Only 18 more days until we take off on our next biking tour. We set big ambitions this year, planning to bike the west coast of the south island of New Zealand. Time constraints, excessive mileage, and significant elevation gains prompted us to scale back our original plan. However, our route is still pushing our limits (we think), with an average of 45 miles per day and several passes to climb. But even with the cut backs, we'll still get to pedal the majority of the west coast. Here's our planned route, from Murchison to Queenstown:
We were inspired to do this route by a fun book we picked up in Portland's
Powell's Books some years ago. It's called
Bicycling Along the World's Most Exceptional Routes. It's basically a compilation of rides put together by different tour groups--a coffee table book with pretty pictures, without the technical, nitty-gritty details of the rides, but it's given us plenty of ideas. We'll keep you posted with pics and updates along our journey.
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