Kiwi Brevet

pedalingkiwi · *by **pedalingkiwi** on Tue 9/Feb/10 6:34pm*

goatie wrote:I would say Andy and Oli are together still. I can't see why they would split unless something bad has happened. There is just too much collective gain to be had by sticking together for the rest of it.

I saw Ollie and Andy at 10.45 this morning at Townsend Hut - Ollie came in 5 mins ahead but hung around for a munch and a dump and for Andy to change brake pads - they were planning to stay together "because Andy knows his way through McDonald Downs", and were headed for Hanmer, maybe Acheron for tonight.

Also saw Mark Rayward at 13.20 on the Wharfedale saddle and was riding just 5 mins ahead of Lisa Savage & Tony Bateup - they had all overnighted in Castle Hill. Saw Lisa & Tony again on my way out - Tony had had a couple of punctures, but they were happily munching on wholewheat sandwiches as they headed north. Mark, Lisa & Tony had Acheron in their sights for tonight.

When I left Mt Pember Stn (start of Lees Valley section) at around 3.45 nobody else had come enrough.

It was low-mid 20's up there, mostly sunny, with light winds - southerly through the saddle but out in Lees Valley more like a light NE - not enough to really make things harder.

ScottMorris · *by **ScottMorris** on Tue 9/Feb/10 7:29pm*

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

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

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

Oli · *by **Oli** on Tue 9/Feb/10 7:39pm*

Nice one, Scott! Cheers mate. :thumbsup:

Dominator · *by **Dominator** on Tue 9/Feb/10 7:49pm*

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

Tinkerbell · *by **Tinkerbell** on Tue 9/Feb/10 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:

znomit · *by **znomit** on Tue 9/Feb/10 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

XCguy · *by **XCguy** on Tue 9/Feb/10 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!

Ollie's my hero :love:

And my hero's going to win :thumbsup:

Oli · *by **Oli** on Tue 9/Feb/10 8:07pm*

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

Slim · *by **Slim** on Tue 9/Feb/10 8:08pm*

Ollie is a machine!!

XCguy · *by **XCguy** on Tue 9/Feb/10 8:17pm*

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

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.

Oli · *by **Oli** on Tue 9/Feb/10 8:17pm*

Oh shush fool! :blush:

Joel · *by **Joel** on Tue 9/Feb/10 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