Wednesday Night Ride

[Peeteey]

I'm still experimenting with the gopro CJ so please be patient and bear with my bad photography!!!!!

Hi all,

The Gopro is quite capable of showing some very nice resolution screen grabs. Gloplg's ones being blurry etc are nothing to do with the camera but to do with how he's grabbing them from the video and possibly compressing/resizing them.
A direct grab from the original video looks very clear, depending on what you're shooting, and will be 1280x720 (we both shoot at 720p) but you need a program that can extract a single frame, not all can.

There are longer ways around it sometimes but they usually drop the quality at each step.

These pics are some from the last Greta ride. I posted these a while back.
To get them looking good you've got to have the right software and even then it took me bloody ages to figure out how to do it! The original video looks a bit better than these as these are compressed.



Video editing software is usually a bloomin' nightmare to get around until you find one that you can sit down and digest for a few months
I didn't realise mine could until I stumbled across a how-to for something different and noticed them mentioning the frame export option. I was jubilant to say the least!

Have a nice ride on Sun. Where and when are you going? I'll be finishing up in town at about 1.30, home by about 2 (hopefully) so if you're going this way, someone come up my drive and give me a toot. If I'm home I'll come running out and join you ...

[Peeteey]

Blatant advertising begins:

If anyone is at a loose end tomorrow night (Sat) and needs something to do, come along to the Isaac Theatre Royal and enjoy some great music!

http://www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/...-theatre-royal

And on the 5th of March there's the Waipara Wine and Food fest. Am there with two different groups ...

If you do come along, stick 'round afterwards and say g'day!

Blatant advertising ends

[Mully Clown]

http://www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/...-theatre-royal

And on the 5th of March there's the Waipara Wine and Food fest. Am there with two different groups ...

If you do come along, stick 'round afterwards and say g'day!

Blatant advertising ends

Haven't heard that name in quite a while. Think we might still have dozens of tapes (who remembers those?) bandying about with her name on. Waipara sounds more like a plan.

[Buyasta]

Have a nice ride on Sun. Where and when are you going? I'll be finishing up in town at about 1.30, home by about 2 (hopefully) so if you're going this way, someone come up my drive and give me a toot. If I'm home I'll come running out and join you ...

Well, we usually meet at BK at 1 to leave 1:30, so timing would probably work out.
The question now is whether there is in fact a ride tomorrow, and if so, where to?

[CeeJay]

Well, for some time I have been intending to turn right at Lil' River and then up onto the hill road (name?), around the tops and down to Wainui, maybe calling at French farm for a coffee. Flip & GP were talking about checking it out a few weeks ago but not sure if they did. The hilltop road is gravel so I'm only going if the weather is good. Anyone interested?

[Buyasta]

Well, for some time I have been intending to turn right at Lil' River and then up onto the hill road (name?), around the tops and down to Wainui, maybe calling at French farm for a coffee. Flip & GP were talking about checking it out a few weeks ago but not sure if they did. The hilltop road is gravel so I'm only going if the weather is good. Anyone interested?

Something like this?.. I'm in.

[Transalper]

Bossu Rd (the one on the top) was in very tidy condition three weeks ago.
One small suggestion or note is that The Okuti Valley is gravel from the start of Reynolds Valley Rd all the way up to Bossu but Kinloch Rd is seal all the way up until it meets Bossu. The choice you make would depend upon wether you want the shingle climb or a sealed climb with a couple more kms on the top.

[Buyasta]

Bossu Rd (the one on the top) was in very tidy condition three weeks ago.
One small suggestion or note is that The Okuti Valley is gravel from the start of Reynolds Valley Rd all the way up to Bossu but Kinloch Rd is seal all the way up until it meets Bossu. The choice you make would depend upon wether you want the shingle climb or a sealed climb with a couple more kms on the top.

Hmmn, so then this route would have a little less gravel, and is only 2km longer.

[Transalper]

Your second option gives 3.3km gravel on the tops after a sealed climb vs the first option 6.6km gravel climb.
I'd consider the tops nicer than the climb. Of course the ADV guys usually go up the gravel climb.

Another choice further on would be more gravel tops by going straight past Jubilee Rd (gravel decent) and out to the Bossu Rd, Lands End intersection where Bossu turns seal and becomes a narrow twisty sealed decent (grit on some corners). That just takes you further out in to the Akaroa heads then drops you down to come back past the bottom of Jubilee Rd and in to Wainui as well.

Watch out for wandering stock... and oncoming traffic which can surprise you after not seeing any long enough to get that false sense of security thinking I'm all alone up here.

[CeeJay]

OK - thats the route sorted & weather looking OK.

Now, if we meet at BK at say 1:40 for a 2:00pm departure via Dyers & Gebbies, it will give Peetey a chance to come along as we should be going through Governors at about 2:15 ish...

Alternatively, wait at Governors Bay pub upper carpark from 2:10 for a 2:15 departure from there...

[Buyasta]

OK - thats the route sorted & weather looking OK.

Now, if we meet at BK at say 1:40 for a 2:00pm departure via Dyers & Gebbies, it will give Peetey a chance to come along as we should be going through Governors at about 2:15 ish...

Alternatively, wait at Governors Bay pub upper carpark from 2:10 for a 2:15 departure from there...

Either way sounds good to me.
Just to clarify, is this the pub and parking lot you mean, if we do go with the second option?

[Desert Eagle]

Learners are most welcome on these runs, just let me or Flip know who you are so we can assign a helper to ride with you at your pace.

Gloplg

Hey, Ive been on my bike for a few weeks now, (Learners license). But so far its been commuting within Chch. I reckon It would be cool to get out on a ride before Uni starts.

Would It be alright for me to come along? I am getting a little more confidence, but I still consider myself to be very novice..

[Buyasta]

Hey, Ive been on my bike for a few weeks now, (Learners license). But so far its been commuting within Chch. I reckon It would be cool to get out on a ride before Uni starts.

Would It be alright for me to come along? I am getting a little more confidence, but I still consider myself to be very novice..

Absolutely.. I just started coming along on these rides about 3 weeks ago, having done very little open road riding, and everyone has been very welcoming and helpful.
I'm not sure if gloplg is coming along tomorrow, but he has been very helpful, by riding slowly enough that I can keep up and observe his lines through the corners, as well as giving me many tips - I'm still pretty slow, but his advice has helped a great deal.
It's a great deal of fun, and you'll probably learn a lot, so I'd definitely recommend coming along on a few rides.

[Desert Eagle]

Cool, So thats my afternoon sorted out!

[gloplg]

Sorry folks I'm going to have to pass today.

Windows bless it's cotton sox has given up the ghost and I'm busy reinstalling it!!!!!!!! Making do on my ancient laptop.

WNR Greta????