Christchurch-Akora-Ashburton
Ride Time: 5:45
Distance: 135km
- Land in Christchurch NZ around 8am after sleeping maybe 6 hours over the last 36
- Breeze through customs in about 5 minutes, that seemed way too easy!
- Conditions not looking promising as it's forecast for rain and more rain all day
- Good news, all the gear arrived in one piece
- Built up bike and was ready to roll by 10:30
- Do I relax for the day or head out? hmmmm
- Decide to make a push for Akora which is basically on the eastern side about 90km from Christchurch to test the gear
- After making a few wrong turns in Chrischurch I'm on my way with the help of a map and some advice from a bike shop
- Weather turned really bad so I decided to abort the mission and turn back after 40km
- Should I chill out or make a new plan? I know what the smart thing is to do ...
- Well I was already soaked and cold with no food and 1 water bottle so I decided to make the dumb choice and make a plan B and head south to Ashburton via hwy 1 - 85km
- Brutal decision: bad road (busy), lots of traffic, 30/40km headwinds and raining the entire time with the exception of the last 10 minutes
- Hot shower required after this one
- Definitely as hard as our first ride last year which was a 200km adventure in the Water Valley area
- Biking with 50lbs of gear is very similar to riding a tandem. Norco ti frame is a bit noodly with all this gear but it seems fine once you are up to speed
- All in all still an OK day
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