hmmm
Faaaark.
TC: Canât see or hear the word âaotearoaâ without getting Splut Inzâs 6 months in a leaky boat stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
âŚand there goes my day.
Tyranny of distanccccceeeeeeâŚ
phwoaaarrr.
would do.
i was about to say i canât because of timing of life, but iâm a year out. seriously considering this. would have to do the 15 day option, but yolo.
Itâs not a stage race, its kays not days, self supported so you can do it as fast or as slow as you want.
Yeah, Iâm def thinking about one island at least.
Edit: I think the numbers/colours refer to section in Kennet Brothers books.
My mate Jamie is keen. Heâs mates with the organiser and a mad endurance kinda guy, right into Orienteering.
Also, my wifeâs kinda keen, but maybe for next year rather than 2016⌠CoolâŚ
Iâm gonna give the Kiwi Brevet a go next February and see about how Iâm feeling about ToA after that. My brother did the Brevette this year and is amping for next yearâs Brevet AND '16 ToA too. I hope Iâm the same.
At the moment I look at that map and just think what a farrrrkkkin long way that is.
Team FoA is a go!
âŚthis is pretty cool. Definitely keen, just a bit too far away to plan it in. Why would you announce an event nearly 2 years before it happens? Anyway, good stuffâŚ
Cos itâs a long and challenging ride that for many requires a lot of goal setting and hard work.
Pff, show up on the day with tarck bike and bivvy, no problemo.
You watched that skate vid didnât ya?
ftfy
More details on the route announced.
New Zealand Great Rides and Country Roads
Hornsby station is a long way away for a bail out option 
Booked in, mentally.
Hey. Wait. This is in 2016. I thought it was this Feb. I could do this.
Am having a good look at the route now though, with an idea to copy some of it for our tour there this Feb.
yep, this Feb (2015) is the Kiwi Brevet.
Iâm keen, looks a great event.
tom. tells me that heâs in too (⌠provided his current ailments ainât still giving him grief).
Iâm hoping to jump in when it swings by my neck of the woods, acting as his domestique between Thames and Whanganui ;). Iâd love to do the whole thing but my boys are too little to consider leaving them for such a length of time.
Iâll be back doing the KB in 2017 instead⌠and have set myself a goal of riding the TD before Iâm 40 (which will be in 2021). Got the UM bug for sure.
Just a heads up, for those considering riding this just be aware that some NZ âcyclewaysâ are no walk in the park, they certainly not rail trails. I was really taken a back by the level of technical riding required for a few sections of the Kiwi Brevet (mainly St James, Wharfdale, Waiatu/Big River). Certainly thereâs no DH trails but there is proper backcountry singletrack, including steep and loose rocky descents, slippery roots and sections with exposure, not to mention steep and sustained climbs thatâll have you pushing your 25kg bike for kms at a time. Whatever bike you ride youâll want some sturdy tyres that are wider than 2.0" (and 180mm rotors mightnât be a bad idea on some of those BIIIIGGGGGGG descents). Canât even begin to imagine the amount of misery of those riders that chose to ride it on a CX or touring bike. I must have passed 10 riders fixing snakebites on the first day of the Brevet⌠And that was even before we got into the St James.