One of the important roles of the Rear Admiral is to record our journey in video format. We are slowly compiling these into digestible episodes – we hope that these give you a taste of our 7,500km tandem bike ride.
Episode 9 – Wanaka to Greymouth
The GOTF continues his solo ride north to Greymouth – over 800km north of Bluff
Episode 8 Bluff to Wanaka
Episode 8 – riding solo the GOTF starts the journey back north – Bluff to Wānaka
Episode 7 – Clyde to Invercargill
The last leg of our southbound ride made challenging by illness
Episode 5 – Picton to Geraldine
The going gets tough as we climb into the mountains on our second day in Te Waipounamu
Episode 4 – Waiotapu to East Cape
We make it out to East Cape as our ride takes a significant detour east rather than heading south
Episode 2 – Northland’s East Coast
Northlands east coast was an early highlight of the ride – so different to what we would encounter once we got south of Auckland
Episode 6 – Geraldine to Clyde
The RA gets 4 days off after one mountain pass to many
Episode 4 – East Cape to Wairoa
The weather starts to cool as we travel down the island through Hawkes Bay and the Taraua Districts.
Episode 3 – Whangarei to Waiotapu
We make it through ‘the big smoke’ and onto the Waikato as we continue our ride south
Episode 1 – Around Te Tai Tokerau
Our first big ride on the tandem testing out our bike, gear and ourselves over 570km around the Far North
The Angel Tandem - Adventures on the wrong side of 60 