Adventure Unicycle
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I'm Ken Looi, a long-distance unicyclist from Wellington, New Zealand. Adventure Unicyclist is my blog about riding on one wheel and a collection of articles about the interesting things that unicyclists get up to. On occasion, Adventure Unicyclist also runs unicycle tours around the world.Unicycling is one of the simplest and most fun ways to get around. At Adventure Unicyclist we aim..
Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
It was another beautiful day for a ride. We had been expecting rain on the West (aka wet) Coast, yet so far there had only been light drizzle, which barely required a rain jacket. Not that rain is a bad thing- it brings out the colours, the waterfalls, the mist and adds to the experience. […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
Today’s ride over the Haast pass was something I had been looking forward to. There is nothing like a good road climb on a unicycle, and I remember a hair raising descent in the rain when I rode this pass in 2007. What’s fun going down must be equally fun going up! It was going to […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
The first thing I discovered about Tour Aotearoa is that the more stuff you carry, the harder it is. I ended up dropping a lot of excess gear (thanks to Mike Holland and Bryan Page, for posting them back to me!) Packing list (crossed off items removed): 29″ Triton unicycle Lowe Alpine Aeon 35L pack […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
We spent a couple of days in Bluff and Invercargill, just sightseeing without pedaling! We took Gryffin, my 3yr old to the transport museum, which is a pretty awesome place for a boy who loves trucks and diggers! Then it was off to visit the Lost Gypsy Gallery in the Catlins, featuring a whole lot […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
Final day! After almost a month riding it is hard to imagine that my routine of eat, ride, sleep, and living out of a backpack would soon be over. I left the Mossburn Railway Hotel just before daybreak. It would be a long ride of about 138km, but most of it flat/ gently descending. My wife Anna […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
The ride starts at Walter Peak Station, on the other side of Lake Wakatipu. I joined a group of riders on a chartered barge, leaving at 8am. We arrived at Walter Peak about 40min later. It would a 100% gravel day, mostly along farm roads, but with some cycle trail thrown in. The route took […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
Three more riding days! I had been looking forward to today’s ride for a while, because it takes in one of my favourite climbs, the Crown Range. When I say it’s one of my favourite climbs, I’ve only ridden it once, 15yrs ago, but it left an impression! After leaving Lake Hawea there was a […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
The ride from from Whataroa carried on with more stunning scenery. The highway was lined with ferns, going through native forest and farms, misty mountains in the distance. If there is one road trip every cyclist should do in NZ, this is it. I rode with a group I’d stayed with at the Whataroa hotel. It […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
Glenys and David were up early making sure I was well fed before setting off. Home made bread and muesli and a strong espresso, just perfect! There was another 30km left of the excellent West Coast Wilderness trail, made up of more fun singletrack, followed by an old rail trail. It ended in the town […]
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Adventure Unicycle
1y ago
It was a further 22km ride from Blackball to Greymouth this morning. The legs were recovering from yesterday’s effort so I was hoping for an ‘easy’ day. Once loaded up at supermarket, I went to the Greymouth bar for the photo checkpoint. The day’s ride would be along the ‘West Coast Wilderness Trail’, a grade 2 […]
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