Daily Routes
Route Wed 6 May — Ward to the top of the South Island (Picton)
Well here it is the last days ride to Picton. Goodbye South Island! I will miss your beautiful mountains and rugged coast.
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Notes From The Bike
The end of one road. The start of another.
I honestly can’t believe it. I have cycled the length of the South Island on my journey to go from bottom of New Zealand to top solo, and I have done it in just over two weeks. 14 days on the bike to be exact. Less than a week
Video Logs
Rhys Darby — Vaughan’s big ride
Rhys Darby gets in behind the ride. He got off his arse and became a TV and movie star. What impossible thing are you going to do?
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Route Tue 5 May — Kaikoura to Ward
A beautiful meander up the coast. It was a long day in distance, and in time as I kept having to stop to look at the view. I had the option to stop in Kekerengu but decided to push on over some hills to Ward in order to make it
Tasc Profiles
TASC profile — Murray Cohen
Here is the first of a few profiles I will be putting up on people involved with TASC and who TASC has helped out. They are all super stars! Murray Cohen My name is Murray Cohen, I am 57 years of age and I have been paralysed from the neck
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Route Mon 4 May — Cheviot to Kaikoura
A few hills on route today. The first I breezed over, the next few were a bit more of a challenge but I put my mind to it and grinded up and over. For a bonus when going down the final steep decent into the flat-ish coast road to
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Route Sun 3 May — Waipara to Cheviot
Probably my shortest days cycle so far. A head wind didn’t make it any quicker. Cheviot is a delightful place with an extremely high cafe saturation. Frosty in the morning!
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Route Sat 2 May — Christchurch to Waipara
After a rest day in Christchurch I rolled on up the coast to Waipara. I always feel slow to get going after a rest day. I called past Rangiora to visit my cousin(in-law) for lunch before enjoying the great company of @benkepes and the boys for a night
Video Logs
Video log — Dunedin to Christchurch
Notes From The Bike
Getting into the swing of things
I had almost made it to Dunedin and been through a couple of hard days adjusting to life on a bike. Taking a rest day in Mosgiel was essential as my body was sore and mentally I was shot. I was spent and couldn’t believe I had got so
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Route Thu 30 April — Ashburton to Christchurch
Today I didn’t nearly get as wet. I did 86km but the tailwind made it feel like 60 so I was thankful for that. It was bloody cold, but probably not the coldest day I will experience in the next 5 weeks. I am in Christchurch for the next
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