Sunday’s Richmond to Motueka ride was with a pharmacist Brad, I called him Brad “the Machine” Collins. Riding a gravel bike (manual), he out-performed Matt and I on our electrics. Brad and I raced up a hill with me eating his dust! Not only did Brad set a great pace, periodically he would take a…

Staying with Aunt Louise and Mack in the countryside at Foxhill, we had a quiet relaxing start to the day enjoying breakfast together along with a panoramic view of cloud languidly drifting over and around the hills. Given the rain forecast for today, we had arranged our first South Island ride (Richmond to Motueka) with…

I couldn’t resist the chance for a bonus ride on the drive down to Nelson. Advised by a Facebook group Recreational Riders, we chose the Ohakune Old Coach Rd, a road built over 100 years ago using cobbles to give horses grip up steep hills when pulling coaches. A coach passenger reportedly counted over 430…