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Tour Aotearoa New Zealand Iron Horse Trail – Rattlesnake Lake to Ponderosa Camp OB Tour Vancouver Island Cycle Ramble British Columbia 2017: A Tour of Two Seasons

Tour Aotearoa New Zealand

The Tour Aotearoa route, designed by Jonathan Kennett, a New Zealand cycling guidebook writer. In 2016 he organized a brevet to highlight the best New Zealand Cycle Trail Great Rides, Heartland Rides, and quiet back country roads. This was my opportunity to do it! Finale: Completed six plus weeks of...

Iron Horse Trail – Rattlesnake Lake to Ponderosa Camp OB Tour

Friday Oct 12 Fall City We drove from the Peninsula to Fall City…too late to ride to a campsite & D was still finishing his packing. Stayed at the Roadhouse and enjoyed a nice meatloaf dinner. Saturday Oct 13 Rattlesnake Lake to Lake Easton State Park Up at 7-ish and...

Vancouver Island Cycle Ramble

Opted to head to Vancouver Island again with no plan (sans a Warmshowers host in Duncan) to ride a few new trails, stay in new places and take new ferries. This would be my 4th cycle tour and 6th visit in the area in 3 years – I so love...

British Columbia 2017: A Tour of Two Seasons

After deciding to not breathe smoke and dodge fires on the Selkirk International Loop, Mary and I decided to return to southern British Columbia and ride a 450 mile loop on both Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. As it was the last two weeks of September, what started in...

Trip Ideas, Planning and Preparation

Trip Ideas 2021: Tucson, AZ in January. Baja Divide? Great Divide? 2022: Back to NZ for TA #2; Pamir Highway/Tajikistan/Central Asia; Wild West Route; Southeast Asia; Europe on Eurovelo routes; Australia’s west coast; Trekking in the Indian Himalayas? Preparation: Current Bike: 2017 Surly Troll, Rohloff/Schmidt hubs, Avid/Yokozona brakes. 26×3″ Surly...
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Tour Aotearoa New Zealand

  By Jon Muellner 23/01/2019 24/12/2020 Cycling, Places

The Tour Aotearoa route, designed by Jonathan Kennett, a New Zealand cycling guidebook writer. In 2016 he organized a brevet to highlight the best New Zealand Cycle Trail Great Rides, Heartland Rides, and quiet back country roads. This was my opportunity to do it! Finale: Completed six plus weeks of… Continue reading

Tagged   bikepacking, bikes, new zealand, touring

Iron Horse Trail – Rattlesnake Lake to Ponderosa Camp OB Tour

  By Jon Muellner 21/10/2018 24/12/2020 Cycling, Places

Friday Oct 12 Fall City We drove from the Peninsula to Fall City…too late to ride to a campsite & D was still finishing his packing. Stayed at the Roadhouse and enjoyed a nice meatloaf dinner. Saturday Oct 13 Rattlesnake Lake to Lake Easton State Park Up at 7-ish and… Continue reading

Vancouver Island Cycle Ramble

  By Jon Muellner 31/07/2018 24/12/2020 Cycling, Places
Kinsol Trestle

Opted to head to Vancouver Island again with no plan (sans a Warmshowers host in Duncan) to ride a few new trails, stay in new places and take new ferries. This would be my 4th cycle tour and 6th visit in the area in 3 years – I so love… Continue reading

Tagged   canada, touring
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