DB1k 08 - aka Dusty Butt 08

**cooneyr** · 23rd November 2007, 15:08

Originally Posted by Zukin

.........The other thing is I hope its not as hot then, as it is here now, 27- 30 deg

You gotta be joking - we went through the Molesworth on the 11th march this year and some guy had a thermo in his car that was reading 40ish degrees at about 2pm. The Molesworth and Rainbow friggen roast at between Jan and April.

There is no way I could go through there during summer with a jacket less breathable than a Dririder Rallycross.

Originally Posted by Zukin

......How is your preperations coming along.......

Oil change done, new rear wheel bearings, new chain and sprockets, IMS 18l fuel tank, checked rear suspension pivot bearings, new fork seals going in next week. Just have to chuck a new set of tyres on when i get to NN (hopefully the current ones will last that long). Bit of that for longer term than the DB obviously

Cheers R

**Lugzy23** · 23rd November 2007, 16:05

Na im going to do the two day event. Birdman I will catch up with you at some stage about doing the ride together if thats ok with you- are you going on your TT?

**NordieBoy** · 24th November 2007, 22:10

Nooooooooo!!!!!11!!!!one

They're straightening out the Dovedale side of Jacobs Ladder!

**cooneyr** · 25th November 2007, 09:15

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Nooooooooo!!!!!11!!!!one

They're straightening out the Dovedale side of Jacobs Ladder!

Doesn't look like it is going to be dead straight. Looks like they are just cutting the corners back a bit. Quite likely they are doing it so logging trucks can get through easier and the area may be logged in the near future (from memory the forest is mature enough) so keep the eyes open when going through from now on.

Will never be the same but could be worse.

Cheers R

**NordieBoy** · 25th November 2007, 11:14

Yep, they're 2-laneing it a bit.
Worse?
For us?

**cooneyr** · 25th November 2007, 20:27

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Yep, they're 2-laneing it a bit.
Worse?
For us?

Dead straight seal is worse!

Cheers R

**Skinny_Birdman** · 26th November 2007, 07:31

Originally Posted by Lugzy23

Na im going to do the two day event. Birdman I will catch up with you at some stage about doing the ride together if thats ok with you- are you going on your TT?

Hoho surely you jest!! Naw, I'll take the Transalp I think. (Transalper's old one, which I bought a couple of months ago). Took the TT on the CCC loop last weekend, I think I'd be a shoe-in for deep vein thrombosis after a ride up to Nelson on the thing.

**Lugzy23** · 26th November 2007, 16:19

Ive seen those lovely pink hemorroid cushions around, you would look the shiz riding round with those.

**Skinny_Birdman** · 27th November 2007, 07:22

Originally Posted by Lugzy23

Ive seen those lovely pink hemorroid cushions around, you would look the shiz riding round with those.

You've seen my cushion then

.... It played a starring role in the Ulysses 1000km run a few weeks ago.

**cooneyr** · 28th November 2007, 08:33

The updated and reviewed roll charts for the route are attached as a PDF file. If you don't have adobe reader to open and print this file get it from here. Try opening the file first though as most will have adobe reader on their computers.

Print the file double sided or print half the pages then put the pages back in the printer the other way round (need to figure out what way round they were originally first!). This is because I can only create the PDF with one column per page and it is a wast of paper to print one column per page when two will fit.

Lastly - we are think that a meal for all DB participants on the evening of Friday the 4th would be a good idea. At this stage the restaurant is Lambrettas in Nelson. if you have any other good suggestions then let me know. If you are keen please put your name on calender event that can be found here.

Cheers R

**NordieBoy** · 28th November 2007, 08:36

For those wanting to take a GPS along I've created a GPX route file of the DB track and will correlate the waypoint names with the rollchart box numbers when R puts the final version through.

The only bit that's got me stumped is the actual entrance to the Porika Track as I've never seen it in real life and it's a bit ambiguous on Google Earth...

**cooneyr** · 28th November 2007, 08:41

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

For those wanting to take a GPS along I've created a GPX route file of the DB track and will correlate the waypoint names with the rollchart box numbers when R puts the final version through.

The only bit that's got me stumped is the actual entrance to the Porika Track as I've never seen it in real life and it's a bit ambiguous on Google Earth...

Final version of roll chart up ^.

I'll send you an email with the kmz files for either end of the Porika if GE is high res.

Cheers R