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Helpful Hint No 1.

How do you calculate gear inches? How do you adjust the deraylyer --- ...deraller ---...derai--- you know - the thingy hooked on the back of your frame that makes your hands all greasy when your chain comes off.

To tap in to Sheldon Brown's brain for the answers to these questions, and many more that you have never even thought of asking, just click on his crash helmet.

Sheldon's bound to have your answers.
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Helpful Hint No 2.

Maybe you are not even in New Zealand. If so, you should click on the fern.

The Virtual New Zealand site will show you why you should be packing your panniers NOW!!
(But check out the rest of our pages first - sometimes VNZ takes a while to load. They think the wait's worth while. So do I.)

Also, have a look at Lonely Planet's

thoughts on New Zealand, and

Jan Boonstra's site

to see what he discovered cycling here in 1997.
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Helpful Hint No 3.

If you are coming to New Zealand without your bike (for whatever strange reason) and you get the urge to do some touring (perhaps you do not want to trust your pride and joy to your airline) (as a matter of interest Air New Zealand took great care of my tandem going to Germany) have a look at

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Helpful Hint No 4.

When out riding, beware of large obstacles which may get in your way or, even worse, which may try to attack you!!!!

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Helpful Hint No 5.

If you do have a problem with an obstacle, or if you just want to
improve safety for yourself and other cyclists, please report incidents
and maintenance issues to the relevant council:

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Helpful Hint No 6.

Do not ever do too much training - if you are not careful you will fade away to a shadow!!!!!!!!!

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REMEMBER - whatever you do, make sure it's done on your bike.
After all

To Cycle - or not to Cycle

There IS no question!!!
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