06 February 2015

Friday lunchtime

Texts from Thursday night and Friday morning:

9:52pm
Kirsty Moran Robyn Blyth:
NelSON!! Another lovely day on the gourmet brevet. Roadside apples, plums and blackberries should make for am interesting morning. I’ll go in froint.

9:54pm
Chris and Bob:
Bob and Chris, over and out

9:57pm
Brett Herdsman – Team Scrambled Legs:
Team Scrambled legs all in and finished. The hardtail single speed was the best bike.

10:06pm
Jon Keyzer:
Jon Keyzer reporting to you live from Blenheim. I’m absolutely zonked after a long day from Nelson to Blenheim, but so stoked to have pushed out a big final nudge at about 9hrs riding and 152km. The last stretch from Picton had me delirious and the headwind back into town was no slouch either. I’m sad the Brevet is over and I’m already plotting for next year.

10:15pm
Bruno Geldermans:
Awesome event Scott and Jo….thanks heaps
10:34pm
Ben Taylor:
Ben Taylor and Chris Todd at the square all done!

10:35pm
Team Bikefit:
Hi team..Team Bikefit in Blenheim. Long hard day but we are in. Thanks for an awesome event. Cheers

11:10pm
Matt Quirk:
All done! Stunning if grueling final test today. Some truly fabulous riding had. Thanks Scott and Jo awesome work!

4:46am Friday morning
Mitch Potter:
Mitch Potter with final check in from Seymore Square

4:59am
Coastal Crew:
Coastal Crew Tadd, Iain and Bryce done. 4.50am! 280km day, properly epic. Out.

7:39am
Grenville Hirst:
Hi Scott, Maungatapu track closed, do we just find our way to the other end

7:45am
Glenn Wright:
Hi Maungatapu track shut…longer route on tar seal… darn  Glenn

8:16am
Colin Dodge:
Colin in Nelson

8:33am
David Connor:
Rolled in last night at 1am. Final check in brevetted complete. Thank you guys so much we had such a blast. Will definitely be back again. Talk soon. David Connor

8:50am
Craig Moss:
Hi Scott, do you know of a bike shop brevet friendly in Nelson that may be open, looking for Hayes dunno sport pads and new tubeless tyre 29

9:13am
Alistarir Davidson:
Bummer! Im in nelson (checking in) about 15kms from Maungatapu

10:10am
Coastal Crew:
Add two more names to that list (of those who hate Scott J)! Brilliant study in wet adversity was this week. Thanks Scott and Jo.

10:41
Derek Poshtar:
Finally in reefton, trying to get past Murchison tonight

10:49am
Geoff Gabities:
Phil and Geof scoffing pies at reefton if anyone cares

11:42am
Mark Wattie:
Hi in Picton aborted. Mark Wattie

12:04pm
Steve Makin:
Safe and sound in Blenheim now, not quite the brevet I hoped to do but still bloody marvelous J thanks so much for all the hard work for organizing such a brilliant event and cheapu to all the riders out there! Already looking forward to 2017 ;-)

12:00pm
Scott to Mark Wattie:
Hi Mark, now worries. Thanks for letting me know hope is all ok?
Mark to Scott:

Yes thanks al good had a blast amazing time