Click on the PDF file below to read David’s report from the 2017 TNGA: 2017_TNGA_Ride_Report_Final_Draft.PDF [PDF Format] Preview: 2017 TNGA Report By: David Fink Thursday 8-17-2017 I left my driveway with a mind reeling with gear lists, lists of lists, and months of planning. Was I forgetting anything? I was leaving for a part of […]
TOUR TE WAIPOUNAMU 2021 I rode the 5 kms from the campground at Farewell Gardens to Wharariki on the morning of 14th February 2021 at 6.30am to start the inaugural Tour Te Wai pounamu (waters of Greenstone), alone in my thoughts as excitement was rising and simultaneously the emerging sun was scorching the sky to […]
TUATARA 1000 Five Full days after finishing the gruelling Tour Te Waipounamu , I was still down in the deep south and on the startline of another long distance bikepacking race. The inaugural Tuatara 1000 starts and finish’s in Invercargill and covers just over 1000kms of backcountry roads. Admittedly during the last days […]
TOUR TE WAIPOUNAMU / TUATARA 1000 GEAR LIST AND THOUGHTS All my gear was in a full set of Apidura Bags loaded onto my new BINARY BICYCLES HAVOK Titanium frame. I had received this beautiful frame well before christmas but only managed to get it together a few weeks before the TTW. […]
THE BIKE: BINARY BICYCLES HAVOK TITANIUM I am now an Ambassador for Binary Bicycles here in New Zealand. I am super proud and privileged to ride these Titanium frames. I had being eyeing up some of their Frames for a while and I just love how this collaboration happened so organically. Binary […]
Laurel Highlands Ridge Ride (LHRR) This loop is suitable for a quick, weekend getaway. Over the approximately 150 miles, there are a couple of big climbs, one up to Chestnut Ridge and two up to Laurel Ridge. The remainder of the route is rolling to flat western PA terrain. Along the route are many […]