So it’s finally time to fly out of NZ! I’ve never been on a flight longer than 3.5 hours so a 30 hour flight is a bit nerve racking for me. This week has been filled with errands. No spare time, with training and getting everything ready to leave. Yip, I always leave everything to the last minute. It’s human nature, or is it just me? Christchurch Earthquake This morning we had a 7.4 scale [...]

After a lot of decision making I ended up purchasing an amazing Avanti Team Cadent from John Bull Cycles in Christchurch. There are the 3 types of road race bikes Avanti produce. At first I wanted the Questa – the female version. The small in this was too small and there were none available in the next size up so that cut out that option. Although the Quantum is more of a racing design so [...]