Jim wrote: Fun, in its own way.


ummmh day mission.

I'll put you on my email list.

Another great week-end. Good trails, good peoples, good times.

Thanks for making it all so easy Tama.

VERT wrote:

onyabike wrote:

leg armour on QCW - what the?

ask Colin...

Saturday, day four of six days riding for me and looking like being my first "all the blood on the inside" day....

... until unloading the bikes off the watertaxi back a Furneaux.

I had a "Mr Shin, meet Mr Flat Pedal with Flesh Eating Spikes" moment. And said bad words.

Sunday was my only all the blood on the inside day.

way_downsouth wrote:

Jim wrote: Fun, in its own way.


ummmh day mission.

I'll put you on my email list.

You are both mad!

Dang that was cool, good to meet everybody. Put me on the list for next year

got home just after 6pm. and have just finished unpacking and cleaning out the car

what an fantastic weekend that was
cool ride with some cool people
great to meet some that I havnt meet before and catch up with those that I have meet.

BIG thanks to Tama for getting it all together again, I know it was a bigger challenge this year and it is really appriciated by anyone that comes

also thanks to Colin for getting a few of us sorted for the ride today.

Well said. Cheers Tama.

I've done put my photos up.
Thanks to Tama for organising, and all my riding buddies for the weekend, especially my fellow sifties, my sister Brenda for coming down from Auckland for the trip, and my friends Rach, Liam, Fiona, Sharleen and Paula. It was great to meet you Anna, get to know you Heather and Anneka, and generally cruise around on a bike in the sun. Special thanks to those who convinced me that Furneaux to Punga on Sunday was worth it... it was.

Thanks also to the weathergods for behaving for the weekend.

Wasnt to bad at work on Monday either, we got back to Christchurch pretty quickly (sub 3 1/2 hours ) and my body is remarkabelly good

jo wrote: Thanks also to the weathergods for behaving for the weekend.

I had a great weekend. Thanks again Tama, for the work you do to put this thing together. Awesome.

Really enjoyed the ride, trails were in really good nick. The flowing down into Furneaux I particularly enjoyed, also the stuff down into Punga, the switchbacks after Portage, the 5km downrun to Anakiwa, actually it was all bloody good. What am I saying.

Have to do that again one day, would also be keen to plan on doing it in a day

Mr_Bob wrote:

way_downsouth wrote:

Jim wrote: Fun, in its own way.


ummmh day mission.

I'll put you on my email list.

You are both mad!

Err, it's under 100km including the ride back to picton... I will have to wait until after Karapoti, but if you're at ships cove by 8am you will be back in picton by 6pm for the ferry home. Part of the reason I rode a little extra on the second day was to see what kind of time/pain to expect on a single day ride.

mob: Easily doable in a day, rode from the lodge to picton last year, bit broken though, and the first bit isnt very long.

I reckon I could do it in one day and I'm old and slow.

I suspect I'd be somewhat broken at the end though.

I comfortably rode from Furneaux to Anakiwa...

... and figure that adding the bit from Ships Cove to Furneaux earlier in the day would leave fresher than my four previous riding days had on Sunday.

I would be booking a backpackers at Anakiwa (or Picton) so it wouldn't matter if I finished at 6:30 or 7:30 or 8:30.

This Friday is your last chance for a while Colin, so you better get onto the Ferry bookings now mate