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Hi Gremlin. Good to meet you at the weekend.
I was the bike behind you on the first leg. There as no way I could have kept up with the pace you and XP@ were putting in especially among all of that debree on the road. I almost lost the back end 2-3 times so decided it would be wise to back off a little.
I have however given xp@ crap for not finishing. What kind of excuse is a frayed clutch cable.
Good to hear you got back to Aucks in one piece and didn't fall asleep.

See you again next year eh!

Hawkeye

Damn...I didn't realise that was a 35'ish hour stint. That was a good TT practice then!

thanks for the write up sounds like you had a great time.

Originally Posted by Highlander

To do up the Rain offs I make sure the toggle thingy has a wee loop of elastic beyond it, then slip the loop over the brake or clutch leave and use it pull it up tight moving the toggly thing with my other hand.

I told Gremlin, put one glove on, put the over glove on it and then take them both off together.
Then put the other glove on and the overglove on it. Pull your drawstrings using the ungloved hand. Then put the first glove back on, do not separate them until it has done raining. Doing it this way you can use the slightly smaller overglove size, which is a lot easier to ride with.

Thanks...wish I was there

Originally Posted by Highlander

To do up the Rain offs I make sure the toggle thingy has a wee loop of elastic beyond it, then slip the loop over the brake or clutch leave and use it pull it up tight moving the toggly thing with my other hand.

hmm, thats not a bad idea, I'll try that. The one mistake I made was the toggle was right at the end, so bugger all to grab on to, without grabbing the toggle as well

Good read. I enjoy reading about these but not much enthused about doing one.


To do up the Rain offs I make sure the toggle thingy has a wee loop of elastic beyond it, then slip the loop over the brake or clutch leave and use it pull it up tight moving the toggly thing with my other hand.

Thanks enjoyed the read.

Well done on the ride and read.

Great write up.

Just the usual shennanigans ol'gremmies gets up to. Doesn't surprise me that he forgot something in the usual run up and sleeping in!

I think the lad is starting to get the hang of this GC thang!

Well done to all involved and even to those who didn't finish, after all, it is those who go out into the field to prove their mettle that makes them stand out from the rest!

Nice write up there fella, checked out your auxiliary tank when you checked in at Ashhurst, nice set up. Yes 14's do have good headlights. Sound by all accounts it was pretty hairy out Pongaroa way with the wind and all, thought you might have been one of the most vulnerable to the high winds, good job keeping it upright.

Awesome write up and congrats great to see you doing it in style

Oh yeah... if the vest feels too hot... it probably is. That controller to adjust heat really shouldn't be optional. I'm guessing the vest was maintaining temperature, but because the front kept getting cooled by wind, it kept up the heat... except the rear was protected by me... so it got hot... really hot.

Going to need more than one layer under the vest for the GC, as the controller will only arrive afterwards.

Well, good to see that you got to test a lot of the factors you wanted to. Equipment and yourself namely! I think it would be wise thing indeed to keep upping that training factor once the GC is done.

Thanks for the update on the East Cape road conditions, sounds like it has got worse since last I rode it oh so long ago!

No mention of the blisters left by the heat vest hmmm?

Originally Posted by TOTO

we saw you go past us in oposite direction on sh16. sounded you were having good fun

Yes, GXSR Trace was hassling me on MSN about it! I was thinking at the time "huh, could be a KB group ride, better keep left in case they do something squiddish!"

The only down side to this was that you didn't have optimum training conditions ... should have been pissing down with rain!

we saw you go past us in oposite direction on sh16. sounded you were having good fun

I did my Cape ride today ... and oh yeah, I got more riding planned as well. I'm doing more training than you!

see GiJoe...

On the tyre note... I need to finish mine... moooooor riding needed (what a shame - not!)