Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby ScottMorris on Tue 9th Feb 7:29pm

scatter wrote:
swtchbckr wrote:
Oli wrote:Woah, what's happening with Jacob Postrygacz's SPOT tracking??? :crazy:

i asked that earlier. apparently his and Andy Reids spot trackers are muddling each other's signals and therefore jumping all over the place...


Not only Jakub's and Andy's but Marquita's too :crazy:


Hey guys,

Scott from trackleaders.com here. Sorry for not chiming in earlier -- we are also tracking Yukon Quest which has been pretty involved.

A few riders do have multiple SPOTs registered on their SPOT share page, and that is causing the confusion and crazy speeds, points et cetera on the tracker. Unfortunately we can't change that without access to their SPOT accounts, and we aren't sure where the SPOT units were hired from -- apparently only Simon knows and he's out riding.

I will see if I can deal with the issue on our side, but I may start looking for NZ companies that hire SPOTs. We just need to find whoever Simon hired the units from. It's a simple fix on their end.

I also saw that someone pointed out the times being wrong? I adjusted it by an hour earlier today and *think* it is correct, but if someone can confirm that would be great.

Any other issues? Feel free to post here or (better) hit us with an email at info@trackleaders.com

It is really quite nice to see so many cyclists and fans for the Kiwi Brevet. I've been a part of the Great Divide Race / Tour Divide for many years and it's great to see a similar event be so successful elsewhere in the world. Kudos to the Kennett bros and all the riders out there pedaling their hearts out.

-Scott
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Oli on Tue 9th Feb 7:39pm

Nice one, Scott! Cheers mate. :thumbsup:
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Dominator on Tue 9th Feb 7:49pm

So this looks like a hoot, I take it there will be another course laid out for next year? Hmmmm?
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Tinkerbell on Tue 9th Feb 7:59pm

Holy cow! Ollie sounds like he's just out for a sunday tootle! http://www.cycletech.co.nz/kiwibrevet/default_icm000114.wav

What an animal! :thumbsup:
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby znomit on Tue 9th Feb 8:04pm

Leaders should beat the rain home tomorrow but going to be hell for the rest.

http://metvuw.com/forecast/forecast.php ... noofdays=3
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby XCguy on Tue 9th Feb 8:04pm

Tinkerbell wrote:Holy cow! Ollie sounds like he's just out for a sunday tootle! http://www.cycletech.co.nz/kiwibrevet/default_icm000114.wav

What an animal! :thumbsup:

Ollie's my hero :love:

And my hero's going to win :thumbsup:
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Oli on Tue 9th Feb 8:07pm

Shit, that's no good about Andy's ankle. Hope he recovers and gets to finish the job. :thumbsup:
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Slim on Tue 9th Feb 8:08pm

Ollie is a machine!!
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby XCguy on Tue 9th Feb 8:17pm

Oli wrote:Shit, that's no good about Andy's ankle. Hope he recovers and gets to finish the job. :thumbsup:

Yeah, with all that he has done and how well he has done it would be a massive shame to have to pull out at this point. Guess we'll know in the morning when we see if his little GPS tracker moves off north or not. It would be great if Ollie and Andy could ride into Blenheim together having had supported each other through it all.
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Oli on Tue 9th Feb 8:17pm

Oh shush fool! :blush:
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Joel on Tue 9th Feb 8:58pm

just posted up by Paul on the kiwibrevet blog. hopefully Chris is ok. anyone able to go check-on him, see the note at the bottom.

Chris Gilbertson might like a hand
We had a little drama at lunchtime when Chris Gilberston triggered his SPOT alarm whilst in the middle of Big River.

This caused the monitoring team in USA to call 111 in New Zealand. Who then called Rescue Coordination NZ. They called up a helicopter to go look for Chris.

Fortunately they had his GPS location to home in on.

Unfortunately the helicopter couldn't find him.

Then about an hour after the alarm was triggered Chris pressed the "I'm OK" button - so the Rescue Coordinators call off the helicopter.

I've been watching his tracker and he made very slow progress out of Big River - but he is out.

His latest SPOT's show he made it out to SH7 at Hukarere - but then he headed north, back towards Reefton. He may be doing that on purpose - or he's confused.

If you are near there - or know someone who is - can you go out and have a look?

Here's his latest location...
http://trackleaders.com/kiwibreveti.php ... Gilbertson

If you do find him - lets us know on the Kiwi Brevet phone line:

Thanks, Paul
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby spiderweb on Tue 9th Feb 9:05pm

Yeah didn't sound good but his tracking, if correct looks like he has turned around and is back on the route south. Fingers crossed
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Oli on Tue 9th Feb 9:12pm

Cheers Joel. Just to clarify, the Kiwi Brevet phone number is 04 973 1531
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Joel on Tue 9th Feb 9:17pm

Oli wrote:Cheers Joel. Just to clarify, the Kiwi Brevet phone number is 04 973 1531

ummm :huh:
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Re: Kiwi Brevet

Postby Trail on Tue 9th Feb 9:26pm

Wow. Hope Andys ankle comes right by morning.

If the trackers are correct some people are either doing a Wharfedale night ride or are camping in there!!
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