Giant Talon (Rapid Rob)
Rapid Rob brake, not break, test!
Muriwai and back
Robin Capper
A Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | he/him
Auckland
Today cycled up Mt Donald Mclean, next the Himalaya!
Had my first real gravel road ride on ‘Rapid Rob’ today. From home headed into the Waitakere Ranges and along the Exhibition Drive track. Then it was back on the road following the Manukau Harbour coast to Huia. There are some steep undulating hills as the road climbs over ridges
The Wildest Dream: Everest
Just finished watching 'The Wildest Dream: Everest' (recorded from Sky NZ BBC Knowledge recently) and it was magnificent. Still surreal to think I will be there*, gasping that air, looking at that mountain in a few weeks... When it finished live TV was showing the end of a
Uncle Johns' retirement project kit aircraft
Last time I saw this 'Miss Dixon' was a collection of parts in a hanger. Although it looks like a Mustang this is 3/4 size Titan T-51 kit aircraft. Well, to be more accurate, was a Titan T-51 kit as John has put a lot
Rapid Robs first ride
Took 'Rapid Rob' on our first real ride yesterday. From home headed up to the Scenic Drive where I went off road on the centennial Exhibition Drive track. It is a closed well formed gravel road which follows a water supply pipeline towards Nihotupu Dam for a couple
@CARmagazine tweets
@CARmagazine New issue, fitting that Porsche GTS advert ‘wrap band’ was as arrogant as most Porsche. In the bin, now onto the great contents @CARmagazine new issue, shame no current Fiat (or even Fiat Group) hot hatches good enough to feature! 130TC missing though @CARmagazine new issue, Mini Cooper (mk1)
New toy to ride the ‘worlds steepest downhill’
Meet what became known as 'Rapid Rob'
Adventure South | 2014 Lhasa (Tibet) to Kathmandu (Nepal) Index
A cycling adventure across the Tibetan Plateau, from Lhasa to Kathmandu, with Adventure South (World Expeditions)
OneBig OneDrive
Noticed this change appeared this morning. #OneBigDrive #OneDrive
Life =IF
Life is just an endless nested =IF statement*. Guess who's been looking at @Microsoft Excel too long today. * INDEX & VLOOKUP wouldn't work
Pup-cake?
Took a friend, and Alfie, for a walk around Hobsonville Point recently. We stumbled upon the Farmers Market (now in the old flying boat hangers by the boat ramp) and k9-doggy-deli’s “Bone Appetite” stall. I must say I didn’t buy this. My American ‘cuz'sis’
No escaping our National game, religion
Might be able to avoid the Rugby section in the NZ Herald Windows Phone app but can't escape the Rugby news.