North Auckland gravel bash.

**johannvr** · 24th June 2009, 18:44

Planning to take it easy as meant to be a fun ride & not a serious Adv ride (well, at least to me ... as I also lucky enuff to have heated grips

) - as CM said - fat pig lazy latte rider gravel bash ... oh sorry - that was a previous one

. Sounds acceptable to me tho.

So - bring new bike - will be OK.

I'm also happy to only make the call as late as early Sun morning - as offered above, anyone welcome to txt me - I should be able to tell more or less what the Wx is looking like, at least up & around the Hib Coast area, which is normally a reasonable indication ...

**Bass** · 25th June 2009, 10:52

The closer we get, the more the weather forecast deteriorates.
Starting to look like Anthrax's comments about Noah's in-laws might come back to haunt us.

I don't mind wet but have discovered that the DR's practical limit is about 750 mm deep

**Crisis management** · 25th June 2009, 13:18

Originally Posted by Bass

The closer we get, the more the weather forecast deteriorates.

I know what you mean, for once it does look accurate and very wet....if it's as wet as it looks like it wants to be, I'm not going, I don't fancy 9 hours of drowning.
Again, lets confirm on saturday and make the call then.

**Crisis management** · 27th June 2009, 11:37

Ok, the weather looks ok for sunday morning but packing in later on, so I suggest at this stage lets go ahead and shorten the ride a bit so we head home in the early afternoon.

I will post up early tomorrow morning (7ish) to confirm, assuming all is good, I look forward to seeing you all in the morning.

Let me know if you think this is a dumb idea????

**johannvr** · 27th June 2009, 12:28

Not at all Mate - I'm still in & quite Ok with a slightly shorter ride- just lemme know if your ETD plans are still as before, so that I know what time to meet @ Waitoki, eg still around 09:15 onwards?

If the Wx stays anything a bit like today it'll be great for a ride

Will check then around 7 tomorrow morning & see if we're still on

**Cary** · 27th June 2009, 12:54

I'm in, long or short.

Pubs have roofs

**johannvr** · 27th June 2009, 16:18

Originally Posted by Cary

Pubs have roofs

true

**Crazy Steve** · 27th June 2009, 16:32

So this ride will have how many kms of gravel riding....Im a Noob when its comes to off roading.....Unless Lula is asking then im an old pro.....lol

I wanna come instead of going drag racing.....

Crazy Steve.

**johannvr** · 27th June 2009, 18:07

150-200 somewhere at a rough guess, maybe a bit more - depending on how far & wide the roaming will be

**Crazy Steve** · 27th June 2009, 18:20

Originally Posted by johannvr

150-200 somewhere at a rough guess, maybe a bit more - depending on how far & wide the roaming will be

Thanks for that...

Sound like to much for me...

Will have to goooo drag racing insted....Have fun..

Crazy Steve.

**Devil** · 27th June 2009, 18:39

Injured my arm today. If it's ok in the morning i'll be there.

**Crisis management** · 28th June 2009, 07:21

Looks ok to me....it will be a bit damp in the morning and I think we can adjust the ride to suit the weather if we need to.

See whoever at 9.00 and Johannes about 9.15 - 9.30

**johannvr** · 28th June 2009, 07:25

Yep, it's drizzling out here with low fog about, but doesn't look too bad.

9:15 it is

Just trawled thru metvuw. Humidity & cloud cover 90%+ , but rain forecast not too bad for the most part.

**johannvr** · 28th June 2009, 15:06

Back, drying out & defrosting

Thank you gentlemen - 't was a most enjoyable jaunt.

Johann

**Crisis management** · 28th June 2009, 19:07

C'mon, it only really rained for the last 2 hours....
Lots of fun, the weather held off long enough to clock up 300 odd kms and we found a few new roads on the way, what more do you want?

The only midly disturbing bit was out near the southern kaipara doing my best Ewan and Charlie impersonation when a bloke on a Harley with truly armpit revealing ape hangers goes past the other way.....and the bastard waved!

The Latte Riders reputation is now irredemiably damaged...back to smearing mud on the bike and cruising the waterfront.