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  1. 2015 TT2000 (Pt2)

    Sat 21 – Day 3

    At this point we already had 38,000 of our required 50,000 points and Saturday's plan called for collecting another 36,500 points and 1,114km. I arose before the alarm went off at 0500, geared-up, re-packed, put a bit of air in the tyres and we were on the move by 0605 heading south for the first three CP's at Menzies Ferry, Mataura Island and Bluff. I had Chriss behind me and his headlights were bloody bright so I turned my mirrors down and got on with the job, only ...
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  2. 2015 TT2000 (Pt1)

    Another TT done and dusted and it was a beauty!

    After the frustrations of last year I took a slightly different approach this year, ….but then Mike Hyde has constantly evolved the concept of his ride so each year is different anyway and this time swung back to a ride where one could easily get their required points, then ride where they liked to stack up the km's.

    I didn't do that though!

    I looked at the layout of the checkpoints and my plan morphed theough ...
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