Going out for a Bike Ride
Going Out for a Bike Ride An AOK Diary, 2002–3 Pete McDonald From The Otago Witness of 2 July 1896. The road record for Christchurch to Dunedin, held by J O Shorland, was 22 hours 13 minutes. Picture credits, page 83. Web version. © Peter McDonald 2003 This version of ‘Going Out for a Bike Ride’ is the same as the full version but with fewer illustrations and with different page numbering. (Figures 15, 17, 20, 25, and 31 have been deleted.) The PDF file is available from: The file is 1.6 MB. A few copies of the full version are available from the author at a cost price of $15 plus $1 postage (NZ): 26 Grandview Crescent, Opoho, Dunedin, 9001, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 4738198 Contents Introduction 4 Diary 5 Mountain-biking in and around Dunedin, 2003 46 National Issues: Clean, Green, and Private 57 Endnotes 72 Bibliography 78 Sources of Illustrations 83 Thanks 84 Introduction ‘I was fifty years of age when I commenced to cycle, and I cycled till my eightieth year. The first year I rode over 13,000 miles, the second over 12,000, and for many following years 10,000 each.’ Mrs Isabel Georgina Homewood ‘commenced to cycle’ in 1894.1 * The Otago Daily Times AOK Rally is an annual three-day bicycle ride in Otago. The outing covers an ambitious distance and climbs some sizeable hills, but it is not a race. It is a relaxed ride, with the accent on enjoyment and taking time to explore the country- side. The organisers provide a sag-wagon – a support vehicle – to pick up riders who want to shorten the route.
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