The Cycling Monster!

In case you thought I was dawdling around New Zealand with the sun on my back and in holiday mode, think again because here is a low-down on the man, nay, the myth, I've been trying to keep pace with...


















Name: Barry Andrew Stewart (Known as "Andy" in Bali)
DOB: 27/12/1981
Location: Kent
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 69kg

0-60 time: quick
Max speed: 80-85kph
Max power output: about 1,200 watts
Quad size: ridiculous
Calve size: outrageous

Strengths: climbing hills, sprinting away from Cannell, doing no-handies, removing reflectors from wheels to enhance bicycle aesthetics, descending hills, bike ettiquette, bike fashion sense (compared to Cannell AKA Mr. Safe), cycling into headwinds and finally beating Cannell uphill whilst only using one leg!

Weaknesses: having to drag an 80kg Manxman around NZ! Perhaps ice cream? Singing.

We're now in Queenstown and hoping to get a bungy jump in tomorrow on our rest day. After that, assuming we're both still alive etc, we're making our way south to Invercargill and Bluff, the most southerly point of NZ before Baz flies out on 26th and I'm left to my own devices. God alone only knows what will happen then?

-AC