Gremlin
26th October 2009, 00:54
And now for a nice change from all the bitching and asking the same question for the 5th time.
I present my travel for October (which is not quite complete, but who cares).
The Grand Challenge was the primary contributor. It, along with a lead up organised by the Ulysses (500 miles), and another pre ride lead up of a Coro Loop in the middle of the night made up the vast majority of the distance.
Doesn't sound like a lot in the scale of things, 4500km, and it does exclude work (which keeps me out of mischief far too much) which tacks more than 1000km on - still on a bike of course.
I'll be in Taupo on Saturday to assist with Post Classic marshalling, and have the whole of Sunday to come back. I started looking at back routes (already done Poihipi, Old Taupo etc, so I need even more back routes) and random roads off Taupo-Napier Hwy started to look very appealing (wait... thats the wrong direction for Auckland :confused: and I only have 1 day)
The GPS brings in a whole new aspect. Some days I venture out looking to prove the GPS wrong, riding every little road I come across, just so I can post up the corrections and improve the accuracy of the mapset. Dead ends are great, paper roads, new roads, bring em on!
Here's to actually riding :ride:
I present my travel for October (which is not quite complete, but who cares).
The Grand Challenge was the primary contributor. It, along with a lead up organised by the Ulysses (500 miles), and another pre ride lead up of a Coro Loop in the middle of the night made up the vast majority of the distance.
Doesn't sound like a lot in the scale of things, 4500km, and it does exclude work (which keeps me out of mischief far too much) which tacks more than 1000km on - still on a bike of course.
I'll be in Taupo on Saturday to assist with Post Classic marshalling, and have the whole of Sunday to come back. I started looking at back routes (already done Poihipi, Old Taupo etc, so I need even more back routes) and random roads off Taupo-Napier Hwy started to look very appealing (wait... thats the wrong direction for Auckland :confused: and I only have 1 day)
The GPS brings in a whole new aspect. Some days I venture out looking to prove the GPS wrong, riding every little road I come across, just so I can post up the corrections and improve the accuracy of the mapset. Dead ends are great, paper roads, new roads, bring em on!
Here's to actually riding :ride: