Hello,
I'm in NZ because my girlfriend is due to swim the Cook Straight sometime in the upcoming week(!). I've been travelling around South Island for a few weeks, kayaking alongside her training swims and doing some of the great walks but now she's resting before the big event and I can get back out on a bike. Hooray!
A few days ago, I rented a bike from Muds and spent couple of hours at Makara, enough to see it's fun and enough to get the almost completely undamped forks out of their depth on the Ridgeline. You lot have obviously put a lot of work in up there.
What would be absolutely ideal would be if some kind soul would lend me a nice bike and share a ride over the next few days. I'm completely flexible on dates/times. Alternatively, I could hire from Muds again, but it would be nice to have some locals to ride with!
I'm reasonably quick - I ride with an elite XC racer at home and race endurance events myself (but I have had 4 weeks off the bike). I'm not looking to bust lungs or break anything though so a good relaxed ride would be great.
Can anyone help?
Cheers,
Aidan