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Shifting Gears in New Zealand.
Sampling both Tour Aotearoa & Sounds to Sounds
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Andrew Richard
3,524 km (2,188 miles) over 32 days since Jan. 31, 2025
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The Route
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The Gear
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What to expect from this journal? And why on earth would you ride 4000 km!?
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Shakedown Trip to Victoria
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Boxing the bike
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How to contact me
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YVR to Aotearoa.
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Hunua Regional Park to Matamata
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Matamata to Mangakino
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Finding solitude
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Mangakino through heaven to Ongarue.
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Ongarue to Mosley Campsite.
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Mosley campsite to Whanganui.
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Whanganui to Rangiwahia.
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Rangiwahia to Eketahuna
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Eketahuna to Wellington
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Over to the South Island (Rest Day)
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Picton to Picton via the Queen Charlotte Track.
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Picton to Molesworth Cob Cabin DOC
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Molesworth Cob Cabin DOC to Hanmer Springs.
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Rest Day Hanmer Springs.
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Hanmer Springs to Lake Tennyson via St James Cycle Triail.
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Lake Tennyson to Murchison via Rainbow.
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Murchison to Fork Hut (Old Ghost Road)
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Fork Hut (Old Ghost Road) to Punakaiki.
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Gear Update!
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Punakaiki to Greymouth then train to Springfield
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Springfield to Geraldine.
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Geraldine to Lake Tekapo.
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Lake Tekapo to Omarama
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Omarama to Omakau
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Omakau to Bannockburn
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Bannockburn to Mossburn
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Mossburn to Eglinton Campground.
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Eglington Valley to Milford Sounds
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Te Anau to Manapouri.
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Manapouri to Walter’s Peak Landing.
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Walter’s Peak Landing to Arrowtown.
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Arrowtown to Makarora.
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Makarora to Lake Paringa.
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