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Sign up for the inimitable North Island 1,600!

3/8/2015

 
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If you are a seriously committed distance rider, you should have the weekend of 10-11 October blocked out on your calendar and the words “North Island 1,600” emblazoned across those dates.

You should also be thinking about preparing yourself and your steed of choice for some serious saddle time. There’s some information on our website that may be useful for this task http://www.distanceriders.org.nz/preparing-for-distance-rides.html

We know where we’re going this year!
The organisers have agreed a route, and it is a beauty! We’re committed to an objective of riding roads less travelled, and this year’s itinerary includes a couple of stretches that past distance rides have not covered for many years, if at all. We’ve also aimed for a mix of roads that include well-trodden highways and some stretches that will require even closer attention to detail. We don’t ride on unsealed roads, other than those that may have stretches of roadworks. Unfortunately some great scenery will be travelled during the hours of darkness.

We’ve had enquiries from some GPS devotees as to whether waypoints and checkpoint information can be made available to help with programming tasks. The answer is yes. But we won’t be providing a downloadable route map. Participating riders should still take some responsibility for managing their ride.

We have had some tough negotiations with our American friends at the Iron Butt Association (IBA). For the first time this year’s route meets their requirements for a SS1000 (Saddle Sore 1000). If you are interested, you will need to complete the ride and submit your photos. Because the IBA charges a fee, we will have to do the same. This means that an extra $48.00 will be needed. For this you will get an IBA patch, certificate, and membership of the esteemed IBA.

To keep costs down we will order the certificates and patches after the ride. These will be sent from the USA, so they will take a few weeks to arrive. More details about the IBA can be found at www.ironbutt.com or on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Butt_Association

Starting and finishing at Turangi
The start and finish will be at the Turangi Kiwi Holiday Park, as is a tradition for these sorts of events. The final details of the route will be unveiled at 7:00pm on Friday 9 October.

If you’re keen, then please go to our website http://www.distanceriders.org.nz/the-north-island-1600.html and either fill out the online form, or download the PDF version which you can either post to us at P O Box 29017, Ngaio, Wellington; or scan and email to us at distanceriders@gmail.com. Riders using the online forms will need to provide a signature at the pre-start registration. Please familiarise yourself with this event’s terms and conditions published on the web page.

Entries please!
We have received over 20 entries so far. If you are entering and want to be part of a group of mates, could you please let us know who those other riders may be so we can make sure you’re all in the same starting group.

Remember that your registration fee will provide successful riders with a certificate, patch and badge. If you rode in last year’s event and didn’t reclaim your $25 rebate, then that will be deducted from your entry fee for this year’s ride.

Event-specific T-shirts are also available. As too is accommodation at the Turangi Kiwi Holiday Park. The details and prices are all outlined on the event registration form. Details can be found on our website here http://www.distanceriders.org.nz/the-north-island-1600.html

Non-riding volunteers needed
If you’d like to be involved in a non-riding capacity, we need a bunch of motivated and committed volunteers for key roles (scrutineering, event management, catering, rider support), either at Event HQ in Turangi, or at one of the four manned checkpoints around the North Island. If you’re keen to help, then please let us know at distanceriders@gmail.com.

Remember that this is an event organised by distance riders for distance riders. It the organisers’ objective to provide outstanding value for money for participants.

1KC ride update - get your entries in!

3/8/2015

 
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A Whale Rider ride...
As the Distance Riders now organise more than one event each year, we have decided that each of those should have its own newsletter. So this newsletter is for this year’s 1,000km Cruise event, which we have abbreviated to be the 1KC.

So what is the 1KC?
The Distance Riders have taken over organising what was formerly the Capital 1,000km Cruise and are giving this event its own special flavour as part of our stable of rides.

This year’s events will be held on Saturday 7 November. That’s right: events plural!

This ride has always been popular with riders from around the North Island, so to make it easier for riders in the top half of the North Island to participate, this year there will be two 1KCs each with its own unique route. One will start and finish in Wellington, the second will start and finish in Hamilton.

The routes for both rides have been set and are outstanding. The Hamilton ride has some of the Wellington-based organisers seriously thinking about riding to The Tron for the weekend to be part of that event! The official routes will be sent to registered participants one week before the start date. Expect to see some route teasers between now and then!

Route teasers
Hamilton riders: Have you ever seen the movie Whale Rider?
Wellington riders: Have you ever seen the movie Goodbye Pork Pie? Well you won’t be going anywhere they did!

Rider entry requirements
Entry criteria aren’t as stringent for the 1KC rides, compared with our North Island 1,600 events – there’s no formal scrutineering of machines (although these must be registered and road legal) and pillions are allowed (as long as their feet can reach the fitted pegs).

If there are two bums on a bike, then both need to register for a 1KC ride. That means two signatures and two fees, as pillions in these events are deemed to be tougher than the riders and also receive recognition with badges and certificates as well as going in the prize draw. Proceeds from this event are donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association of New Zealand. $20 for one rider and $40 for two isn’t expensive and the proceeds are going to a great cause.

There’s an online entry form on our website http://www.distanceriders.org.nz/the-1000km-cruise-the-1kc.html as well as a downloadable PDF version which you can either post to us at P O Box 29017, Ngaio, Wellington; or scan and email to us at distanceriders@gmail.com. Riders and pillions using the online forms will need to provide a signature at the pre-start registration. Please familiarise yourself with this events terms and conditions published on the web page.

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