Taking MTB to NZ ?

Trevor_S said:

Are there many issues ? I read a RR from someone who suggested not taking
it due to mainly "quarrantine restrictions". Are these worth trying to
summount for an extended stay ?

Never been to ride but from all accounts YES. You just have to spend
some time with your bike, soapy water and a scrubbing brush before you
go and before you come home.

Parbs

Parbs said:

Never been to ride but from all accounts YES. You just have to spend
some time with your bike, soapy water and a scrubbing brush before you
go and before you come home.

Similar to what I had to do to all my outdoor gear when we migrated to
Australia. Scrub, jetwash, disinfect etc. We spent ages doing this and
everything looked spotless. Didn't stop me finding a rather deadified snail
in the dark recesses of one of my kayaks when I unwrapped it. For the
benefit of anyone from AQIS reading this, I burned the wee bugger and
disinfected the kayak again just to make sure there was nothing nasty being
unleashed on the nation 🙂

Graeme

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Never been to ride but from all accounts YES. You just have to spend
some time with your bike, soapy water and a scrubbing brush before you
go and before you come home.

Have no probs if that is all there is, sensible precautions, IMO, as well
as sparying liberal quanities of disenfectant. I was just worried they
might impound it for an indeterminate period of time or put it some sort of
chemical bath that might not be best for the bike (at no doubt horrendous
cost)

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Trevor S

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein

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just to make sure there was
nothing nasty being unleashed on the nation 🙂

I thought you said you stayed ? 😉

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Trevor S

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein

Trevor_S said:

Quoted message said:

just to make sure there was
nothing nasty being unleashed on the nation 🙂

I thought you said you stayed ? 😉

Yeah, but I scrubbed myself with disinfectant first and rinsed my mouth out
with soap 🙂

Graeme

Trevor_S said:

Thinking of going to NZ for a month very late in the year and want to take
the MTB (XC).

Are there many issues ? I read a RR from someone who suggested not taking
it due to mainly "quarrantine restrictions". Are these worth trying to
summount for an extended stay ?

Take the bike. Before you go over make sure everything is absolutely
spotless. Tyres need to be scrubbed hard, or just buy a new set. Make sure
your shoes are clean. NZ customs are ultra strict.

Coming back you should be able to get away with a quick brush of the tyres
and shoes. That was OK for us.

Where are you going, because there are lots of great places to ride over
there? Just be aware that carting the bike around could be a PITA if
you're not riding it much. Some places will let you stash one for a few
days - we were able to leave bikes in Queenstown while we did Milford
Sound & Te Anau.

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[quote="Trevor_S"]Thinking of going to NZ for a month very late in the year and want to take
the MTB (XC).

Are there many issues ? I read a RR from someone who suggested not taking
it due to mainly "quarrantine restrictions". Are these worth trying to
summount for an extended stay ?

Any other suggestions ?

Having just been to NZ with bikes, sure the quarantine is strict but i didnt wash the bikes just normally clean i.e. no mud or acculated dirt but they certainly were not 'clean'.

Fly with Pacific Blue, bike has to be boxed or in a soft case but irrespective of the weight the bike only counts as a maximum of 5kg of your luggage allowance.

Christchurch and i think Auckland Airports have bike assembly areas with workstands, which of course greatly assists assembly.

NZ is cool, any country that still has posties on bikes as well as bike assembly areas at airports has its act together. Oh and did i mention some of the best touring i have ever done.

CC

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Take the bike. Before you go over make sure everything is absolutely
spotless. Tyres need to be scrubbed hard, or just buy a new set. Make
sure your shoes are clean. NZ customs are ultra strict.

Excellent tip, I will just take my tyres off, and put new ones on before I
go.

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Coming back you should be able to get away with a quick brush of the
tyres and shoes. That was OK for us.

Yeah, I got the third degree when I had hiking shoes last time.

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Where are you going,

Dunedin, a mate owns a whole heap of Uni student accomodation (single
bedroom self contained flats) and 1/2 of them are vacated at the end of
semester, and I will take one up for a month for a nominal fee , been there
numerous times, sans bike but "tramping".. oh those hills are scaring me
just thinking about them after the flat country of Townsville ! 🙂

Probably go out about for a few trips in a Car (Te Anu, etc)

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Trevor S

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein

Trevor_S said:

Dunedin, a mate owns a whole heap of Uni student accomodation (single
bedroom self contained flats)

Don't know much about that region, but the Kennett book should help
(http://www.groundeffect.co.nz should be able to put you on to it). You're
not stupidly far from Queenstown, which has lots of riding, and Wanaka is
fun as well. If you've got a bit more time there's a great ride at
Craigieburn near Castle Hill - I think it's in the book.

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