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Lovely river tho
Found a wee corner to hide it wth an ok pitch. Bit to visible as its nor allowed to camp here.
Are you heading to Whanganui, TJ? But not doing the Timber Trail to the northwest of Taupo, which would pop you out at Ongarue? There's camping along the way.
Basically yes corroded.
Im halfway down the western side of lake Taupo heading for the whanganui river trail
You are around here somewhere are you?
Sadly not! Am in UK but rode around the North Island in 2023 (and grew up in NZ). I did some of Mountains to the Sea to Whanganui and then Remutaka Loop from Wellington, which I loved but wouldn’t recommend to you on account of a couple of big hills! Just interested in your route.
Didn’t get to the South Island but have heard good things about the Molesworth Muster through some sheep stations. And Alps 2 Ocean is largely downhill. Have you considered taking the train to skip some of the roads?
Another day of too many hills. 40 miles and nearly 3000ft of climbs. I may have bitten off more than i can chew.
Fabulous scenery again today and at least i got a good descent.
Struggling to pick a route for tomorrow as the main road i am on looks very busy but the bikepacking route is much longer and plenty of climbing.
This is tough.
Pics courtesy of my blood swear and tears
This is tough.
The pictures (which are superb, by the way) look like it's properly undulating; huge respect for doing the ride.
Fair play TJ. Pics are great, you will be getting fitter and stronger, it will get easier, you just need to give it another couple of weeks...
Anorher couple of weeks? Ffs ill be totally broken
You may be broken but the views are amazing..... keep going
Hahahahahaha!
We have all been there. I knew a guy that did something similar and then tried to de-orderise with hairspray.
Guess what. The after breakfast session had another 1500ft of climbing. I am at the national park village at a weird campsite. Basically the corner of a carpark with showers paid for by an app with no view
Tomorrows ride is 3500ft of downhill and a mete 1000 ft of climbing
Did you manage to do any fitness training before your adventure?Or are you getting fit as you plod on?
Some of those views would energise me.Stunning to say the least.
Traning consisted of sitting at my computer eating chocolate cake and getting fat. Hardly rode my bike for months. A mistake methinks.
Recovered quickly from todays exertions but the main climb hurt.
Off to find beer and chocolate cake. Im sure it will help
Treat yourself
Recovered quickly from todays exertions but the main climb hurt.
You're getting fitter...
The bams look a fine pair to sink a beer with.
The bam on the right is me!
Just killing time today. No point in riding up to the volcanoes todsy. Its somewhere in this
Definitely do the train to Welly. The highways are horrible.
Muscles in my legs tho better are still sore pedalling. Tomorrow i am going to walk rhe classic Tongariro crossing.. Train south is not possible. Bus might be. Inthink I'll go with a couple more days cycle and see. I am making slow progress . I'd hoped to be in the soith island by now
Ow my legs hurt. Did the classic Tongariru cross but LOTR fans might see something else.
Saw somw wild mountain thyme and as thats the song we sang for Julie it gave me a bit of a moment
Very cool. You'd have made a fine hobbit.
I'm just catching up and all this and am still envious. Good for you, Teej. NZ looks great.
Don't overstretch yourself or overknacker yourself. Recovery days and the occasional comfy bed are important. Have a coffee. Go to the library and read a whole book in a day. Have a snooze. You're doing amazing things considering where you say you were pretrip. Goddammit, we need a long stream of these photos to get us through the winter!!!
I had 2 days of doing very little before today. I am way behind where i hoped to be by now. Tomorrow back on thr bike 1100m od descent and 300m of climb. Ill see how it goes. Im not to proud to bail but im twitchy to ride the bike again.
My legs hurt. Shut up legs 🙂
I am way behind where i hoped to be by now
But still way, way ahead of most of us just reading it and dreaming.
Fair play.
Cool and cloudy here this morning but a tailwind. Need to get moving again. Heading south on the road this morning aiming for the Whanganui river trails and for the coast. Should be a lot of downhill today. 1100m to be precise with a mere 300m of climbing.
Still loving this TJ. Awesome stuff.
