fraserb wrote: the track goes past ferneaux's back door on the way to punga. would say that is done this way to even out the two days of riding a bit.
have heard that the accomodation at Punga is far less appealing than ferneaux

Last year most of the people had arrived at Fernaux by lunchtime
Mmmm..., Big burgers!
Then you had the option of riding on to Punga, and catching the ferry back from Punga to Fernaux in the late afternoon and stopping for a beer in Punga.
Also, the next morning you could ride out of Fernaux and ride to Punga (And keep riding for the rest of the day), Or you could catch the ferry and start riding from Punga instead.

I have a super good feeling about this ride, Can't wait!
I still can't decide which bike to bring

I finally got around to resizing and uploading my pics from last year
http://www.vorb.org.nz/photos-album-1448.html
And http://www.vorb.org.nz/photos-album-144 ... mal-0.html

Cool cant wait

Mr_Bob wrote:I still can't decide which bike to bring

Can only hope to have that luxury by then.

Looking forward to the trip too.

DirtDiva wrote:

Mr_Bob wrote:I still can't decide which bike to bring

Can only hope to have that luxury by then.

Looking forward to the trip too.

I've narrowed it down to 3....
The Fly is a tank and overkill
The single speed is stupidity personified (I want to enjoy the ride)
So it'll either be the Fxr (with the lightweight wheelset swapped off the Fxc).
Or it'll be the Fxc (Shorter travel full sus than the Fxr)
Or the Slacker (which will be a tank to ride up hill)!

Mr_Bob wrote: I finally got around to resizing and uploading my pics from last year
http://www.vorb.org.nz/photos-album-1448.html
And http://www.vorb.org.nz/photos-album-144 ... mal-0.html

OMG!!

Does that mean you will be posting up the castlerock ones from last year too

Maybe

Grumpyoldman wrote:

6 weeks.....

can't wait

Monolith wrote:

Grumpyoldman wrote:

6 weeks.....

can't wait

hmmm... does that mean I should have done something about not being able to ride further than the shops without needing an aftrenoon nap

Nah, take it easy for another 5 weeks. You definitely dont want to over-train.

i was told by some people that have done this ride a few times, to get bed matress bags. From the bed shops. They are big plastic bags to put your bike in for when on the boat because apparernently the water spray is quiet bad. I just concerned about where to put this bag when you're riding as it would take up alot of room. Does anyone do/recommend this ??

On a side note, does anyone know what the weather has been like in QC for the last few days. Thinking about heading over there for the weekend.

XCrider wrote: i was told by some people that have done this ride a few times, to get bed matress bags. From the bed shops. They are big plastic bags to put your bike in for when on the boat because apparernently the water spray is quiet bad. I just concerned about where to put this bag when you're riding as it would take up alot of room. Does anyone do/recommend this ??

none of us have ever done this (well on the 3 QCW's I have done with Vorb), would never even have thought about it, if your concerned about it you could always hose your bike down when you get to the lodge

yeah, it's only exposed to the salt spray for about 40 minutes on the way out, and I didn't notice any ill-effects on any cycles on unloading... take an extra water bottle to give it a squirt down if it makes you feel better though

5 weeks.