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Crazy Kiwis
Just got back from a few days riding in NZ where we came across some of the riders in this NZ event. http://www.touraotearoa.nz
You can track them here. http://touraotearoa2016.maprogress.com
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He's a bloody animal and even though he's a gentle kind of chap, he's a bloody hard man on a bike.
He turns up on mid winter morning rides in short sleeves and shorts.
He also broke the record on The Tour Divide a few years ago but put himself in hospital by doing so.
He had a mishap over the weekend where something or someone stole his shoes in the night so he lost 3hrs while he waited for a bike shop to open to buy new ones.
He caught up the time by the next day!!!!
Yeah Ollie goes well in those brevitt things the kiwis love. Last time I was over there my cousin was trying to get me to do one near Christchurch. Ollie just rocked up and did the two day event in one go.
There were a lot of different bike options among the 10 or so people who got the boat with us. A few ti, some carbon, about half had front suspension. Only one dually. They all used seat post bags rather than racks. Lots of triangle bags and bottle cages everywhere. Most were in the 25-30 kilo range when we were loading them onto the boat.
My brothers mate Jacob started in the last wave 3 days after Ollie. He goes well so should pass a few more people before he gets to bluff.