Good peope ride PUSH bikes. So far all the people I have encountered on the journey who own PUSH bikes have and had a good word to say or a laugh to share - even on the dustiest and steepest of roads. Now what I am about to write, I know will not apply to any of my readers ,so I feel quite safe to have a little vent about some of those "Lady Riders of E-Bikes" in particular. You see there surely is an un-written code of ethics that should be explained to all E-Bike riders at point of purchase. It would go something like this "Enjoy getting out and exploring places on your new bike. Dot it safely. Stay within your your limits as far as your ability is concerned, these things go a lot slower than the car you have been driving but far too fast if your skill level does not match. When encountering "PUSH Bikers" they are the ones that need to push to make their pedals turn round which in turn makes the wheels go round. Remember, that they have pushed that bike up every meter of that hill you have just cruised up so it is not appropriate to whizz past them and then comment on how steep and hard this hill is. Likewise remember that your E-Bikes are heavy - perhaps twice the weight of their push bike so when bikes are being loaded manually on to a boat/trailer/vehicle it is not okay, when you are a Lady E-Biker who is the ideal weight (however just not tall enough) to march up through the crowd calling for volunteer "Men" to step up and help load the bikes"! I'm sure you look just like the woman who would have marched and burnt your bra all those years ago telling us "Women" can do anyything! Well, perhaps if you're not now prepared to do "anything" then it's best you don't hop in to your organise mode!
Boy! what a rant that was and yes I still love women and people who ride E-Bikes it's just that unfortunate combo that I saw today, that does not warm me to "those" women E-Bikers',
Today, because it was only going to be a short 70 km's meant we took our time getting away from Dargaville and stopped at the Cafe in town. The first 20 km or so was mostly flat and we made great time then for the rest of the ride we encountered a few smaller hills. There was a stretch of new road being laid and they were using a technique quite foreign Canterbury/South Isalnd road building (well something I'd never seen before) where they were using lime and cement it appeared to assist in forming the foundation base layers. Road metal is clearly in shourt supply up here which is not suprising when the subsoil appears mostly to be of a sandy nature.
We have been spoiled with having Ruth's Sister-in-law also riding at about the same pace as us as her husband and sister Kathy's husband following along in their motorhomes. More than once as happened today in the middle of the hot, dry, hilly, road work section that there was Bill offering a much appreciated cup of tea! A big shout out to you Bill.
We arrived at Potu Point with lots of time up our sleeve to have a swim and a shower before consuming a couple of mugs of tea.
The it was a wee walk down to watch the loading of the ferry with bikes and people (see above). It took about an hour to get all the bikes loaded before they set sail. I was quite pleased to be booked on the 7:00 AM sailing tomorrow.
Now it's time for our roast chicken and cheese rolls,
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