Shifting Gears in New Zealand. - CycleBlaze

Shifting Gears in New Zealand.

Sampling both Tour Aotearoa & Sounds to Sounds

By Andrew Richard
3,524 km (2,188 miles) over 32 days since Jan. 31, 2025
The Route heart 14
The Gear heart 9
What to expect from this journal? And why on earth would you ride 4000 km!? heart 15
Shakedown Trip to Victoria heart 17
Boxing the bike heart 12
How to contact me heart 12
YVR to Aotearoa. heart 30
Hunua Regional Park to Matamata heart 27
Matamata to Mangakino heart 39
Finding solitude heart 10
Mangakino through heaven to Ongarue. heart 59
Ongarue to Mosley Campsite. heart 41
Mosley campsite to Whanganui. heart 34
Whanganui to Rangiwahia. heart 40
Rangiwahia to Eketahuna heart 69
Eketahuna to Wellington heart 59
Over to the South Island (Rest Day) heart 47
Picton to Picton via the Queen Charlotte Track. heart 85
Picton to Molesworth Cob Cabin DOC heart 59
Molesworth Cob Cabin DOC to Hanmer Springs. heart 54
Rest Day Hanmer Springs. heart 30
Hanmer Springs to Lake Tennyson via St James Cycle Triail. heart 82
Lake Tennyson to Murchison via Rainbow. heart 36
Murchison to Fork Hut (Old Ghost Road) heart 79
Fork Hut (Old Ghost Road) to Punakaiki. heart 78
Gear Update! heart 11
Punakaiki to Greymouth then train to Springfield heart 41
Springfield to Geraldine. heart 48
Geraldine to Lake Tekapo. heart 40
Lake Tekapo to Omarama heart 53
Omarama to Omakau heart 37
Omakau to Bannockburn heart 36
Bannockburn to Mossburn heart 39
Mossburn to Eglinton Campground. heart 48
Eglington Valley to Milford Sounds heart 38
Te Anau to Manapouri. heart 17
Manapouri to Walter’s Peak Landing. heart 47
Walter’s Peak Landing to Arrowtown. heart 34
Arrowtown to Makarora.+ heart 42
Makarora to Lake Paringa.+ heart 14
+Updated within 1 day
Updated within 7 days