Day 2- Auckland

After a good night of sleep following arrival at Auckland we were awake at about 8.00am.

We had a cooked breakfast of bacon and eggs with coffee and was into assembly of the bikes!

Apart from a few troubles with the front box the bikes were assembled by about 11.00am shortly after Chris arrived at the hotel. Chris is staying close to the CBD. He helped us with the final few assembly items and we decided to do a ride to the Auckland harbour to test out the bikes.

Chris mentioned it was the Auckland Day holiday so the roads were not busy.

The ride into town was about 25 kms and we stopped at a bike shop so it could get a few things checked.

The weather was fine apart from a heavy shower whilst at the bike shop. The other issue was a strong southerly wind which was fine for the inward journey but made the ride back a little more challenging.

Arriving at the harbour we were met with big holiday crowds but managed to find a table at a restaurant overlooking an area where there was dragon boat racing.

After lunch it was back to the hotel after Chris left us and we made a good fist of finding our way! One small glitch saw us track back to the CBD but we corrected quickly.

We did about 50 kms in the shake down ride and the bike is now set for the adventure ahead.

After a good dinner of fish and chips it will be bedtime to dream of the days ahead!

Good first day but hope the winds drop tomorrow!

Photos show bike assembled and us getting ready for the ride