ANZAC Day adventure ... Canterbury

**PLUG** · 29th March 2007, 21:13

Wed 25/4 ONLY ... will post ya or na 23/4 ... rain day 5/5

Dawn Service (of sorts) ... assemble 7:45 for 8:00 service ... consisting of dipping ya tyres in the surf @ New Brighton Pier & heading inland ... the high country ... battleing numerious scree slops, hoisting the flag 2000+m up Mt ??? ...

then a pie & a pint @ the Hororata

can't tell ya what Mt ... other than to say it's gunna cost ya $20 to ride it & find out ...

**nigelp** · 29th March 2007, 21:51

Lets hope that I have a new bike by then and I can come join you!

**far queue** · 29th March 2007, 22:04

Maybe

**PLUG** · 29th March 2007, 22:07

Originally Posted by nigelp

Lets hope that I have a new bike by then and I can come join you!

i know where you could hire one

**Transalper** · 29th March 2007, 22:19

Originally Posted by PLUG

Wed 25/4 ONLY...assemble 7:45 for 8:00 service ... consisting of dipping ya tyres in the surf @ New Brighton Pier & heading inland ...

I'd be very surprised if i couldn't be there... maybe dip me boots, not sure about me tyres, or is that just a bit of setting the scene/you get the idea kinda thing? (there's a better way to describe what i'm thinking but it eludes me for now)

**nigelp** · 30th March 2007, 06:57

Originally Posted by PLUG

i know where you could hire one

where and what were you thinking?

**cooneyr** · 30th March 2007, 09:42

I'm keen but might have to miss the tyre dip and meet you in Yaldhurst or chase you up the plains and I have to bolt about 4pm as got already arranged place to be at 6pm.

Cheers R

**RedKLR650** · 30th March 2007, 10:43

Originally Posted by PLUG

Wed 25/4 ONLY ... will post ya or na 23/4 ... rain day 5/5
Dawn Service (of sorts) ... assemble 7:45 for 8:00 service ... consisting of dipping ya tyres in the surf @ New Brighton Pier & heading inland ... the high country ... battleing numerious scree slops, hoisting the flag 2000+m up Mt ??? ...
then a pie & a pint @ the Hororata
can't tell ya what Mt ... other than to say it's gunna cost ya $20 to ride it & find out ...

sorry team,

Would love to be there, but at 7.45 am on ANZAC day a friend on an Africa twin, and myself on the trusty KLR should have already be on the way from Tauranga ( that nights stop ) to East Cape in the middle of the Southern Cross Rally ( 4841km approx going the route we've chosen..... )

All the best, and wish I was there. Maybe next time.....

Cheers, Stu

**timg** · 31st March 2007, 08:02

Originally Posted by RedKLR650

sorry team,

Would love to be there, but at 7.45 am on ANZAC day a friend on an Africa twin, and myself on the trusty KLR should have already be on the way from Tauranga ( that nights stop ) to East Cape in the middle of the Southern Cross Rally ( 4841km approx going the route we've chosen..... )

All the best, and wish I was there. Maybe next time.....

Cheers, Stu

Hey Stu, you & Gary have a great time and an awesome ride.

Cheers.

**timg** · 31st March 2007, 08:19

Originally Posted by PLUG

Wed 25/4 ONLY ... will post ya or na 23/4 ... rain day 5/5

[ ... battleing numerious scree slops, hoisting the flag 2000+m up Mt ??? ...

Scree slopes!

Wot you setting us up for Plug?! I'd be a starter if its suitable for me & my bike. (I was on the red Transalp on the Waitangi Wanderings ride - got another 3000km on it since then

) Probably look at catching up with you folks on the ride out rather than going all the way in to Brighton tho. Cheers.

**Skinny_Birdman** · 1st April 2007, 12:46

Sounds like a good antidote for my jury duty that week.... If I'm not locked up in a hotel! Count me provisionally in for everything except riding in salt water. PLUG might be in there by himself.

**PLUG** · 2nd April 2007, 22:54

Originally Posted by timg

Scree slopes!

Wot you setting us up for Plug?! I'd be a starter if its suitable for me & my bike. Cheers.

It's perfect for you & your ride ... very much the same sort of country as we rode Waitangi day, with a gnarley climb up a couple of scree slopes if you want to get to the top of Mt --- ...

The idea behind the ride for me, is to go from sea level (dipping the tyres in the surf) to as high up Mt --- as I can get ... if I manage to get to the top, all the better ... if I don't, I had fun trying ... it's not a given that anyone will get to the top, suspect the Dakar may be a bit big/heavy & my skills a bit light, but if I can keep the momentum up, who knows ... thats the challenging part of this ride for me ...

From what I can gather it's a reasonable ride up to about the 1600m mark. The last 400m of elevation is where the fun begins & goes up another notch form the 1800m mark.

There are other track & trails that we will be hunting while we are in there, so don't feel you have to have a go ... besides, well rested riders will be helpful to rescue the Dakar ...