week of fun ...
4 weeks ago
Cozy Beehive

Factors Affecting Bicycle Transmission Efficiency - Recently I had been thinking about what kind of gear ratios I would need to climb Mount Washington on my *derailleur equipped* bike. Being an engineer, e...
1 month ago
The Tramping Report

Koropuku to Townsend Hut - One of the best ways to 'd0' the Koropuku is as a through trip including Townsend Hut in the Taramakau. Crossing the ridge between Townsend and the Koropuku ...
3 months ago
NZ Tramping

View on Rangitoto Volcano from Sky Tower - Actually I included this photo to show that in addition to beautiful nature New Zealand also has big cities with skyscrapers. Actually there are two cities...
1 year ago
Tail Tales from Cycle Training

A Different Kind of Labor Day - Alternate Post Title: FRIKKIN’ FINALLY!! Generally speaking, I don’t approve of failure through not trying. If I go out, give something my all, and then fi...
1 year ago

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