Alfa Romeo - The Yacht - in Auckland
Looped thru the Viaduct on a cycle ride & found the supermaxi NZL80 Alfa Romeo (Sydney Hobart runner up) is in town. She is an impressive sight, even when not sailing.
Cycling
What to do in Torino (Turin), Italy?
I read the ExperiencePlus! website in preparation for the day when I have the time & funds to head off on a European Cycling Adventure. As a Fiat fan their latest Travel Tip was of interest, a detailed “What to do with 36 hours in Turin”. With the 2006 Winter
Bent Bike Blog!
Peter Faris lives in Melbourne, a great city for cycling. He has just purchased a Recumbent Human Powered Vehicle which is why he’s just created the: Bent Bike Blog - Peter Faris’ Recumbent Tricycle Blog. Bent Bike Blog - Peter Faris’ Recumbent Tricycle Blog
Auckland
Big toy - World's fifth-largest private yacht, Le Grand Bleu
During a cycle ride into town, and along the waterfront, took the chance to have a look at World's fifth-largest private yacht, Le Grand Bleu, which is visiting Auckland. It’s a remarkable boat: 113m/371ft long & powered by twin 2 x 4,570-hp engines. It comes
GPS and Mapping
Garmin goes cycling with an Edge
While the Garmin GPS’s can be used for cycling, my Legend does many km’s on the handlebar mount, they now have a model aimed specifically at cycling. In addition to the usual GPS things like position, speed they can also measure things like heart rate & cadence then
Cycling
Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday - Armstrong Drives Cycle Sales
Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday usually refers to the auto industry. It seems that Lance Armstrong’s success has proved the rule for cycling. Armstrong's Success Drives Cycle Sales “Americans purchased more bicycles than new cars and trucks combined in the past year - and all without
Cycling
Awesome Lance Armstrong Graphic
The Tour de France Blog 2005 has a link to a wonderful double-page newspaper spread about Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France. Awesome illustration and great information. Tour de France 2005: To the double-truck web press, Batman!
Cycling
Hamilton to Auckland Express : Cyle Ride/Race New Zealand
This looks like a fun event, 97 km from Hamilton to Pukekohe organised by the team that do the Rotorua Taupo Flyer through scenery like this. Cool, but it’s not all flat! Hamilton to Auckland Express : Cycle Ride/Race New Zealand
Cycling
Bamboo Biking
This is neat, a bamboo mountain bike! Bamboo MTB Frame - Brano Meres This is my second home-made frame. This time I used bamboo instead of carbon composite tubes…
Adventure South
Cycle Trip Quick Update
This is a quick update, will do proper posts when home. excuse the typo's racing the meter on a kiosk machine After a day in Dunedin joined the group. There are 8 cyclists + the two guides on this trip. It's a special only advertised to previous
Adventure South
Holiday - Not just from blogging
Things will be quiet here for a couple of weeks as I’m heading of on another Cycling tour with Adventure South. This time its to “The Catlins” which is the southern coast of New Zealand’s South Island. I just hope it doesn’t snow
Cycling
Mt Taranaki Cycle Ride - Sea level to +960m and back!
I took my bicycle to New Plymouth last weekend as found a road on the map that looked interesting. Egmont Road climbs from the coast to the Mt Taranaki North Egmont Visitor Centre. I had been up there by car many years ago but thought it would a good ride