Tour Aotearoa, 3000km Length of NZ. Feb/March 2016

heavymetal · February 24, 2016, 11:55am

According to the 'gram Adam got to the ferry with 1/2 hour to spare, but the trackers seem to have stopped at the ferry. Unless it just takes ages to load up and get out on the water.

Edit: scrap that, ferry has embarked.

heavymetal · February 24, 2016, 11:56am

Agree. It’s nice to have a couple of foabros to live vicariously through.

Bigadz · February 24, 2016, 1:28pm

You should see Tom. Silly boy didn’t sunscreen enough on the beach

Yeh, it was about 20 minutes late and we had to wait for it.

So, hi everybody. Thanks for watching. We’re currently on the chartered fishing boat to Helensville. Might get one of Mouche’s recommended icecreams.
NZ is pretty rad. Fucking hilly.
Tom and I met up on the bus and have been riding together the whole way. It’s good coz we are pretty much the same speed. He also introduced me to Bumper Bars, which are rad: definitely my go to road food.

rolly · February 24, 2016, 1:41pm

tell Tom his tracker is showing him sitting on the beach still. thought he’d somehow been muscled out due to numbers…

Bigadz · February 24, 2016, 1:52pm

They’re a bit temperamental sometimes. He’s on the boat. Us and Paul were the 28, 29 and 30 of the 30 limit, although they could fit a few more

Bigadz · February 24, 2016, 1:56pm

He left his bike on the beach. Nah, he just turned it off

rolly · February 24, 2016, 2:16pm

also, tell him I said hi.

heavymetal · February 24, 2016, 2:27pm

So Tom is FOA right? what’s his username? Can’t be bothered reading back.

tom · February 24, 2016, 2:28pm

Yooo

And hi rolly!

Spot tracker keeps turning itself off smh

nikcee · February 24, 2016, 2:51pm

welcome to ‘blue dot fever’ (although they aren’t blue dots for this)

its fun and slightly odd… but its super fun.

keep pedalling guys!

EzyLee · February 24, 2016, 2:53pm

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heavymetal · February 24, 2016, 2:56pm

Hi tom

droz · February 24, 2016, 3:39pm

Hi.

heavymetal · February 24, 2016, 4:07pm

geoff_tewierik · February 24, 2016, 4:40pm

I reckon Seb and Anja will be in Wellington tomorrow night.

Lambchop · February 24, 2016, 6:49pm

Easily on current mileage, although it gets hilly as all through there.

I was wondering why Ollie had dropped of the pace today, it seems some lowlife pinched his shoes last night, some people just need a kicking…

geoff_tewierik · February 24, 2016, 6:54pm

That’s just fucked.

Bigadz · February 24, 2016, 7:31pm

Yep, keeping my shoes close

geoff_tewierik · February 24, 2016, 7:38pm

Edit, wrong person.

Wonder if MickD is planning to get to Mangapurua Landing today and wait for the first boat in the morning? But then I looked at the distance, and current time over there and thought, nah, not possible.

geoff_tewierik · February 24, 2016, 8:39pm

Ollie has put in some big legs today to catch up with leaders after that shoe debacle.